Lesson Frame

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Objectives: 

• Introduce the presidency of George W. Bush & explore significant events that occurred during his time in the oval office, specifically 9/11 & The Iraq War

• Analyze primary sources (quotes from President George W. Bush) and break them down to understand their main idea/connection to the economy, domestic, and foreign relations during the time period.'

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Companion Concluding Task(s):

• We will explore and analyze primary source quotes from President George W. Bush in the form of a discussion board so we can identify the main ideas/connections of the quotes from the issues that were occurring during the Bush administration.

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TEKS/SE's Addressed in the Lesson:

• US.2(B) Explain the significance of the following years turning points: 2001 (terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon)

• US.11 The student understands the emerging political, economic, and societal issues of the United States from the 1990s into the 21st century

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Key vocabulary terms and concepts:

• George W. Bush

• Bin Laden

• Saddam Hussein                      

• Global War on Terror

• 9/11

• Iraq War

• Terrorist group Al Quida

• War in Afghanistan

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Enduring Understandings (Generalizations)

• Conflict: Political, economic, and social differences may lead to conflict.

• Individual people often affect communities and political climates

• Conflict often causes change.

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Essential Question(s): 

1. How did President Bush politically respond to the terroristic attack on The World Trade Center & the Pentagon?

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SWBATs:

• Students will begin by reading primary source quotes

• Students will be able to analyze the quotes and be able to connect their meaning to the political climate of the time period after discussing the quotes in more detail during the lesson

• At the end of the lesson, students will be able to explain the historical event 9/11 and provide the reason why 9/11 was the precursor for The Global War on Terror in Afghanistan

• At the end of the lesson, students will be able to explain why U.S. went to war with Iraq

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Anticipated Misunderstandings:

• Students could misunderstand the War in Iraq and the War in Afghanistan as being related, when they were actually two separate wars.

• Students could misunderstand the two individuals, Saddam Hussein and Bin Ladan

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Steps in Lesson: 

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What the TEACHER will do / say—

• I will...begin the lesson by presenting a brief introduction to the event of 9/11. Here, I will discuss events that happened the day of the attack and I will discuss the events that followed the attack and the actions performed from President George W. Bush in response to the tourist attack

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What the STUDENTS will do—

• Students will...Take a quick short quiz to recap prior understanding from the previous lesson about Bush/Clinton. Then the students will analyze a political cartoon of George W. Bush to prepare them for analyzing the quotes that will be seen in the lesson later on. This engagement will generate students curiosity about the Bush Administration and it will also get them in the mind frame of analyzing and interpreting sources

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ACTIVE LEARNING—Explore, Explain/Apply, Elaborate

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What the TEACHER will do / say—

• I will...give a brief into lesson through the use of a Nearpod presentation to explain the event of 9/11. While explaining, I will discuss the sequence of events leading up to the attack and I will discuss the corresponding events that followed the attack and the specific actions performed and made from President George W. Bush in response to the tourist attack. Then after the brief lesson, I have the student analyze a quote from President George W. Bush and I will explain and detail to the students the steps to take when analyzing primary sources/quotes. I will walk through the steps of analyzing the quotes: Speaker, Intended Audience, Intended Purpose, Context in Relation to the Time period, Role of the Speaker, Bias of the Speaker. I will do the same with the students in the next phase of the lesson, and that is having them analyze another quote from President George W. Bush in relation to the Iraq War. Prior to analyzing this quote I will give a brief into discussing the events and reasons for the U.S’ involvement in the Iraq War.

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What the STUDENTS will do / may ask—

• Students will explore...the event of 9/11 and the Iraq War

• Students will explain...the speaker or the quotes, the context of the time period in relation to the quote, the biases the speaker have, the role of the speaker, and the intended audience the speaker is talking to.

• Students will apply/elaborate...their understanding and analysis’ of the quotes by contributing and responding to a collaborative board on Nearpod where I have them answer the specific questions to help them analyze the quote(s) i.e I will ask them to elaborate and respond by answering the following questions: Speaker, Time, Point of View, Purpose, Intended Audience, Biases

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CLOSURE— Evaluation

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What the TEACHER will do / say—

• I will...Evaluate the students comprehension of the two events by asking them one essential question, “How did President Bush politically respond to the terroristic attack on The World Trade Center & the Pentagon?”

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What the STUDENTS will do—

• Students will...be evaluated on their ability to explain and answer the following question, “How did President Bush politically respond to the terroristic attack on The World Trade Center & the Pentagon?”

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Assessment Strategies:

• I will assess students understanding while I go over how to critically analyze primary source quotes through the strategy of scaffolding. Upon conclusion of practicing how to critically analyze primary source quotes, I will assess students comprehension of the material by having them respond to a short question where they will produce their answer on a discussion board on Nearpod.