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D-Day Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944

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Normandy Invasion

 

"The Allied invasion (code name, Operation Overlord) of France's Normandy region during World War II began on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). The operation, which landed about 1 million troops by July 1, was under the supreme command of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Germans, unaware of the exact invasion point, had 50 infantry and 10 panzer (tank) divisions dispersed in France and the Low Countries under the command of Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt.
For the two months preceding D-Day, British-based aircraft had systematically bombed rail lines, bridges, and airfields on French soil. Throughout the preceding night paratroops were dropped inland to disrupt enemy communications. Naval guns pounded shore installations, and in the early daylight at low tide about 5,000 Allied ships approached the Normandy coastline. The British and Canadians moved in smoothly at the eastern landing points Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches, above Caen as did the Americans (under Omar Bradley) at Utah Beach, the westernmost landing site. At Omaha Beach, pivot of the landings, American troops securing their bridgehead were met by heavy German gunfire. Within five days 16 Allied divisions had landed in Normandy, and the final drive to liberate Europe was under way.
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Bibliography: Ambrose S. E., D-Day, June 6, 1944 (1994); Astor, G., June Six, Nineteen Ninety-Four (1994); Chandler, D. G., and Collins, J. L., Jr., eds., The D-Day Encyclopedia (1993); D'Este, C., Decision in Normandy (1994); Eisenhower, D. D., Crusade in Europe (1948; repr. 1977); Kershaw, R. J., D-Day (1994); Ryan, C., The Longest Day, 2d ed. (1975; repr. 1994); Wilson, T. A., ed., D-Day (1994)."
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Ms. Monica Aston-----English As A Second Language-----The History and Manufacture of Chocolate



 

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Curriculum Subject Area Goals:

   (1) To view, listen and comprehend spoken English.

   (2)  Read and comprehend English in a written format. 

Curriculum Subject Area of Objectives:

   (1) Students will view a streaming video presentation on the manufacture of chocolate and answer oral and written questions about vocabulary and content of the media.
   (2) Students will read a magazine article about the history of chocolate and answer written questions about the content of the article. 

Information Literacy Goals:

   Students will learn about the availability of credible and authoritative information contained in streaming media and web based articles.

Information Literacy Objectives:

    Students will learn about academic information available in Discovery Education streaming media.  Building upon prior instruction by the ESL instructor and the Information Specialist, students will continue to use the learning features of web based Scholastic Action publications to access and comprehend information in various English formats.

Resources:  

   (1) Discovery Education Streaming Media- a visit to “the Guittard chocolate factory in San Francisco to find out how bitter cocoa beans are turned into blocks of sweet milk chocolate”.

   (2)  The Library Blog  

   (3)  Scholastic Action Magazine Online

   (4)  Polyvision smart board and projector

   (5)  Computer workstations equipped with earphones  

Activities:

     Students will be seated in tables facing the Polyvision smart board upon which Discovery Education Streaming Media will be projected. The video will serve to provide prior connections, background and outside knowledge before commencing the next phase of instruction. Written material in support of the media and a quiz will be distributed by the instructors.

     Students will then move to individual workstations, that will be equipped with earphones,

at which time they will access the interactive Scholastic Action Magazine website located on the Library Blog. Students review vocabulary with the ESL instructor and read the article “The History of Chocolate”. Students will then be directed to complete an online quiz based upon the article that is accessible as a “printable”  resource.

     The Information Specialist will review the access/products used and the ESL instructor will review content and English learning activities.

Follow-up Activities:

     The instructors will continue to use the resources of Discovery Education Streaming Media and Scholastic Action with EST students. A new issue of Scholastic Action is published monthly and the website is updated continuously. 

Grading/Assessment Rubric:

     The completion of the quizzes distributed will serve as a guide to the instructors for further joint instruction of the class.

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