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Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: World at War: Americas Involvement in World War II Content Area: United States History
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

Name: Christopher Lara Grade Level: 11

11.7 - Student's analyze America's participation in World War II 11.7.1 - Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor. 11.7.2 - Examine US and Allied wartime strategy, include the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge. 11.7.7 - Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision (Hiroshima and Nagasaki).

Big Ideas:

Japan's sense of desperation to commit an attack against the United States. The US being awoken from its isolation from the world. The necessity and role each battle played as America moved across the chess board that was Europe and the South Pacific. After the atrocities seen during the Island Hopping Campaign, the US felt it necessary to test its new weapon on an Empire that was willing to fight literally to the last man.

Unit Goals and Objectives:

Students will: - understand what prompted the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor and why they chose that specific target. - understand the importance of the main battles and what effects their outcomes had. - know how to analyze multiple sources to get a clearer picture of events. - be able to argue whether or not the use of the Atomic bomb was justified.

Unit Summary:

This Unit is for 11th grade United States History students. Welcome to the unit Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have probably taught you the most about. In this unit we will be looking at the U.S. involvement during World War II. We will start at the bombings of Pearl Harbor, move to some of the major battles of World War

II, and conclude with the subject that ended World War II: the Atomic Bomb. In this unit, students will be presented with many different sources so they can read about and see what World War II was. Student's will critically think and analyze why battles were important and what effects they brought. Students will also critically look at whether the use of Atomic bombs was justified to end the war in the Pacific.

Assessment Plan: Entry-Level: Formative: Summative:

Quickwrite - What do you know about World War Fishbowl - Discuss the events leading up to Pearl II Harbor Timeline - Make a timeline of the important events during the U.Ss involvement in WWII Quickwrite - Was the use of Atomic Bombs justified. Jeopardy game - Answer questions about aspects from the unit.

Essay - Which World War II battle was the most important: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, D-Day, Midway, or Battle of the Bulge?

Lesson 1

Student Learning Objective: After going over the presentation about the start of the USs involvement in World War II, students will be able to discuss what led to Japans decision to bomb Pearl Harbor. Also students will be able to discuss why Japans actions prior to Pearl Harbor angered the

Acceptable Evidence: Notes from the lecture and the text book.

Instructional Strategies: X Communication X Collection Collaboration Presentation X Organization X Interaction

Lesson Activities: At the start of the unit, students will complete a quickwrite to show what they may already know about World War II as well as things they want to know about the war. Following that, the I will give a prezi presentation about what actions made the US angry towards the Japanese as well as what actions led to the attack at Pearl Harbor. During and after the lecture, students will be asked to do some voice threads and socratives to discuss some of the topics in the lecture. There will also be a fishbowl discussion to discuss what was learned.

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Lesson 2

Student Learning Objective: Students will be able to discuss some of the key battles that involved the US during World War II. Students will be able to say what happened, why it happened, and why each battle was important.
Lesson 3

Acceptable Evidence: Text book as well as unit resources and other websites given.

Instructional Strategies: X Communication X Collection X Collaboration Presentation X Organization Interaction

Lesson Activities: Students will complete a webercise about five main battles fought by the US in order to understand what brought about the battles and why they were important. After completion of the webercise, students will discuss their own individual findings with a partner and compare answers.

Student Learning Objective: Students will be able to discuss the ending of the war especially the dropping of the two atomic bombs. Students will be able to discuss if the bombs were necessary. Students will also be able to clearly write a research paper about which battle was most important.
Unit Resources:

Acceptable Evidence: Book, lecture, and websites that will given throughout the unit. Outside scholarly articles and books will also be acceptable.

Instructional Strategies: X Communication X Collection X Collaboration Presentation X Organization X Interaction

Lesson Activities: Students will complete a Timeline of some of the events that took place during World World War II. This will lead to a discussion of what ended the war in the Pacific: the atomic bomb. I will give a presentation about the bombing and discuss different reasons. Students will do a quickwrite about whether or not the atomic bombs were a good decision. They will then discuss this with a partner before we discuss it as one big group. To end the unit, a jeopardy game will be played that covers all that was discussed during the unit. After that the students will write an essay about which battle they thought was the most important.

http://www.worldology.com/Europe/world_war_2_imap.htm - This is a World War II interactive map http://www.history.com/interactives/inside-wwii-interactive - Some interactive games and maps http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u8/ - an interactive map of the Pacific War. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/ - World War II national archives http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0606.html - News Paper Clipping http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima - Video of Iwo Jima http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa - Video of Okinawa

Useful Websites:

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php - Knight Cite will be useful for when you write your papers. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/ - Another useful website about how to cite sources http://www.wikipedia.org - Yes, despite what you may hear otherwise, wikipedia is useful. Its a good way to get general information and find different academic sources on the topic. Use it wisely please. https://www.youtube.com - Youtube is full of interviews with World War II veterans as well as actual footage from the time. Some good segments from documentaries can be found on here too.

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