Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

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LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:
1/2/2017

10

Time:

9:00

Date: Wed

Learning Area: History

Students Prior Knowledge:

WWI - Year 9 students studied World War I
- Knowledge about the political climate in
Britain and EU post World War I
- Geographically know the key states.
Politics - Students will be familiar with concepts
learnt over year 8 and 9.
* Democracy
* Liberty
* Capitalism
* Communism
* Nationalism
* Authoritarian

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

(ACDSEH024)
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT
competence

Critical and
creative
thinking

Ethical
behaviour

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures

Asia and Australias engagement with

Asia

Sustainability

Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action
verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

Identify the alliances and key states involved in World War II.

Describe Germanys political situation leading to the war.

Explain Britains decision to go to war.

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

Provision for students at educational risk:

1. Ensure student Weebly site is active.

2. Ensure students have signed up for ThingLink and
have been added to your group (done in previous
lesson)
3. Ensure introduction video link is active.

Students who are at educational risk will follow

the same lesson progression and structure as
the other students. They will however have the
content modified by accessing the media for
students needing support on the student
learning page. The teacher will help facilitate
learning by providing extra support.

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

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Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

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Time

9.05

9:20

Motivation and Introduction:

Resources/
References
* Welcome students into classroom and get seated. (For presentation
Align these with the
class will be over by the projector area)
segment where they will
be introduced.
* Students are introduced into the topic of WWII and will be told about

the focus of this class

- Focus for the class will be the beginning of WWII.

- The countries (states) involved and their alliances.

- The reasons for the outbreak of war. (Britain / Germany)

(Student learning objectives will be detailed on the student)

learning page, on weebly)

* Students will be shown a short YouTube video as in introduction to

the unit. The video aims to stimulate student motivation and

interest.
https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II?
< Intro Video
oasmId=18896
Encyclopedia
Britannica.
* Following the clip, class will engage in a brainstorming activity.

Key words which should be included and discussed are.

- Nazi Germany.
- Britain
- Allied forces

- Russia
- Axis Powers.

(NOTE) - Students should have a sound prior knowledge about

the great wars. Year 9 Curriculum includes the study of WWI. But also

factoring in the rise of media and gaming surrounding historical war,

students should have some interesting contributions.

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key

Questions):

Step 1

* Following the brainstorm discussion students are to open their ICT

device such as laptop / computer and are to be directed to the

student learning Weebly page.

http://webquestworldwarii.weebly.com

Student Learning Page

Weebly.
* Students are working through their learning page, investigating
various media and informational content ,to learn about the causes
leading to the beginning of World War II.
* Students have been informed in the prior lesson, that their main
assessment piece will be their personal ThingLink map. They will be
adding content as they progress through the unit and each lesson.
- Students have also signed up for ThingLink and have been
added to the teachers page in the lesson prior.

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* The idea is that students will be adding their own annotations of the
information learnt and processed from the student learning page
and create an interactive global map which will include relevant
content and information. Students are reminded to appropriately
reference where relevant.
* Students will begin at the top of the student learning page labeled
introduction and will begin by investigating those resources.
* Later students will move down the page and work through the other
sub-categories.
Teachers Role.
* As the teacher, you will be sharing your knowledge and expertise as
you move around the classroom, helping to facilitate learning and
troubleshoot problems as they arise.
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Step 2.

* At the bottom of the student learning page for the lesson, are a
group of focus questions. These questions are provided by the
teacher for students to utilise as direction towards processing
information from the web resources and creating content for their
ThingLink page.

* Teachers Role.
* Students are encouraged to work in what ever mode they feel
comfortable with. For example, they can process and create content
after each media resource and topic, or they can wait until they
have processed all the information.

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* Teacher must ensure that students know they must create content
for their ThingLink page and that this is being done in a timely
manner.

End of class.

Further Learning (homework)

* Students who were not able to complete their additions to ThingLink
are asked to do so for homework before the next lesson.
* In addition to the work covered in class, students are invited to
continue their investigation at home. There are a series of useful
website links which are targeted to various reading and literacy
levels. Students can add extra information to their ThingLink which
could help towards their overall grade for the unit.

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List of student web resources.

https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II
The website includes the introduction video shown to students before
the brainstorm.
This resource has a paragraph about the outbreak of WW II and a
video about the Non Aggression Act signed by Soviets and Germany.
(Germany later invaded Poland).
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/euro-hist/wo/
v/beginning-of-world-war-ii
This video from the Khan Academy is a useful video about the causes
of WW II. The creator explains the political and geographical situation
leading into the war well. This resource provides students with rich
cross curricular content from the Politics and Geography subjects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4BVzYGeF0M
This audio piece from the speech of Sir Winston Churchill, made to
declare Britain entering into the war is an important historical piece.
Students will need to analyse Churchills speech and use the context
of the war and their knowledge of the situation to achieve a deeper
understanding of Britains situation.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler?oasmId=192588
This short video from the Encyclopedia Brittanica web resources
shows the rise of Nazi Germany and Hitlers role in the weaponising
of Germany and its following aggression.
Further Resources. - These resources are extra resources students
can utilise and explore to add extra content and credibility to their
ThingLink projects. The sources included range to also cover student
literacy competency gaps. Some sources are aimed at students who
have difficulty reading and other resources will support students who
have a high competency in reading and learning.
Students needing support
https://kidskonnect.com/history/world-war-ii/
http://www.ngkids.co.uk/history/world-war-two
http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/

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Intermediate - Advanced Students

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/themes/conflict_and_war/
world_war_ii/default.stm
http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/09/world/world-war-ii-fast-facts/
Focus Questions.
Focus questions are provided on the student learning page. These
will help students to think critically about the information they have
processed and in creating content for their ThingLink page.
1. Identify and explain the major causes for the outbreak of WWII?
2. Identify the states involved in the World War II conflict and the
alliances formed?
3. Identify and explain which sanctions Germany broke? And the
reasoning behind why they were imposed to begin with.
4. Explain the radical measures Hitler took to militarise Germany and
shape the country into Nazi Germany?
5. Describe the political situation from Britains point of view as
Germany became radical.
6. Did Germany and the Soviet Union have right over the claim of
Poland? Explain why or why not.

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