Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: World War II

Name: Laura Delgado

Content Area: U.S History

Grade Level: 11th grade

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

11.7 Students analyze America's participation in World War II.
11.7.1 Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl
Harbor.
11.7.2 Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of
the Bulge.
11.7.5 Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans
(e.g., Fred Korematsu v. United States of America) and the restrictions on German and Italian resident aliens; the response of the
administration to Hitler's atrocities against Jews and other groups; the roles of women in military production; and the roles and growing
political demands of African Americans.
11.7.7 Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision (Hiroshima and Nagasaki).

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

Students will analyze and understand the significance of World War II as well as be able to answer the following questions:
1 What was the purpose of each battle fought through World War 2?
2 What was the importance of the Holocaust?
3 How did womens role change during World War 2?
4 What was the U.S ultimatum to drop the atomic bombs and could there have been a different solution?

Unit Summary:

In this unit we will focus on the second world war and the role the United States played in. The main focus of the unit will be to
understand the reasons behind war and how it developed. We will be able looking at the major battles taken place. We will also look at
women's role during the war and the part that they played to contribute to the war. We will look at Roosevelt's foreign policy and the
determination to drop the atomic bombs. Finally we will also discuss the Holocaust that took place during the war.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: For the entry level assessment
students will have Warmups at the
beginning of class that will ask questions,
define terms, or their opinions on the topic
from the previous class to refresh their
memory or getting them thinking for the
new topic.

Lesson 1
Student Learning
Objective:
Students will begin to
understand the causes
of WWII and its key
players students will
begin to outline the

Formative: For formative assessment

students will have guided notes to follow
the instructors power point.
Students will have a Webercise to create a
timeline of order of events of WWII.
Flash Cards would be used of terms to
know in regards to the Holocaust.
Finally students will play Jeopardy in order
to review for their unit exam.

Acceptable Evidence
(Assessments):
Students will begin
class with answering
their warmup question
what do they know
about WWII.

Summative: For final assessment students

will write an Essay about Hiroshima and
Nagasaki using primary sources. And will
also have a Unit Exam consisting of WWII
unit, like the battles, home front, and the
holocaust.

Lesson Activities: Class will begin with the teacher lecture and students following
along with their guided notes. When taking notes students will stop and answer the
questions that are in the power point and discuss with their partners. After completing
the notes students will be put into groups and will discuss what totalitarianism is and
create a chart including the leaders who were a part of it.
Students will work on the Webercise in which they will begin to outline the main
events of WWII to get a better understanding of how the war took place as we get

events of WWII and

understand the
Holocaust and its
importance.
Lesson 2
Student Learning
Acceptable Evidence:
Objective:
Students will be given a
Students will learn
small quiz within their
about the home front
warmup about what
and some of its issues
totalitarian is and who
and understand the
were some key players
major battles fought
in WWII that were
during world war II.
involved with it.
Lesson 3
Student Learning
Acceptable Evidence:
Objective: Students
Students will begin
will learn about
class with presenting
Roosevelts decisions
their graphic organizer
to drop the atomic
to the class.
bombs and it
consequences. Students
will read and analyze
primary accounts of
people living in
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki during the
war and post the war.
Unit Resources:
U.S history textbook
Core standards- http://www.cde.ca.gov/RE/cc/

further into detail. Finally students will finish class with quizzing each other on the
Holocaust using quizzlet.

Lesson Activities: Students will be lectured about the home front and the battle fields
taken place during the war. After lecturing students will be handed a map to label it
with the countries where the battles took place as well as jot down the names of the
battles. Students will work in pairs on a graphic organizer about the role women
played during the war and their contribution.

Lesson Activities: Students will have a power point with guided notes learning about
the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Students will then have a group
discussion about whether dropping the bombs was right or wrong. Students will read
primary accounts of people living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and will begin to
brainstorm their ideas for their Final unit essay. Students will play Jeopardy in order
to begin reviewing for their unit exam.

Primary Sources- http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/745

Bombing article- http://www.ushistory.org/us/51g.asp
Holocaust- http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/holocaust.php
Useful Websites:

Primary Sources- http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/745

Quizzlet- https://quizlet.com/167687488/the-holocaust-flash-cards/?new
Unit resources from website- http://wwllunitplan.weebly.com/unit-resources.html