Corey Noble

Unit Cover Page

Unit Title: World War 2

Time Frame: 2.5 weeks (13 days)
Course: U.S. History
Grade Level: 11

CURRICULUM/STANDARDS
List all appropriate national, state or district curriculum or standards that align to this unit:

HS.1SS.C8.PO2
HS.1SS.C9.PO1
HS.1SS.C9.PO2
HS.1SS.C9.PO3

AZCCR.11-12.RH.1
AZCCR.11-12.RH.3
AZCCR.11-12.RH.5
AZCCR.11-12.RH.6
AZCCR.11-12.RH.9

AZCCR.11-12.WHST.1
AZCCR.11-12.WHST.5
AZCCR.11-12.WHST.6
AZCCR.11-12.WHST.8
AZCCR.11-12.WHST.9

KEY THEMES/QUESTIONS
List the key themes/questions that are guiding this unit:

THEMES
- Events leading up to U.S. involvement in WWII
Japan?
- Homefront transformations
- Turning points of WWII after U.S. involvement
for the U.S.
- Immediate outcomes of WWII for the U.S.

QUESTIONS
- Was the U.S. justified in the dropping of the Atomic Bombs on
- Did the end justify the means for WWII?
- What were the intended/unintended consequences of WWII
both at home and internationally?

ASSESSMENT
List the assessments that will be used to gauge student learning. This may include traditional quizzes or
exams, as well as major learning activities such as simulations, labs, etc.

- Daily bellwork and anticipatory sets

- Daily exit tickets
- 2 quizzes (1 on events prior to U.S. involvement and
- Project (essay, poster, etc.) answering main questions
listed above.
homefront transformations, and 1 over turning points/
outcomes)
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
List all resources (copyrighted or otherwise) that you will need to teach this unit. This should be a
comprehensive list of all resources you will need to create or borrow (including textbook chapters, additional

readings, videos, power points and teaching notes, handouts, assessments, etc.)

Materials/Resources for lessons (Chris Sargent means that cooperating teacher has materials that I will draw from)
History Textbook: America: Pathways to the Present Survey Chapters 24 & 25.
Saving Private Ryan movie
The Pacific documentary
PowerPoints on Pre-U.S. WWII and WWII events (Chris Sargent)
www.historyanimated.com animated battle maps for WWII.
Ansel Adams collection Manzanar Internment camp http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/manz/
Political cartoon collection (Chris Sargent)
Rosie Riveter and other homefront propaganda collection (Chris Sargent)
First Person narratives of Atomic Bomb/Firebombing in Japan (Pilots as well as Japanese)
Daily Cloze note-takers or other handouts. Created by me.
www.wordle.net
Materials for Review/Assessment
Daily bellwork prompts
Exit ticket prompts/sheets
2 quizzes
Materials/Resources for project
COW (computers on wheels) from library
Markers/Colored Pencils/Crayons
Poster Boards
WWII era music (Spotify)

Unit Calendar
(For each class period, list the topic of the day, as well as main learning activities. You may list standards if you
choose.)
(Insert or delete days of the week as appropriate for your school district calendar. Add or delete weeks depending
on the length of your unit.)

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

February 23
WWII background
Lecture:
Beginning
stages of WWII/
Appeasement
Pre-U.S. WWII
European
events

February 24
Pre-U.S. involvement
WWII / U.S. Homefront
Lecture:
Pre-U.S. WWII
Pacific events
Move away
from
Isolationism

March 2
Quiz over Prior
events/Homefront
Short review
Quiz

March 3
European Campaign
Africa/Italy
Campaigns

March 9
Atomic Bomb
First person
accounts on
Atomic
Bomb/Firebombi
ng of Tokyo

March 10
Immediate outcomes
of WWII for U.S. (at
home, internationally)
Lecture: WWII
outcomes

February 25
Homefront
Lecture:
Gender/Race
Roles
End of
Depression
Internment
camps
o Ansel
Adams
pictures
March 4
European Campaign
D-Day
Saving Private
Ryan clip
France/Germany
March 11
Quiz over turning
points/ outcomes of
WWII
Quiz
In-class work on
project

February 26 RODEO
DAY NO SCHOOL

February 27 RODEO
DAY NO SCHOOL

March 5
Pacific Campaign
Lecture: Pacific
Campaign up to
Iwo Jima/Island
Hopping
March 12
In class work on
project (art
supplies,
computers)

March 6
Pacific Campaign
The Pacific
documentary
Iwo Jima
March 13 Half Day
(38 minute classes)
Turn in
Projects
Debrief on WWII
Set stage for postWWII