Topic: U.S.

History

Time frame Two weeks

What where the external and internal effects that drove America into fighting and during WWI?
Essential
Question

C3D1-C3D2; CCRH1-10; CCW7; CCSL1; CCL6: Causation and Argumentation: Analyze the causes and effects of global conflicts and
Standards economic crises.
(state and
national) C3D3;CCRH1-10; Evaluating sources and using evidence: Gathering and evaluating sources: Developing Claims and using evidence

C3D2;CCRH1-10;CCW7;CCSL1;CCL6: Change, continuity, and context

C3D2;CCRH1-10;CCW7;CCSL1;CCL6: Perspectives; Analyze key historical events and contributions of individuals through a variety of
perspectives including those of historically underrepresented groups.

I-SAIL 1.1: Develops and refines the topic, problem, or question independently to arrive at a worthy and manageable focus for inquiry,
through recursive investigation
I-SAIL 1.3: Retrieves examples of both primary and secondary sources.
I-SAIL 2.2: Continues to identify fact vs. opinion; recognizes statements that can be verified.
I-SAIL 2.3: Recognizes the difference between objective and biased sources (using word choice, author's purpose, point of view, etc.).
I-SAIL 2.4: Considers alternative perspectives and evaluates differing points-of-view.
I-SAIL 2.5: Examines and analyzes relevant information from a variety of sources to discover relationships among ideas
Vocabulary Propaganda League of Nations Red Scare
Anti- Germanism Romanticism Armistice
American-Culture League of Nations Reparations
Culture Trench Warfare Great Migration
Bonds Central Powers
Alliances Triple Alliance
Militarism U Boats
Nation Espionage Act
Imperialism Fourteen Points

People, Places, People Places Events (list years)

& Events Woodrow Wilson All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
United States
Wilhelm Keiser Germany Sinking of the Lusitania (1915)
WWI Propaganda France Treaty of Versailles (1919
League of Nations Russia
Italy
Europe
Mexico
Great Britain

Assessments Diagnostic Informal Formal

Lesson Plan Overview

Course Name: _U.S History_______ Class Period: ____3rd _______

Week of: ___October 2, 2017________________ Name: ______Ms. Garcia_

Instructional Unit Essential Question:

Activities: M T W Th F
Lecture/discussion X X Monday:
Demo/modeling X
Was World War I inevitable in 1914?
Simulation X
Group work X
Oral presentation Tuesday
Guided practice What were the MAIN causes of WWI?
X
Lab
Reading Study Guides/
Workbooks
Media Center Wednesday:
Materials: Was it in the national interest of the United
States to stay neutral or declare war in 1917?
Graphic Organizer X X X X X Discuss the position of the U.S. in WWI
Paper/Markers Pros/Cons
Text Book X X Thursday:
SmartBoard X X X X X What was the final decision for the U.S. to
join fight? Was our involvement inevitable?
Evaluation:
Written response X
Oral response
Quiz X Friday
Test How did the United States mobilize for war?
Special considerations:
Preferential Seating Copy of notes if needed
Tutoring Sessions Study guides if needed
Daily agenda
Extended time on tests if needed

Lesson Plan Overview

Course Name: ____U.S History____________ Class Period: ____3rd_______

Week of: ____10/9/2017_______________ Name: ___Ms. Garcia__________

Instructional Unit Essential Question:

Activities: M T W Th F
Lecture/discussion X Monday:
Demo/modeling How did technology change the way in
Simulation which war was fought?
X
Group work

Oral presentation X Tuesday

Guided practice What were some misconceptions of war?
Lab All Quiet on the Western Front
Reading Study Guides/ X
Workbooks
Media Center Wednesday:
Materials: What are some differences between the
Graphic Organizer
purpose of Wilsons Fourteen points and the
X X X X X Treaty of Versailles?
Paper/Markers X X X
Text Book X X X Thursday:
SmartBoard X X X x X How did propaganda influence attitudes
during and after the war?
Evaluation:
Written response X X X
Oral response X X X
Quiz Friday
Test X How did the legacy of World War I led to
Special considerations:
World War II?
Preferential Seating Copy of notes if needed
Tutoring Sessions Study guides if needed
Daily agenda
Extended time on tests if needed
Resources:

Quizlet Vocabulary- https://quizlet.com/10705517/wwi-vocabulary-words-flash-cards/

Trench Warefare Simulation
WWI Trench Warfare Scenarios

Gas attack (if you have gas masks 0 deaths, if you dont 2 deaths)

Night attack (if you have light-shell rockets 0 deaths for you and 2 for the enemy, if you
dont, 2 deaths for you 0 for the enemy.

4 straight days of rain (If you have socks, no trench foot and no deaths, if you dont, 1 death)

Large ground attack (2 enemies die if you have a machine gun, 2 of your own die if you dont)

Small ground attack (2 enemies die if you have barbed wire, 2 of your own die if you dont)

Barbed wire problem (1 enemy dies if you have tanks, 1 of your own die if you dont)

Trench damaged (1 of your own dies if you dont have dynamite/shovels)

Trenches are close/50 yrds apart (3 of your own die if you dont have artillery shells/ grenades,
2 enemies die if you do)

Fighting for weeks (1 of our own will die if you dont have morale, 0die of you do)

Sneak attack (2 enemies die if you have a listening post, 2 of you die if you dont)

Enemy buildup (2 of you die if you dont have planes for surveillance)
Who are my allies?
 Where Are My Alliances At?
Alliance Simulation

Nasdrova
Plukonia
Astoria

Kronforth
Gazcobia
Zukol

Alvonia
Ruston

Bolga

Cabony
Malvokia