In this unit students will study how an ideology is developed and spread within a society. The concept of preeminence and its impact on the world and potential for conflict.
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- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.6: Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.9: Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance including how they address related themes and concepts.
- SS.H.10.9-12: Analyze the causes and effects of global conflicts and economic crises.
- SS.H.5.9-12: Analyze the factors and historical context that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras.
Essential Questions
- What is ideology?
- How is ideology developed and spread within a society?
- How does the struggle for ideological preeminence impact the world and create the potential for conflict?
- How do societies use rhetoric to promote and sustain their ideological values?
- How do we analyze the rhetorical techniques and goals of a speaker or text?
We are learning to...
- Analyze the factors and historical context that influenced the perspectives of people during The Cold War.
- Understand the concept of ideology and understand the ideological battle of the Cold War and its impact on society.
- Analyze how the United States and the Soviet Union used rhetoric to promote their ideological values.
- Analyze rhetorical techniques, explaining how they impact the meaning of a text and advance the author’s point of view and purpose.
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