Day
Title
Activities
Lecture utilizing graphic organizers
1
WWII
Road to War
Map activity-students have to label major
countries and color them according to alliances.
Sequence activity- students have to place 5
events in order but do not have to attach a date.
Quiz-involving the major players of WWII
2
WWII
Out of the Blue
Objectives
TEKS
Resources
TLW Identify how WWII began on
the graphic organizer
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A
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
-Print out of the Map
activity
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A
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
-Print out of the quiz
-Crude radar
-Crude radar activity
sheet
TLW paraphrase 5 events and place
them in sequential order on a blank
sheet of paper.
TLW Locate and label each of the
Major countries involved in WWII
on a blank map.
TLW list the major players involved
in WWII on the quiz.
Writing assignment- small paragraph explaining
why Japan was shamed by their own attack on
TLW explain why Japan was
Pearl Harbor.
shamed by the attack on Pearl
harbor on a blank sheet of paper.
Crude Radar exercise- where the students will
have to demonstrate how difficult and new radar TLW discover why the USA did not
was in the 1940’s
see an entire Japanese Naval Fleet
coming, thru a simulation.
Simulation exercise- This is conducted at the
beginning of class with the quiz that the
TLW, after a simulation exercise,
students thought counted. They then have to
explain and compare how America
reflect on their feelings from having been
felt after Pearl Harbor as compared
deceived and compare that to the feelings of
with their similar experience.
America in regards to the attack on Pearl
Harbor.
Day
Title
3
WWII
The Home-front
Activities
Lecture utilizing graphic organizers
-Ending depression
-Increase in productivity
-culture
-victory gardens
Writing exercise over reaction to WWII
Group exercise where they are given a topic and
they have to read about it in their book and give
a 30 sec. report to the class.
Objectives
TLW identify the reason the
Depression ended in the graphic
organizer.
TLW summarize the reaction
Americans had to WWII.
WWII
European
Theater
Video with a note taking sheet where the
students are required to list 5 major battles.
TLW identify major battles in
Europe during WWII in the graphic
organizer.
Journal entry- students have to explain the
significance of D-Day and Normandy.
TLW paraphrase the significance of
D-Day.
Map Exercise-requiring the students to track the
progression of the Allied troops and Germany’s
response.
TLW Chart the progression of the
Allied troops through Europe.
5
WWII
Pacific Theater
Lecture utilizing graphic organizers
-Leyte Gulf, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal,
Iwo Jima.
Map exercise where the student has to locate
each battle and label it, followed by an
explanation of its significance to WWII.
Resources
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BCG
113.41.1
6D
113.41.1
9B
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
-topics ready to
assign to groups
-deck of card to
randomly make
groups.
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DEF
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
-video of WWII
-video note sheet
printed out
-Map exercise printed
out
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DEF
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
-Map exercise printed
out.
TLW inform the class of one way
people helped support our troops.
Lecture utilizing graphic organizers
4
TEKS
TLW list 5 major battles in the
Pacific, in the graphic organizer.
TLW summarize the significance of
these 5 major battles.
TLW construct a map diagram that
follows WWII in the Pacific.
Day
Title
Activities
6
Discussion over Japanese Internment, Code
Breaking, and Code Talkers. Sporadically
WWII
Challenges of the asking questions to check for comprehension.
Pacific theater
Crude radio exercise, where students have to
intercept messages between each other.
Code talker’s exercise-they have to actually
break a real Japanese and Navajo code.
7
WWII
Ending the War
Lecture utilizing graphic organizers
-ending war with Germany
-Manhattan Project
-Bombs on Japan
Journal entry-Paraphrase why President Truman
decided to drop bombs on Japan, and why he
dropped two and only two.
Group exercise- students will be put into groups
and assigned different sections in the book to
read about and present to the class.
Lecture utilizing graphic organizers
8
WWII
Effects of WWII
Writing assignment- one page, the student will
have a list of technology and they will have to
choose five items and research and explain their
significance.
Map exercise- the student will have to construct
Objectives
TEKS
TLW identify the reasons for
internment camps, in the discussion.
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EFG
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
-Crude radio (3)
-Crude radio activity
sheet
-Code breaking
activity sheets
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BG
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
-topics ready for
group exercise
TLW describe the reason why radio
transmissions played a huge role in
the success in the Pacific.(this is
included in a section on the radio
activity form)
Resources
TLW discover the ease of which
radio transmissions could be
captured in the 1940’s.
TLW participate in a code breaking
exercise/simulation.
TLW list how the war ended in
Germany and Japan on the Graphic
organizer.
TLW Summarize the reasons why
the A-bombs were dropped on
Japan.
TLW inform the class of the
significance of the Yalta Conference
and post-war negotiations.
TLW Identify on the graphic
organizer the effects of WWII.
TLW give examples of new
technology brought about by WWII.
TLW construct a map illustrating
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BDG
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
113.41.1 -Map exercise printed
2B
out
-Computers brought
in or students taken
you the lab for
Day
Title
Activities
a map illustrating how boundaries have changed
in Europe.
9
WWII
Conclusion
Objectives
TEKS
the new face of Europe.
Speaker from the VFW-students will have a
TLW list 7 ways the speaker was
speaker form to fill out, with 7 blanks. It will
impacted by WWII on the speaker
also have a section at the bottom for a paragraph information form.
about the impact the war had on the speaker.
research.
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ABCDE
FG
-Textbook
-PowerPoint for
lecture
-Speaker from VFW
-Review handouts
printed out
-Speaker Form
printed out
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ABCDE
FG
Computer with
baseball review game
and a projector.
Lecture/discussion/review-leaders of the nations TLW paraphrase the significance
involved in WWII and lasting decisions. (this
the war had on the Speaker-on the
will mostly be review but will plan to expand a bottom of the speaker form.
little on the lasting decisions)
TLW complete two pages of a
Hand out review packets.
review packet.
10
Complete Review Packet
WWII
Review
Resources
Review Game-baseball
Textbook and Review
Packet.
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ABCDE
FG
11
WWII
Unit Test
TEST
Test Packets
Scantrons
Extra pencils