WWII and Floyd Bennett Field

Stage 1- Desired Results
Transfer
This lesson will demonstrate the reactions of WWII and 9/11 and allow the students to reflect on the various aspects of war and how it relates to them.
Content Standards:
Standards: Common Core (as listed in the NYCDOE websites)
ELA standards for grades 6-12)
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading: 1, 2,3,4,7,8,9,11
Reading Standards for Informational Text 6-12: 1,2,3,4, 7,8,9
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10, 11
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening: 1,2,3,4,5,6
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language: 1,2,3,4,6
Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and TechnicalSubjects 6-12
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for reading: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Understandings:
  • Students will be able to identify a variety of sources of information and recognize its value in research.
  • They will understand the value of NYC as a military target during WWII as well as during 9/11.
/ Essential Questions:
  • What role did NYC and Floyd Bennett Field play during the Second World War?
  • What makes NYC important as a military target? Why?

Students will know:
  • The U.S. was fighting two wars abroad.
  • Every American had to sacrifice during WWII through rationing, buying war bonds, or military service
/ Students will be able to…
  • Draw inferences from the sources and use them in their writing
  • Explain the different roles individuals, both military and civilian, took in the defense of NYC.

Stage 2- Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks:
There is an individual reading rubric as well as a class participation rubric. / Other Evidence:
Self-Assessments
Exit Slip / Other Evidence, Summarized
Stage 3 Learning Plan
Learning Activities:
  • Activity 1-
Students will be given a Do Now – What makes NYC as important as a military target? Why would an enemy of the U. S. seek to attack NYC over other American cities?
  • Activity 2-
Discussion -10 minutes- on a prompt “Nature of the Enemy.” How would we prepare differently when fighting wars with entire nations than those with small terrorist cells?
Display the images Mickey Mouse Gas Mask and Air Raid Instructions and ask “What do these images tell us about American attitudes during WWII?
  • Activity 3-
Mini-lesson- 5 minutes- Project image of New York Times headline and ask what it signifies.
  • Activity 4
Students read Secondary Source and answer questions.
  • Exit Slip- Given what we have discussed about NYC’s war effort, explain what you would have done to help protect the U.S. using examples from the readings.

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Lesson 3 – WWII at FBF -2013

Format adapted from UbD by Wiggins & McTighe