America as a Superpower--Unit Plan - Praktikum macht Schule

Evaluation: Filling in the gaps in a diagram
2 nd class: Text analysis: “The Superman Myth” by Charles Krauthammer
about the American president’s real and supposed power
Comparison of the Spanish and German political systems with the
American one: Common features and differences
3 rd class: The National Rifle Association
NRA Fact Sheet and the NRA’s advertisement in commemoration of
the 200 th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights
Differences USA-EuropeExpressing one’s opinion
4 th class: Group work—isolation of main aspects of a text, presentation
before the class (preparation of transparencies)
Group 1: Mayflower Compact and Excerpt from the Declaration of
Independence
Group 2: Bill of Rights
Group 3: Gettysburg Address
5 th class: Stephen Vincent Benét, Western Wagons
Reading and extracting information about the settlement of the
West
From “going West” to present-day mobility (pictures of U-haul etc.)
6 th class: Texts by American presidents (Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Th.
Roosevelt) about America’s role in world politics—Extracting
relevant information, tracing America’s changing role in world
politics
Pupils work in groups, prepare transparencies, present their
results before the class
7 th class: Text “The Conscience of a President” about Woodrow Wilson’s
decision to ask the Congress to declare war on Germany
8 th class: Film sequence from Pearl Harbour (Roosevelt before Congress)
Listening to Roosevelt’s “Annual Message to the Congress,”
January 6, 1941—understanding the text and extracting the
relevant information, reading the text for confirmation
9 th class: Student presentation (10 min.): Germany at the end of World War
II (reference to Marshall Plan)
Use of visual material: cartoons, photos etc.
Listening to the Truman Doctrine, followed by reading, tracing the
development of the US foreign policy
10 th class: Song by Sting, “Russians”—analysis of a song
Cuba Crisis—analysis of cartoon “Kennedy and Krushchev wrestle”
Backward reference to Short Story Snow read in 10th grade
11 th class: Student presentation (10 min): Vietnam up to 1954