LESSON PLAN 8

Name: Ashley Freije

Lesson Title & Subject(s): Effects of the War

Unit of Study: World War II

Grade/Level: 11

Instructional Setting:

Standard classroom. 20-25 students. A whiteboard will be at the front of the classroom as well as a projector to show computer presentations.

Your State Core Curriculum/Student Achievement Standard(s):

USH.5.4 Describe Hitler’s “Final Solution” and identify Allied response to the Holocaust.

USH.5.6 Describe the impact of WWII on US culture and economic life.

USH.9.3 Identify multiple causes of historical actions and analyze cause/effect relationships.

Lesson Goal(s):

Students will learn the immediate effects of the end of World War II, including the Nuremberg Trials, the forming of the UN, and the creation of the first world superpowers.

Lesson Objective(s):  

Given a list of terms, students will define key terms correctly with 80% accuracy.

Given a prompt, students will describe how the US and USSR became the first superpowers with 70% accuracy.

Instructional Materials:

Lapsansky-Werner, Emma J., Levy, Peter B., Roberts, Randy, Taylor, Alan. (2010). United States History: reconstruction to the Present. Boston, MA: Prentice Hall.

Sequence of Instructional Procedures/Activities/Events (provide description and indicate approximate time for each):

1. Identification of Student Prerequisite Knowledge and/or Skills: 

Students will have learned about the end of World War II in a previous lesson.

2. New Knowledge and/or Skills To Be Taught:

Students will learn the immediate effects of the end of World War II, including the Nuremberg Trials, the forming of the UN, and the creation of the first world superpowers.

3. Modeling:  I Do

I will lecture on material including the Nuremberg Trial, the new global focus on human rights, and how the US and USSR became global superpowers.

4. Guided Practice:  We Do

We will discuss the Nuremberg Trials and its effect on human rights.

5. Independent Student Practice:  You Do

Students will begin work on their assigned homework.

6. Culminating or Closing Procedure/Activity/Event:

I will ask students if they have any questions on the lesson and preview the unit exam.

Pedagogical Strategy (or Strategies):

Direct Instruction: Lecture

Group Discussion: Nuremberg and human rights

Independent Practice: Homework

Differentiated Instruction:

Gifted students will have the option of researching the motivations of each of the key players at the Yalta conference for extra credit.

Technology Integration

      A SmartBoard will project the lesson PowerPoint

Student Assessment/Rubrics:

Students will have assigned homework where they will define key terms as well as describe what a superpower is and how the US and USSR became such.