Lesson Title: World War II

Teacher: Mrs. K. Kelley

Subject: Social Studies Grade Level: 6
Time Required: 40 Minutes
Topic: World War 2

Essential Question:
Who were the major players in World War II?

Prerequisites (Prior knowledge)

This is the first lesson in this unit. The students will need no prior knowledge of this
subject.

Stage 1 – Desired Results

Content Area Standard(s) (include complete standard, not just standard #)

Social Studies Standard 1: History of the United States and New York
Social Studies Standard 3: Geography
English Language Arts 1: Language for information and understanding
English Language Arts 4: Language for social interaction

Intended Learning Outcome (Should define what students will know and be able to do and at what
level of mastery they should be able to do it.)

Students will know… Student will be able to…

1. The major players of World War II 1. Find the country on a flat map
2. Where the countries are on a map 2. Find the country on a globe
3. Who was leading the country at the 3. Discuss the countries and it’s leaders
time of war

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 Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Students will demonstrate their learning/understanding in the following way(s):
Teacher-Created Assessments
Pre-test: See attached

Post-test: See attached

(Performance Assessments:

Will the student be able to locate the country after discussion?

Will the student be able to discuss the leader of the country?

(Other Assessments: Peer, Self)

Students will take a self evaluation regarding how well they learned the material and how
he/she interacted with it. (See attached)

(Assessment Adaptations)
1. Students will be able to work in pairs.
2. Students will have access to the library, as well as, classroom material.
3. Students will be able to feel the globe or look at a drawn map with the countries’
names noted on the country.

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 Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Learning Activities
Instructional Strategies/Learning Activities:
e.g., demonstration, discussion, small groups, role play, etc.
The students will work in small groups to learn about a country and then we will have a class
discussion, where the students will discuss each of their countries.

Introducing the lesson:

(capturing students’ attention, activating students’ prior knowledge).

Show a clip of Pearl Harbor and ask the students if they know what it is.

Instructional Sequence:
(representing the content: teaching/learning activities, connecting to students’ prior knowledge, etc.)

Teacher activity (The teacher is doing….)
Assign the small groups
Assign a country and leader
Move around to each group, determining if
they need assistance, where they are, and if
they are on track
Announce the end of the research time
Start and assist classroom discussion
Student activity (The student is doing…)
Get into groups
Go to find materials
Working as a team to discover important
details of the country and it’s leader
Students take care of materials and reform
their groups in the classroom to synthesize
their information
Relate information to other classmates in
group discussion format

Adaptations to the Instructional Sequence to Differentiate:

Students will be reading material, discussion material, watching material and have the option to act
out any scenes from the country that they found interesting
Discussion and Assessment of Learning:
(Pointing out to students how what they are learning is related to the driving question; assessing students’
learning as a result of the lesson)

Ask if any students discovered a country who was involved with WWII. What side was that country on
(Axis or the Allies)?

Closure:
Extensions for early finishers:
Team discussion would start for early finishers
Alternate strategies for struggling students or those who learn differently:
Using the team approach allows for struggling students to receive assistance without the assistance
being obvious.
Procedures:
(already established procedures to be used and procedures to be taught for this lesson)
Where the materials for the class will be

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 Lesson Development Resources
Technology Tools and Materials:
(classroom set-up, preparations, resources, etc.)

Students will have basic technology such as paper and pencil to take notes about their
country and leader.
Students will have access to literature.
Students will have access to the internet to research their country.

(Parent/Community Resources)

(Contact Information)

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