U.S. History

Day 54

Goal 10.01

Essential Questions:
• 10.01 What factors combined to draw the world and ultimately the U. S. into World War II?

• 10.01 Was US involvement in the World War II inevitable?

• 10.01 Were the reasons for the US’s entry into the World War II justifiable?

Major Concepts:

Minor Concepts: Isolationism, Totalitarianism, Internationalism, Militarism, Nationalism,

Appeasement, Fascism

Factual Content

Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Emperor Hirohito
Munich Pact
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Neutrality Acts
Quarantine Speech
Non-Aggression Pact
Four Freedoms
Lend-Lease Act
Pearl Harbor

Starting the Lesson

Bell Ringer

Presentation

Students will view a power point on the coming of WW2.

Guided Practice

Students will complete a graphic organizer on the coming of WW2.

Independent Practice

Page 341 from Adobe Reader. Create a bubble map on foreign governments prior to WW2.

Evaluation

Uniting Americans for WW2 political cartoon.

Closure

Students will complete their classroom exit cards and answer the following questions: What did I learn? What did I not understand? What do I need to review?

U.S. History

Day 55

Goal 10.02

Essential Questions:
10.02 To what extent did the military, political, and diplomatic turning points of World War II determine the outcome and aftermath of the war?

•10.02 How were America and the world different because of the events of World War II?

•10.02 What changes to society resulted from the treatment of various groups of people during World War II?

Major Concepts:

Minor Concepts: Isolationism, Totalitarianism, Internationalism, Militarism, Nationalism,

Appeasement, Fascism

Factual Content

Blitzkrieg
Battle of Britain
Pearl Harbor
Chester Nimitz
Stalingrad
D-Day (Operation Overlord)
George Patton
Battle of the Bulge
Airdrops
Battle of Midway
Douglas MacArthur
Island hopping
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Casablanca, Tehran, Potsdam
V-E Day, V-J Day
Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic bomb
Nuremberg Trials

Starting the Lesson

Bell Ringer

Presentation

Students will view a power point about America’s entrance into WW2.

Guided Practice

Students will complete a WW2 graphic organizer.

Independent Practice

Students will complete a WW2 “defining what it means” propaganda poster project.

Evaluation

Students will create their own WW2 propaganda poster and complete a funding the War Effort Political Cartoon with questions.

Closure

Students will complete their classroom exit cards and answer the following questions: What did I learn? What did I not understand? What do I need to review?

U.S. History

Day 56

Goal 10.03

Essential Questions:
• 10.03 How and why did World War II impact the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the U.S.?

• 10.03 How did the war bring about innovation and change on the home front?

• 10.03 How are civil liberties challenged during times of conflict?

• 10.03 Should civil liberties be denied during a time of war?

Major Concepts:

Minor Concepts: Isolationism, Totalitarianism, Internationalism, Militarism, Nationalism,

Appeasement, Fascism

Factual Content

Selective Services Act
War Production Board
Rationing
War bonds
G.I. Bill
Levittown
Great Migration
Middle class
Baby boomers
Rosie the Riveter
WACS
Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Starting the Lesson

Bell Ringer

Presentation

Students will view a power point on WW2 battlefronts.

Guided Practice

We will go over a WW2 battlefront Graphic Organizer on larger concepts

Independent Practice

Students will complete two graphic organizers on the Pacific and European battlefronts.

Evaluation

Students will story board the “important” events that took place during WW2.

Closure

Students will complete their classroom exit cards and answer the following questions: What did I learn? What did I not understand? What do I need to review?

U.S. History

Day 57

Goal 10.04

Essential Questions:
Major Concepts:

Minor Concepts: Isolationism, Totalitarianism, Internationalism, Militarism, Nationalism,

Appeasement, Fascism

Factual Content

Cuban Missile Crisis
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)
Zionist Movement
Israel
Berlin Airlift
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
UN Police Action
Douglas MacArthur
Hydrogen Bomb
Geneva Accords
Eisenhower Doctrine
Nikita Khrushchev
U-2 Incident
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall

Starting the Lesson

Bell Ringer: Students will view a power point slide about key differences between the US & U.S.S.R. and fill in blanks on a graphic organizer.

Presentation

Students will view a power point on the start of the cold war.

Guided Practice

Students answer questions about a political cartoon on the Cold War.

Independent Practice

Students will complete a graphic organizer on the beginning of the cold war.

Evaluation

Create a newsreel (that you will act out in front of the class - NOT HERE @ GA). Your newsreel should highlight the impact of World War II on your assigned group. It should describe the kinds of opportunities and/or hardships World War II created for Americans during the War.

Closure

Students will complete their classroom exit cards and answer the following questions: What did I learn? What did I not understand? What do I need to review?

U.S. History

Day 58

Goal 10.05

Essential Questions:

Major Concepts:

Minor Concepts: Isolationism, Totalitarianism, Internationalism, Militarism, Nationalism,

Appeasement, Fascism

Factual Content

Cuban Missile Crisis
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)
Zionist Movement
Israel
Berlin Airlift
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
UN Police Action
Douglas MacArthur
Hydrogen Bomb
Geneva Accords
Eisenhower Doctrine
Nikita Khrushchev
U-2 Incident
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall

Starting the Lesson

Bell Ringer

Independent Practice

Students will complete a Study Guide on WW2 and the Cold War.

Closure

Students will complete their classroom exit cards and answer the following questions: What did I learn? What did I not understand? What do I need to review?

U.S. History

Day 59

Goal 10.06

Essential Questions:

Major Concepts:

Minor Concepts: Isolationism, Totalitarianism, Internationalism, Militarism, Nationalism,

Appeasement, Fascism

Factual Content

Cuban Missile Crisis
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)
Zionist Movement
Israel
Berlin Airlift
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
UN Police Action
Douglas MacArthur
Hydrogen Bomb
Geneva Accords
Eisenhower Doctrine
Nikita Khrushchev
U-2 Incident
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall

Starting the Lesson

Bell Ringer

Independent Practice

Students will complete a the Goal 10 Test after an oral review.

When finished they can start Goal 11 & 12 combined vocabulary.

Closure

Students will complete their classroom exit cards and answer the following questions: What did I learn? What did I not understand? What do I need to review?