Mr. Streit's Hawthorne Website

Washington D.C.

Dates: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 until Friday, April 21, 2023

Register Online: 

1) Click here to create an online account with Hemisphere for the First Time

2) Use the Web/Tour Code: 23TA16237

3) Create an account and register with a $300 deposit to reserve your spot.  

4) First deposit due October 5, 2022

Final Date to Register: December 7, 2022 

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

What's Included?

 Round-Trip Flight

 All Admission Fees to Scheduled Activities

 2 Nights at Hotel & Overnight Hotel Security

 2 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 3 Dinners

 Guided Sightseeing

 All Taxes and Gratuities

 A one-of-a-kind, fun-filled educational experience

Here's a few things on the possible itinerary: 

 Arlington National Cemetery 

 Moonlight Spirit Cruise with Dinner & DJ 

 US Marine Corps Memorial Capitol Building Tour 

 Pentagon Memorial

 Capitol Hill Tour

 FDR Memorial

 Lincoln Memorial

 Vietnam Memorial 

 Korean Memorials

 George Washington's Mount Vernon

 Smithsonian Institutions

 African-American History Museum

 Holocaust Memorial Museum

 Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

 Group Photo 

• Essential Questions - What knowledge, skills, and dispositions (intention to act) does a person need in order to be a powerful civic actor in our democracy and in our community? How will I use my rights and responsibilities to promote the common good in our democracy and community?
• Assessment – TBD

• Essential Questions - What rights do I have? How does the Constitution protect those rights? What responsibilities do I have to our democracy and community? How do my rights enable me to use my power in our democracy and society? How do my responsibilities require me to use my power?
• Assessment – U.S. Federal Constitution Exam 

• Essential Questions - How can young people promote the common good working through government or in the community? What knowledge, skills, and dispositions (intentions to act) does a young person need in order to be a powerful civic actor in our democracy and communities? 

• Assessment - Choose to Participate 

Summative Assessment -  

U.S. Federal Constitution Exam & One of Four Options:

1) Option #1: What Every 8th Grader in Chicago Should Know

2) Option #2: Persuasive Essay - 8th Grader Use Power to Create Change

3) Option #3: Analyze a Final Case Study of a Powerful Civic Actor


4) Option #4: U.S. President Report Card (Email Mr. Streit for your randomly selected President)

• Unit Question - Progress at what cost?  When should society control individuals?  How are diverse cultures alike and different?
• Historical Context - Reconstruction, Immigration, Industrialization, Urbanization, Great Migration, Labor Unions, Progressive Era, Imperialism, Spanish-American War, Blues & Jazz, Harlem Renaissance 
• Final Assessment – Grant Legacy-Propaganda Poster & Unit 1 Exam - Changing America

• Unit Question - How are things, events, or people connected to each other? What is the cause? The effect? How do they fit together?
• Historical Context - World War I, World War II, The Cold War
  
• Final Assessment - The World Wars and Life in Between - Unit Exam

• Unit Question - Why does perspective matter? What factors can influence people’s perspectives?  What social opportunities and problems arise from an interconnected global economy?
• Historical Context – The Cold War, International Realignment, Contemporary Society, United States as a “Super Power”, Korean War, Vietnam War, War at Home, & Civil Rights Movement
• Final Assessment - The Counterculture (Music) Task