Big Skills

Big Questions
ANALYZING TEXTUAL DEVELOPMENT (of Literature)
  • I can… analyze how an author’s structural choices contribute to a text’s overall meaning.
BENCHMARKS
  • Determine Main Ideas - explicit summary and inferential understanding
  • Analyze - detailed examination of the elements of something
  • Support – identify and use relevant evidence

  • Understand structure - how something is created, structural elements and why those choices were made
  • Explain structural elements – setting, characters, plot, theme, tone impact
  • How does a society balance collective security and individual freedoms?
  • What social factors can prevent a person from living a good life?

Notes and Other Resources You'll Probably Ignore

The Crucible movie files
Password to access movie files is mrrestad
Text and Audio Files

Assessment Scale

Assignments

Classwork
​Exams and Projects

Red Scare Exhibits

As a group you will be asked to respond to the following prompts:
  1. Evaluate the effect the Red Scare and McCarthyism had on American society.
  2. Explain the historical and social conditions that led to the rise of McCarthyism and the Red Scare.
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To prepare to answer these questions, you will be assigned an exhibit to learn about. For each item in your exhibit, watch or read it and take notes. For primary sources, use this source analysis document for written or video sources

A - The Red Scare and the Cold War

  1. The Red Scare (article)
  2. Crash Course - The Cold War (video)
  3. "Why I wrote the Crucible" (Written Primary Source)

C - Joseph McCarthy & McCarthyism

  1. Joseph McCarthy (article)
  2. McCarthyism (video)
  3. McCarthy Speech (Written Primary Source)

B - HUAC

  1. HUAC (article)
  2. Sound Smart: HUAC (video)
  3. Testimony of Paul Robeson (Written Primary Source)

D - Blacklisting and Hollywood

  1. The Hollywood Ten (article)
  2. What is the Hollywood Blacklist? (video)
  3. Murrow on McCarthy (Video Primary Source)