55 Minute Lesson Plan

Seada Mukanovic
Elisah Romero Jones
Jacqueline Ali
October 4th 2016
Social Studies/Grade 10
Aspects of WWII
Objective: The students will analyze aspects of WWII by examining the political ideologies of
WWII leaders.
Standard: SSHS-S2C8-05
High School Social Studies, World History, World at War: PO 5. Analyze aspects of World War
II:
a. political ideologies (e.g., Totalitarianism, Democracy)
1. Empowered Learner
c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to
demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
ANTICIPATORY SET
Look at the picture on the board and remember what we learned about yesterday about different
battles. Write down what battle we are looking at and which groups participated in it.

Go over this by calling on students randomly using Ask-Pause-Call.

Today we are going to learn about the leadership of world war two and the reasons behind
entering the war for the allies and axis.

Information:
The students will learn who the leaders of the Axis and Allied powers were. The teacher will say
Germany was Axis, Then the teacher will ask the students to all say with her which side the
Axis were. Following this the students will fill in the graphic organizer accordingly on their own
for each group
The following chart will be used in conjunction with a powerpoint to help the students fill out the
information and get a better understanding of what is happening. The chart has been filled out
with the correct answers.
COUNTRY

LEADER

REASON FOR GOING TO

WAR

GERMANY (AXIS)

Adolf Hitler

Germany, specifically Hitler,

was upset about the treaty of
Versaille. Germany had been
treated poorly, forced into a
financial crisis, and lost
people and land. They hoped
to gain back Poland, and
never have to worry about
German citizens starving to
death.

JAPAN (AXIS)

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor Hirohito was a

GERMANY (AXIS or
ALLIED?)
JAPAN (AXIS or ALLIED?)
ITALY (AXIS or ALLIED?)
THE UNITED STATES (AXIS
or ALLIED?)
THE UNITED KINGDOM
(AXIS or ALLIED?)
THE SOVIET UNION (AXIS
or ALLIED?)

Information: AXIS

traditionalist and felt that the

west, specifically the United
States, would force him to
industrialize.
ITALY (AXIS)

Benito Mussolini

Italy, especially Mussolini, felt

that Italy had been treated
wrongly after the Treaty of
Versaille. They had been
promised lands in the Balkan,
but that fell through, causing
a hatred of the allied powers.
They hoped to gain land and
avenge their country.

Think, Pair, Share

Ask students to put notes away, and take out a half sheet of paper and a writing utensil. When
the students have taken out the materials have them look up at the teacher for further
instruction. Next, students will have 21 seconds to find their lovestruck partner and sit shoulder
to shoulder with them. The signal that 21 seconds is up will be Who lives in a pineapple under
the sea & the students will respond with spongebob square pants and know that they are
ready for further instruction. On the half sheet of paper, the students will have 41 seconds to
write down why each axis power went to war. When the timer rings, they will turn to their
lovestruck partner and the person with the longest hair will share what they came up with first.
The timer will sound after 38 seconds and the partners will switch, the one sharing will listen,
and the one listening will share for an additional 38 seconds. When the timer is up the teacher
will say pencils down, eyes on me, and the lesson will progress. Check for understanding will
be followed after instruction before the students are able to begin.
ASK: Who is your love struck partner?
What will you be writing down?
Who gets to share first?
How long do you have before I give the signal to switch roles?
Someone please summarize for us what we are about to do.
Teacher will walk around the classroom while the students share to make sure they are
understanding. When the activity is complete, the teacher will call on two volunteers to share
what their partner came up with.
INFORMATION: ALLIES
THE UNITED

Franklin D.

The United States had

STATES (ALLIES)

Roosevelt

participated in
Isolationism during
this time, hoping that
they would not have to
enter another war. The
bombing of Pearl
Harbor forced the
United States to
declare war on Japan,
thus also declaring
war on Japan's allies.

