HAZLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT UNIT/LESSON PLAN
Teacher Name : Scarcella/Bonomo
8
Building :Heights-Terrace
Subject : World History
Start Date(s): January, February, and March
Grade Level (s):
Unit Plan
Unit Title: an educational unit title summarizes content across several lessons that establishes and reinforces certain skills and essential knowledge for grade levels and
content areas.
Examples – World War II
Essential Questions: Essential questions are concept in the form of questions. Questions suggest inquiry. Essential questions are organizers and set the focus for the
lesson or unit. Essential questions are initiators of creative and critical thinking. Essential questions are conceptual commitments focusing on key concepts implicit in the
curriculum
Examples – When is war justified?
How did German aggression lead Europe into WWII?
How did Japanese imperialism and the attack on Pearl Harbor bring the United States into WWll?
How did the Nazis carry out a program of genocide?
What were the reasons for the final defeat of the Nazis?
What were the main goals of the allies’ post war policies toward the defeated Axis countries?
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Standards: PA Core Standards, PA Academic Standards/Anchors (based on subject)
CC.8.6-8.B Write informative/ explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical procedures.
CC.1.2.8.A Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas: providing an
objective summary of the text.
5.1.8.B Outline how different systems of government function.
5.4.8.A Describe how national interests lead to agreements and conflicts between and among countries.
8.1.8.A Compare and contrast events over time and how continuity and change over time influence these events.
8.4.8.D Compare conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations which have impacted the history and development of the world.
Summative Unit Assessment :
Summative Assessment Objective
Students will-analyze what they have learned about the causes and effects of
WWIl by taking a number of quizzes and Unit test upon completion of the
unit.
Assessment Method (check one)
Rubric
Checklist
X Unit Test
Group
Student Self-Assessment
Other (explain)
Day
Objective (s)
Students will describe how the
Western democracies responded
to aggression.
DOK
LEVEL
Activities / Teaching Strategies
Grouping
DAILY PLAN
1,2
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
1
I
G
Materials / Resources
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Assessment of Objective (s)
Formative-thumbs up thumbs
down
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
Students will analyze how German
aggression led Europe into WWll
1,2
2
3
Students will-create a timeline of
German aggressions that led to
WWII
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
I
G
W
4
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
G
W
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
Formative-timeline
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
Summative-
internet
Students will-cont. from Day 3
4
G
W
4
Students will-Students will
examine the Axis domination of
Europe.
4
5
Students will describe the Nazi
attack on the Soviet Union
4
6
Students will-Students will
investigate the circumstances that
led to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
4
7
Students will describe how the
Nazis carried out a program of
genocide.
Students will continue from day 8
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
W
G
W
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
W
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
W
G
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
W
G
2,3
9
10
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
W
G
2
8
Students will continue from day 8
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
1,2
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Student Self - Assessment-
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-timeline
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-think-pair-share
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-think-pair-share
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-ticket out the door
Textbook ,Various maps ,graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-quick write
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-KWL
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
Formative-think-pair share
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
Summative-
internet
Students will explain how the allies
began to push back the Axis
powers in Europe and the Pacific.
1,2
11
Students will describe with details
the Allied invasion of Normandy.
1,2
12
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
W
W
Student Self - Assessment-
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-thumbs up/down
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-random question and
answers
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-
Students will continue from day 12
1
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
13
Students will continue from day 12
2
14
Students understand the final
defeat of the Nazis.
16
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
W
I
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
W
I
2,3
15
Students will-describe the
aftermath of World War 2 and the
founding of the United Nations.
W
I
G
2
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
W
G
Textbook ,Various maps,graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-ticket out the door
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-ticket out the door
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-random question and
answers
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-random questions and
answers
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
Summative-
Student Self - AssessmentStudents will-understand what
they have learned about WWll by
completing a review for a unit test.
2
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
17
Students will-analyze what they
learned about WWll by taking a
unit test.
18
W
3,4
Whole group direct instruction
Vocabulary development
Small group work
internet
W
G
Textbook ,Various maps graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-review questions
Textbook ,Various maps, graphic
organizers, projector, internet
access, www.history channel.com,
www.nationalgeographic.com,
www.smithsonianeducator.com,
www.metmuseum.com
Formative-
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-
Summative-
Student Self – Unit Test