December 3 Introduce Unit	Section: Individual and National Identity Month: December and January 4 Short Works	5 Short Works	6 Short Works	7 Short Works
Intro unit	Lecture 1898 to 2006	Lecture 1898 to current	Introduce project get in groups—what do you know?	Research—basics of case
10 Short Works	11 Short Works	12 Short Works	13 Short Works	14 Short Works
Research	Spanish-American WAR Peter Jennings	WWI	WWI	QUIZ WW 1
17 Short Works	18 Short Works	19 No School	20 No School	21 No School
		No School	No School	No School
December 31 No School	January 1 No School	2 Hiroshima	3 Hiroshima	4 Hiroshima Who am I Essay Due
No School	No School	WWII	Uncle Sam Project	WWII—Peter Jennings—Homefront 9/11 and Pearl Harbor
7 Hiroshima	8 Hiroshima	9 Hiroshima	10 Hiroshima	11 Hiroshima
WWII Finish Homefront	WWII	WWII	WWII	WWII
14 Prep for Project	15 Prep for Project	16 Prep for Project	17 Prep for Project	18 Prep for Project Uncle Sam Trial?
WWII Prep for Project	WWII Prep for Project	Cold War Prep for Project	Cold War Prep for Project	Cold War Prep for Project? Uncle Sam Trial?
21 No School MLK Jr Day	22 Uncle Sam Trial	23 Uncle Sam Trial	24 In class essay	25 Teacher Work Day
No School MLK Jr Day	Finals	Regular Wednesday ? Finals?	Finals	Teacher Work Day

Unit Three: Individual and National Identity

Enduring Understandings

1. America and Americans are continuously searching to establish their identities.

2. Identities are forged by culture, history, environment, geography, families, religion, and

crises.

Essential Questions

1. Was America destined to be a superpower?

2. How would you define an American?

3. Does having an enemy help create a national identity?

4. Who are we to the rest of the world?

5. Why are Americans obsessed with establishing or finding their identities (especially through literature)?