Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

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LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:
10
Thursday 2/2/2017

Time:

12:55

Date:

Learning Area: History

Students Prior Knowledge:

* WWI - Students having covered in year 9.
- Knowledge of the political climate pre
WWII
- Geographically will understand the
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forces involved in WWII
Politics - Students covering Democracy and
Australian and common political
systems
- Students will be familiar with concepts
such as democracy, liberty, human
rights, capitalism

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

(ACDSEH107)
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)

* Politics (World War II topic requires information about the political climate Pre-Post War)
* Geography (Students will be constantly exposed to data and information on numerous countries, having an understanding of
global location is important.)
* Civics and Citizenship: Students higher order thinking (critical thinking) will be tested in regard to the ethical use of the Atomic
Bomb.
* Asia and Australias engagement with Asia - Students will be learning about Australia, as well as the western worlds historical
relationship with Asia and how that has effected their current engagement.
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 catalyst for the end of the second world war.

Explain the impact the Atomic Bomb had on Japan.

Demonstrate their ethical understanding for appropriate use of weapons such as the Atomic
Bomb

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Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

1. Ensure links for web resources are active.

Provision for students at educational risk:

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)

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
12:55

Motivation and Introduction:

Welcome students in and get seated. All students facing to the front
of the classroom to view the projector.

Resources/
References
Align these with the
segment where they will
be introduced.

- Focus for the class will be the ending of WWII

- The destruction and devastation from the use of Atomic
Bombs.
- The ethical use of the Atomic Bomb and similar.
(Student learning objectives will be detailed on the student
learning page, on weebly)

* Students are shown a short video about the bombing of Hiroshima,

Japan. The video and the audio introduce the topic. The footage
may be found confronting to some students. Letters were sent
home at the beginning of the term to notify parents about the
sensitive content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4LQaWJRDg

< Intro video,

YouTube

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key

Questions):
Steps 1.
1:05

* Following the introduction video students will open their laptops

and visit the Padlet website.
* As a class students will brainstorm what they thought about the
video and the end of the war.
* The idea of the Padlet brainstorm is to gage prior knowledge on the
Asian - Pacific conflict of WWII and their knowledge of how the war
ended in both Asia and Europe.
* Key words which should be discussed include
- Ethics
- Nuclear warfare
- Nuclear poisoning
- Asia Pacific
(NOTE) - Students should have a sound prior knowledge about the
second world war as this will be the last topic covered in the unit.

Step 2.
1:10

* Students will then be asked to visit the student learning weebly page
where they will follow through viewing the various web resources
http://webquestworldwarii.weebly.com

<- Weebly learning

page

Students work though lesson 4, investigating various media and

informational content to learn about the end of WWII and the effects
the Atomic Bomb had on Japan and the world.
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* While students work through the student learning page, they are to
be adding content as they progress. Students will be adding their
own annotations of the information learnt and processed from the
student learning page and should be on their way to completing
their interactive global map on ThingLink website.
* Students will begin at the top of the student learning page for lesson
4 and work their way down the page.
Teachers Role
* As the teacher you will be sharing your knowledge and expertise
around the classroom, helping to facilitate learning and
troubleshooting any problems where necessary.

1:40

Step 3
* 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.

1:50

* 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 (AKA homework)

* Students who were not able to complete their additions to ThingLink
are asked to do so 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.
* ThingLink assessment will be due the following week. Students
must use their time at home to complete their page, ready for
assessment.

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Students Needing Support

https://kidskonnect.com/history/world-war-ii/
http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/
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 events which caused the war to end in
Europe.
2. Identify the cause for the end to the Asian Pacific conflict and
explain how this kind of warfare was different to any other.
3. What were the long term and short term effects of the Atomic Bomb
on Japan?
4. What are the greater implications of nuclear warfare on the world
today?
5. Do you think the use of the Atomic Bomb and other weapons of
mass destruction are ethically appropriate? Explain your response.

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