LESSON PLAN 3

Name: Ashley Freije

WGU Objective Number: 603.2.3-04, 602.3.22-08, etc.

Lesson Title & Subject(s): America Enters the War

Topic or Unit of Study: The Coming of War

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):

Indiana State Standard US 5.2: Describe key events leading to US entry into WWII.

Indiana State Standard  US 5.3: Identify and describe key leaders and events during WWII.

Indiana State Standard  US 9.3: Identify multiple causes of historical actions and analyze cause/effect relationships.

Lesson Goal(s):

Students will learn about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and its effects on the American war effort. They will also learn about the beginnings of the war in the Pacific, including the Doolittle Raid and the Bataan Death March.

Lesson Objective(s):  

Given a list of terms, students will define key terms with 90% accuracy through assigned homework.

Given a prompt, students will describe two reasons the attack of Pearl Harbor was not as bad as it could have been with 75% accuracy through assigned homework.

Given a prompt, students will describe the Doolittle Raid and its effect on American morale with 75% accuracy through assigned homework.

Instructional Materials:

Powerpoint, video clip, textbook, relevant images.

Resources:

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941, December 8). Presidential Address to Congress of December 8, 1941. Retrieved from www.youtube.com/watch?v=_reGRx5RiSo

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 all preceding events in WWII in the previous lesson.

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

Students will learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor and its immediate effects on the American war effort, including the Doolittle Raid and the US fight in the Philippines.

3. Modeling:  I Do (30 minutes)

 I will lecture on the material in the textbook as well as bring in outside resources including a video clip of Roosevelt’s speech.

4. Guided Practice:  We Do (15 minutes)

Throughout the lesson we will stop for class discussion, including an analysis of FDR’s speech to Congress. We will discuss why students think the speech was made and what affect they think it had on the American people.

5. Independent Student Practice:  You Do (10 minutes)

Students will have time to begin work on their assigned homework.

6. Culminating or Closing Procedure/Activity/Event: (5 minutes)

I will take any final questions or comments from students and then preview the next lesson.

Pedagogical Strategy (or Strategies):

Direct Instruction: lecture

Class Discussion: FDR Speech

Independent Practice: Homework

Differentiated Instruction:

Gifted Students will be given resources to further learn about America’s war strategy in the Pacific.

Technology:

      SmartBoard will be used to display the lesson notes.

Student Assessment/Rubrics:

Students will have a homework assignment where they will define key terms with 90% accuracy, as well as give two reasons why the attack on Pearl Harbor was not as bad as it could have been with 75% accuracy, and describe why the Doolittle Raid was considered a success despite its limited military success with 75 % accuracy.