I’m Watching You 24/7

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I’m Watching You 24/7

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This lesson will begin with an introductory activity that draws on students' prior knowledge to discuss, "How does a society create social and political order?" Students will discuss the characteristics of totalitarianism, and will locate historical examples. Students will next examine excerpts from the film "A State of Mind" (2003) to see how the characteristics of totalitarian societies still operate today in North Korea. As a culminating activity, students will analyze editorials on North Korea's nuclear program from newspapers around the world, formulate their own opinions, and write a Letter to the Editor of their local newspaper.

Education Levels:

9, 10

Subject:

World History, Comparative Political Systems

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

Thirteen Ed Online/WNET

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Keywords:

Totalitarianism, North Korea, Nuclear weapons, Communism, Stalinism, Nazism

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Wide Angle: Window into Global History

Contributor:

Mirla N. Morrison

Is Part Of:

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Computers with Internet access; Projection device

Learning Time:

Four 45-minute classes

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Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

History, Global Awareness

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Production and Distribution of Writing

5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

Broad Correlation

Learning Standards for Social Studies (1996)

Standard 2-World History

Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.

1. The study of world history requires an understanding of world cultures and civilizations, including an analysis of important ideas, social and cultural values, beliefs, and traditions. This study also examines the human condition and the connections and interactions of people across time and space and the ways different people view the same event or issue from a variety of perspectives.

analyze changing and competing interpretations of issues, events, and developments throughout world history

Broad Correlation

Learning Standards for Social Studies (1996)

Standard 2-World History

2. Establishing timeframes, exploring different periodizations, examining themes across time and within cultures, and focusing on important turning points in world history help organize the study of world cultures and civilizations.

analyze evidence critically and demonstrate an understanding of how circumstances of time and place influence perspective

Broad Correlation

Learning Standards for Social Studies (1996)

Standard 5-Civics, Citizenship, and Government

Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the United States and other nations; the United States Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.

1. The study of civics, citizenship, and government involves learning about political systems; the purposes of government and civic life; and the differing assumptions held by people across time and place regarding power, authority, governance, and law. (Adapted from The National Standards for Civics and Government, 1994)

compare various political systems with that of the United States in terms of ideology, structure, function, institutions, decision-making processes, citizenship roles, and political culture

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