WWII Unit Plan: This unit plan will cover the 11th grade California standards, which discusses U.S. participation in WWII, along with the economical and social changes the war provided.
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California Contant Standards:
11.7 Students analyze America’s participation in World War II.
1. Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor.
2. Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge.
3. Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of the special fighting forces (e.g., the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team, the Navajo Code Talkers).
4. Analyze Roosevelt’s foreign policy during World War II (e.g., Four Freedoms speech).
5. Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans (e.g., Fred Korematsu v. United States of America) and the restrictions on German and Italian resident aliens; the response of the administration to Hitler’s atrocities against Jews and other groups; the roles of women in military production; and the roles and growing political demands of African Americans.
6. Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war’s impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.
7. Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision (Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
8. Analyze the effect of massive aid given to Western Europe under the Marshall Plan to rebuild itself after the war and the importance of a rebuilt Europe to the U.S. economy.
1. Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor.
2. Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge.
3. Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of the special fighting forces (e.g., the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team, the Navajo Code Talkers).
4. Analyze Roosevelt’s foreign policy during World War II (e.g., Four Freedoms speech).
5. Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans (e.g., Fred Korematsu v. United States of America) and the restrictions on German and Italian resident aliens; the response of the administration to Hitler’s atrocities against Jews and other groups; the roles of women in military production; and the roles and growing political demands of African Americans.
6. Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war’s impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.
7. Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision (Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
8. Analyze the effect of massive aid given to Western Europe under the Marshall Plan to rebuild itself after the war and the importance of a rebuilt Europe to the U.S. economy.
Common Core State Standards:
Reading:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12. 2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12. 3. Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12. 7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12. 9. Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
Writing:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1c. Use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from or supports the argument presented.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.2a. Introduce a topic and organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12. 2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12. 3. Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12. 7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12. 9. Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
Writing:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1c. Use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from or supports the argument presented.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.2a. Introduce a topic and organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
Essential Questions:
1. Why did the U.S. join WWII?
2. What were the main conflicts during WWII?
3. What were significant changes in the U.S. during WWI?
2. What were the main conflicts during WWII?
3. What were significant changes in the U.S. during WWI?
Big Ideas:
Students will…
Learn about the U.S. entering WWII.
Understand significant battles during WWII.
Appreciate the unjustified mistreatments of different races during WWII.
Recognize the changes of the economy in the U.S. during WWII.
Learn about the U.S. entering WWII.
Understand significant battles during WWII.
Appreciate the unjustified mistreatments of different races during WWII.
Recognize the changes of the economy in the U.S. during WWII.
Unit Assessments:
Exit-Slip: Students will write on a piece of paper 3 things they learned during the lesson, 2 thinks they wish to know more of, and 1 question they have regarding the lesson.
Class discussions: Students will engage in a class discussion on the given question during lesson closure. This will assist the teacher to determine if students understood the lesson and meet the learning goals.
3-2-1 slip: Students must write down three important pacts they learned on the primary source, 2 ways in which they can identify with primary source and finally one question thy have on the article.
WWII Scrapbook: Students will create a 6 pages scrapbook. The scrapbook will include a cover page, four pages that will represent a different moment of WWII and a source page. Each WWII section must consist of images and a description of the image. You can also create your scrapbook like a diary, and include images to represent the diary information.
Class discussions: Students will engage in a class discussion on the given question during lesson closure. This will assist the teacher to determine if students understood the lesson and meet the learning goals.
3-2-1 slip: Students must write down three important pacts they learned on the primary source, 2 ways in which they can identify with primary source and finally one question thy have on the article.
WWII Scrapbook: Students will create a 6 pages scrapbook. The scrapbook will include a cover page, four pages that will represent a different moment of WWII and a source page. Each WWII section must consist of images and a description of the image. You can also create your scrapbook like a diary, and include images to represent the diary information.
