LESSON PLAN 6

Name: Ashley Freije

Lesson Title & Subject(s): Victory in Europe and the Pacific

Topic or 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.5.3 Identify and describe key leaders and events during WWII.

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

USH.9.4 Explain issues/problems of the past through the viewpoints of those involved.

Lesson Goal(s):

Students will learn about the use of the atomic bomb, the end of the war, and Germany’s last attempt to keep the fight alive.

Lesson Objective(s):  

Given a prompt, students will be able to describe the US island hopping strategy with 80% accuracy.

Given a list of vocabulary terms, students will be able to define the terms with 80% 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 in the previous lesson about the lead up to the invasion of mainland Europe.

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

Students will learn about the invasion of Europe, Germany’s last attempt to hold onto Europe, the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan, and the surrender of both Japan and Germany.

3. Modeling:  I Do

I will lecture on the Allied strategy for the invasion of Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, and the dropping of the Atomic Bomb.

4. Guided Practice:  We Do

We will discuss the moral issues with the atomic bomb as well as the statement that Eisenhower was to “shake hands with Stalin as far east as you can” and what that statement.

5. Independent Student Practice:  You Do

Students will begin work on assigned homework.

6. Culminating or Closing Procedure/Activity/Event:

I will ask students if they have any remaining questions or thoughts and preview the next lesson.

Pedagogical Strategy (or Strategies):

Direct Instruction: Lecture

Class Discussion: Atomic bomb and Stalin

Independent Practice: Homework

Differentiated Instruction:

A map of the invasion of Normandy will be provided to help ELL students and less proficient readers understand how and where the invasion played out.

Technology Integration

      A PowerPoint will be projected with the SmartBoard.

Student Assessment/Rubrics:

Students will be assigned homework where they will define key terms and describe the importance of the US “island hopping” strategy.