THE UNITED
KINGDOM (ALLIES)

Winston Churchill

After the
establishment of
Poland after the Treaty
of Versaille, The UK
made an agreement
with Poland stating
that if anyone attacked
Poland the UK would
protect them. Hitler
invaded Poland
forcing the UK to
declare war on
Germany.

THE SOVIET UNION

(ALLIES)

Joseph Stalin

Stalin and Hitler had

originally made an
agreement stating that
they would be allies if
war were to break out.
Hitler went behind
Stalin's back,
betraying him, and
leaving Stalin no
choice but to join the
USA & UK. Stalin did
this because the
Soviet army was not
up to par with that of
the Axis powers, and if
he sided with the
allies, they would send
him weapons.

Think, Pair, Share

Ask students to put notes away, and take out a half sheet of paper and a writing utensil. When
the students have taken out the materials have them look up at the teacher for further
instruction. Next, students will have 21 seconds to find their lovestruck partner and sit shoulder
to shoulder with them. The signal that 21 seconds is up will be 1, 2, 3 eyes on me and know
that they are ready for further instruction. On the half sheet of paper, the students will have 40
seconds to write down the reasons that the allied powers went to war. When the timer rings,
they will turn to their lovestruck partner and the person with the longest hair will share what they
came up with first. The timer will sound after 30 seconds and the partners will switch, the one
sharing will listen, and the one listening will share for an additional 30 seconds. When the timer
is up the teacher will say pencils down, eyes on me, and the lesson will progress. Check for
understanding will be followed after instruction before the students are able to begin.
ASK: Which partner will you be working with today?
What will you be writing down?
Who gets to share first?
How long do you have before I give the signal to switch roles?
Someone please summarize for us what we are about to do.
Teacher will walk around the classroom while the students share to make sure they are
understanding.
Guided Practice: Each student will be put into a group of three and each student will grab a
laptop. The students will be put into a group of three by being counted off by the teacher. The
students will be using a website called Popplet to create thought webs for each axis and allied
power. The students will discuss with their groups which powers they will work on since each
student will choose one axis and one allied power to work on individually. The students will use
their notes from lecture to fill in the information. The students are required to have at least four
bubbles for each power. The students will look over each others piece before submitting it
online to the teacher. The finished product for the group should have six thought webs total. The
students will have fifteen minutes to complete this activity.
Before the students start working on the activity the teacher will make sure everybody
understands how to use Popplet and will ask:
How many people to a group?
How will the groups be assigned?
How many powers will each person be working on?
How many bubbles for each power?
What should the final product look like?
How long will you have to complete the activity?

During the activity, the teacher will be walking around and working with groups to make sure the
students are on task and understand the assignment.

Extended Practice:
Along with the worksheet that will be passed out and handed in at the end of the class, students
will be responsible for completing a paper due in one week. Students will write a one page
analysis of why each country went to war. They will need to include three outside sources, one
can be their textbook. They will have the end of class to start on this and it will be due October
11th 2016.
Directions: You will have one week to write a one page analysis of why each country went to
war. You must include three outside sources. Your textbook can count as one of these sources.
You should explore each countries reasoning and their leadership type. The analysis should be
double spaced and 12 pt. Times new roman. You can start on this now and it will be due
October 11th 2016. Use credible sources, Wikipedia does not count.

CLOSURE:
On a piece of paper that will be handed in, write down who the Axis powers were and who the
allies were using exactly 30 words.
Materials and Resources:
Worksheet
Fourth Sheet of paper
Half sheet of paper
Writing utensil
Emotion Partners Sheet

ASSESSMENT:
What was the reason germany went to war?
Mistreatment after WWI
Which leader took a lot of inspiration from Mussolini?
Hitler
Why did the United States wait so long to go to war?
Isolationism
Why did the United States go to war?
Pearl harbor
Why were the allies successful during wwii?
Germany lost lots of men and troops in Russia
What was Mussolini's motivation for going into war?
He was upset about the treaty of versaille
Please write a 5 sentence paragraph explaining why the allies went to war.
Please write a 5 sentence paragraph explaining why the axis went to war.