Westside High School Lesson Plan
Tuesday
Monday
Teacher Name:
Course:
Kindred
AP U.S. History
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Period 7: 1890-1945
March 9-13, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I can analyze American foreign policy that used international investment, peace
treaties, and select military intervention to promote a vision of international order, even while
maintaining U.S. isolationism in the years following World War I.
TEKS/AP/Standards: The involvement of the United States in World War II, while opposed by most
Americans prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, vaulted the United States into global political and
military prominence, and transformed both American society and the relationship between the
United States and the rest of the world.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Clear off desks
2. Document Analysis Practice- Students will participate in a group activity where they will match
selected documents to the correct main idea and context.
3. Assessment #14: DBQ Document Analysis- Students will analyze documents in preparation for
writing an in class DBQ on Tuesday.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Document analysis
Checks for Understanding: Class Discussion
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Pen
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Read Chapter 28 AND complete the Chapter 27 quiz on the HUB
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I can compose a full APUSH DBQ on American foreign policy in the decades leading
up to World War II.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Take out a pen
2. Assessment #14: DBQ
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: DBQ
Checks for Understanding:
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: DBQ
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Read Chapter 28
Wed/Thur
Friday
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I can explain how The United States and its allies achieved victory over the Axis
powers through a combination of factors, including allied political and military cooperation, industrial
production, technological and scientific advances, and popular commitment to advancing democratic
ideals.
TEKS/AP/Standards: The involvement of the United States in World War II, while opposed by most
Americans prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, vaulted the United States into global political and
military prominence, and transformed both American society and the relationship between the
United States and the rest of the world.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Log on to the Hub and download “Crash Course #35: WW2” from the Chapter 28
folder.
2. Video Analysis: World War 2- Students will analyze a video that highlights the significant
causes and effects of World War 2.
3. American Military Leaders of WWII- Students will complete a bracket that asks them to
determine the greatest American military leader during World War 2.
4. World War II Timeline- Students will select the 6 most significant battles of WWII and
create a timeline to illustrate their analysis of the war.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Bracket, timeline
Checks for Understanding: Randomized Questioning
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptops, notebooks
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Read Chapter 28
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I can answer APUSH style multiple choice questions to review Period 7.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Log on to the HUB and download “Multiple Choice Practice Per 7.2”
2. Multiple Choice Practice- Students will answer multiple choice questions to review content
from Period 7.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Multiple Choice answers
Checks for Understanding: Class discussion
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Finish Reading 28 and begin reading Chapter 29