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Social Studies: World War II
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February
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8.6 World War II: The World War II Era
- In the 1930s, dictators in Germany, Italy, and Japan tried to conquer neighboring nations, sparking a new world war.
- The United States entered the war after Japanese airplanes bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor.
- As the United States organized to win the win, women gained new opportunities, but Japanese Americans faced harsh restrictions.
- The D-Day invasion of France was the first step to final victory in Europe, and the dropping of the atomic bomb brought the war in the Pacific to an end.
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8.6 World War II: The World War II Era
What were the causes and effects of World War II?
- What events led to the outbreak of World War II?
- How did the United States move from neutrality to full involvement in the war?
- How did the home front respond to American participation in the war?
- How did the Allies win World War II and what were the results?
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SS.8.6 |
WORLD WAR II: The aggression of the Axis powers threatened United States security and led to its entry into World War II. The nature and consequences of warfare during World War II transformed the United States and the global community. The damage from total warfare and atrocities such as the Holocaust led to a call for international efforts to protect human rights and prevent future wars. |
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SS.I.1 |
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York. |
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SS.I.2 |
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives. |
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SS.I.3 |
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface. |
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College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Skills
Dimension 1: Developing Questions & Planning Inquiries
- D1.1.6-8. Explain how a question represents key ideas in the field.
Dimension 2: Applying Disciplinary Concepts
- Civics D2.Civ.10.6-8. Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.
- History D2.4.6-8. Analyze multiple factors that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras.
Dimension 3: Evaluating Sources & Using Evidence
- D3.3.6-8. Identify evidence that draws information from multiple sources to support claims, noting evidentiary limitations.
Dimension 4: Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
- D4.3.6-8. Present adaptations of arguments and explanations on topics of interest to others to reach audiences and venues outside the classroom using print and oral technologies (e.g., posters, essays, letters, debates, speeches, reports, and maps) and digital technologies (e.g., Internet, social media, and digital documentary).
NCSS Essential Skills for Social Studies
- Communicate own beliefs, feeling, and convictions
- Identify alternative courses of action and predict likely consequences of each
- Reinterpret events in terms of what might have happened, and subsequent events
- Listen for information
- Evaluate sources of information-- print, visual, electronic
- Distinguish between the fact and opinion; recognize propaganda
- Select passages that are pertinent to the topic studied
- Prepare summaries
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8.6 World War II: The World War II Era
- totalitarian state
- fascism
- aggression
- appeasement
- total war
- rationing
- intern
- bracero
- island hopping
- kamikaze
- genocide
- war crimes
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- Do Now Questions
- Socrative Entrance/Exit Tickets
- Polls
- Interactive Readings
- Graphic Organizers
- Thinking Maps
- Common Core Protocols
- Comprehension Assessments
- Writing Assessments
- Map Quiz
- Quizzes
- J. Dodge Differentiated Activities
- Marzano Strategies
- Primary Source Documents
- Document Based Questions
- Political Cartoons
- Constructed Response Questions
- Chapter Test
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25 Quick Formative Assessments - Judy Dodge
America: History of our Nation - Prentice Hall
OneNote
Interactive Reading
PearsonSuccessNet.com
Wiesel, Elie. Night
Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken
Common Core State Standards for ELA & Literacy in History/Social Studies- Text Exemplar- Goodrich, Frances and Albert Hackett. The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play.
Common Core State Standards for ELA & Literacy in History/Social Studies- Text Exemplar-Churchill, Winston. "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940." Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History.
Toolkit Inquiry: Japanese Internment
Thinglink.com
Photovisi.com
Quizlet
Socrative.com
PollEV.com
"Remember One More Lollipop and You all Go Home" - Dr. Seuss Cartoon Collections
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