Black Hawk Down Guided Notes 1 Black Hawk Down Guided Notes Lesson 1 The Assault section Mission Complications/Problems 1) no night vision advantage (23) look at passage on p. 23 2) Somalis high on in mid-afternoon right when Rangers are going into Market (23) 3) strict rules of : can t shoot unless pointed at Rangers (20) 4) getting caught up in action (Chp. 4 & 10) 5) Chalk out of position by about a (75) & Blackburn needs extracted Chp. 3 Intelligence is crucial Main spy (Chp. 3) shot himself in head playing All secret operations require from locals (26) Yogi the Bear code name for (27) Previous embarrassment: they once inadvertently arrested a group of employees (24) Somali P.O.V. Chapters The Assault Chp. 4 Ali was against but brother has been killed by Rangers! Define ( ) Chp. 10 Ali worker frightening situation; just trying to work Delta Force - p. 38 paragraph describing them; note characteristics & differences of D-boys vs. Rangers Lesson 2 Black Hawk Down section - Chp. 1 8 Crossword Puzzle Over Chp. 1 8 of Black Hawk Down section
Black Hawk Down Guided Notes 2 Lesson 3 Black Hawk Down section Chp. 1 10 - p. 82: Map of Lost - Discuss Chp. 1 10 of BHD section o Chp. 1 clan ; why they dislike UN; why it is so difficult to defeat them o Chp. 4 losing a (95), how troops view choppers o Chp. 9 not Rangers, pilots; trained for crashes o Chp. 10 Admiral Jonathan and Boutros - Mission Complications/Problems 6) convoy and delayed communications; roadblocks; heavy fire #7 9 = overall mission problems the big scheme 7) clan problem defeat one clan, another it; defeat a leader in a clan, another fills in his role 8) rebuilding will be difficult (110) - poor ( out of 10 unemployed) - factional fighting: starting new will be tough 9) main target in grand scheme, but catching him is nearly impossible: he can /hide himself well (113) Lesson 4 Black Hawk Down section Chp. 11 18 Somali P.O.V. Chapters Chp. 11 Abdi Karim (117) Secretary for Brown & Root, American company providing support services to the military force (117) Shooting going on (Bowden specifically picked educated, employed Somalis to interview probably for ) Chp. 16 Yousuf Dahir (131) a gun for hire/bandit supporting Aidid; he shot down a BH Mo alim reveals Somali/mooryan P.O.V. on fighting: 1) not willing to die, 2) are (132); that is, the fast fighting, helicopters shooting from a distance, the armor, the retreating, etc., are all unmanly in the mooryans eyes Other Notes p. 158 Stats on fighting as of 5:40 p.m.
Black Hawk Down Guided Notes 3 Lesson 5 Overrun section Chp. 1 5 Mission Complications 10) Super (Wolcott s) and Super (Durant s) BH helicopters shot down by 11) Super Six Eight ( ) hit but lands safely (165) - ropes in team - Jolatta keeps his cool and saves lives! 12) Extracting body (171) this is not from an assigned chapter 13) Super Six Four (Durant s crash) dire situation: need ground rescue; Super Six Two cannot hold off ; group troops and rescue convoy cannot beat crowds to crash site #2 due to heavy fire and road blocks Somali P.O.V. Chapters Overrun Chp. 3 Abdiaziz Ali (172) Somali who witnesses crash site by his house Same scene, different P.O.V. as Chp. 4, the very next chapter p. 186 News media often gets it wrong! Lesson 6 Overrun section Chp. 7 16 Notes from unassigned reading: Chp. 6 - about D-boys: p. 182 & 183 - about heroism: But we ve got to go. It s our job. The difference between being a and a is not whether you re scared, it s what you do you re scared (192). Mission Complications 14) convoy cannot get to crash site due to (197-198) 15) Rangers on getting separated Examples: Chalk 2 and Sgt. (199-203) and Twombly partially isolated (204-205) 16) Aidid s SNA flyers and radio broadcasts (216-217) 17) Only two available to protect Super Six Four and Durant Shughart and Gordon (197-198) read the description of decision to drop these two to their inevitable death Somali P.O.V. Chapters Overrun Chp. 12 Mohamed Ali long time fighter, a killer witnesses women and children getting shot (217) believes the by Aidid s SNA
Black Hawk Down Guided Notes 4 Chp. 16 Mo alim waiting for best opportunity to attack of Super Six Four--Durant s (229) Group Activity for Lesson 6 make a list of actions of real life heroes in this battle soldiers who go to extraordinary lengths to help the mission or help others somehow include p. #s Examples: 1) Gordon and Shughart fighting off angry mob at Super Six Four (227) Lesson 7 Summarize The Alamo section (about 10-15 minutes) we ll watch a PowerPoint slide show Lesson 8 Group Work: Profiling two soldiers, Sgt. Matt Eversmann and CWO Mike Durant (see red sample sheet) do this during the reading of N.S.D.Q. section Groups of four One writer will find examples only for the physical characteristics section Other members: responsible for finding quotes/examples (including page numbers!) for 1) home and personal life, 2) military characteristics, and 3) personality. Sheets should be divided into quadrants, and the examples will be written in each quadrant. Groups should find as many examples as they can to fill up the quadrants. Emphasize: Bowden makes these people and this story more vivid precisely because he gives so many details, especially about the soldiers personal lives
Black Hawk Down Guided Notes 5 Lesson 9 N.S.D.Q. section Chp. 1 7 and Chp. 10 18 Somali P.O.V. Chapters N.S.D.Q. Chp. 5 Kassim Sheik rich member; supporter of Aidid garage is trying to follow law: burying dead before sundown respect for dead in wartime (contrast Chp. 11) Chp. 10 Surgeon Abdi Mohamed hospital beds full by the end of the day on (beds were empty in the morning) major surgeries; hours without sleep, caring for wounded Chp. 11 Bashir Haji and Hassan Adan Yusuf same guy as Chp. 1 of Black Hawk Down section (87) Hassan for American and British journalists o Both Yusuf and Hassan witness the dragging of American through the streets, the atrocities, the abuse and lack of respect for the dead o Emphasize: This is the first way many Americans learned about this conflict, and it naturally angered many Americans. Americans immediately wanted answers to various questions from the leaders of our country. Lesson 10 N.S.D.Q. section Chp. 24-27 Concluding Notes. - Read select quotes and discuss p. 398 405 and Bowden s Epilogue and Afterword Continue Group Work: complete profile for CWO Mike Durant