Date: 9/14/17 Content: Social Studies Grade: 8th grade Teacher: Mr.

Rivas

Academic Standard S1C3PO4: Describe how the Allies won World War II

Today I will describe the Battle of the Bulge and how it led to the Allied victory by completing my
Content Objective
Battle of the Bulge/ Nazi mistakes assignment

Today I will review the three steps/phases towards allied victory with the idea: Battle of Stalingrad, Operation
Language Objective Torch, and D-Day all lead to the Nazi losing France and prepared for the invasion of Germany (Battle of
Bulge) and eventually the surrender of Germany.

Anticipatory Set/
We will watch a video clip describing the Battle of the Bulge and the fall of the Nazi regime by analyzing
Building Background mistakes by Hitler and his army; moreover, his last stand, commits suicide, Germany Surrenders.
I Do: Discourse/Questioning
Model and explain and reinforce my rules and expectations Strategies:
explain video, discuss bellwork, students will work on Battle of the
Bulge What is the Battle of the
Bulge?
We Do: What was D Day?
watch video, do bellwork, take notes, and begin working on Battle How did the invasion of France
of Bulge assignment set the Allies up for victory?
Can you locate and label Allied
Lesson Implementation You Do: victories in North Africa and
Watch video, do bellwork, answer text based Italy?
questions, students will finish assignment. What is Operation Torch?
Why did Hitler invade the
USSR?
What was the result of this
invasion?
What did it mean for the Nazis?
What was the significance of
the Battle of Stalingrad?
Differentiation Shorten assignments, give more time, focus on vocabulary
 Assessment Bellwork based on dictators, checks for understanding, class discussion, completion of
(Formative/Summative) Battle of the Bulge assignment
Always keep in mind the PLC guiding questions:
1. What do we want students to know and be able to do? 2. How will we know if they have learned it? 3. What will we do if they dont learn it? 4. What do
we do when they do learn it?