Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: World War II: At Home and Beyond Name: Regina Ang Lee
Content Area: History Grade Level: 11
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

11.7. 1. Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on
Pearl Harbor.

11.7. 3. Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of the special fighting
forces

11.7. 5. Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese
Americans and the restrictions on German and Italian resident aliens; the response of the administration to Hitlers atrocities against Jews
and other groups; the roles of women in military production; and the roles and growing political demands of African Americans

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

Be able to define in your own way what a hero and what a villain is and be able to examine and assesses our leaders and decide if
someone falls in either of the categories or falls outside what has been defined as "heroic" and "villainous".

After the webercise activity, you will be able to analyze and critique the practices of our government and understand that there is a
variety of media to use.

After the debates, you will be able to form and defend an oral argument with logical support (and have fun doing so).
Unit Summary:

This unit will focus on the U.S front of World War II, including the events that led up to the United States
becoming involved in the conflict. As historians, you will examine the response to the events of Pearl Harbor
and the effects that the attack had on citizens, including German and Italian citizens in the United states. we
will also look at those who participated at war, both on the fronts of battle and those who supported at home.
Our examination will focus on specialized forces that were employed during the war and on the changing role
of women during this time period. Our goal is to examine the effect that World War II had not just on the
European front, but in the United states and its population.
Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Pre-WWII and WWII knowledge Formative: Guided notes and lecture; Summative: Comic book creation; Team
check; Brainstorm: what is a hero and what is Evernote notebook; create your own: DC and Debate
a villain? Marvel special forces; Webercise; Graphic
Organizer

Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Acceptable Evidence
Objective: For students (Assessments): Guided
to understand notes that are filled out
and teacher assessment
in the form of class
discussion.
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Acceptable Evidence:
Objective: Through the A creative and accurate
use of comic as a media comic that has at least
form, students will be able two historical figures and
to evaluate and criticize a significant event that
the actions governments the government
have taken during WWII. participated in during the
War.
Lesson Activities:: The students will be given guided notes to fill in during the lecture; the
teacher will pause the lecture every now and then to stimulate discussion between students
and to assess how well they're retaining the information or if information needs to be presented
in a different way for better understanding. Students will turn in the guided notes at the end of
the unit as they can use it for later assignments.
Lesson Activities: Students will use the comic app that has been linked to them on the
website to access the ipad app that helps them create their comic. They will have clas time to
brainstorm and ask questions and be allowed to work on the project in class. They wil also
submit a short paper that is a few paragraphs, a minimum of one paragraph, that explains their
thoughts on the event that they chose and how they think the governments handled the event.
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: Using the website poplit, students will choose one figure from World War II
Objective: To A complete poplit that that has been studied in class and create a graphic organizer for the person they have chosen.
understand one person has the necessary The point of the activity is to see if they have at least been able to fully understand the impact
from WWII and the components and displays that at least one figure has made in the course of the war.
impact that that person understanding on the
has had on various person chosen.
events.
Unit Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhOkKfhhu7PhSnz5Hsinvom2IRGkRJnfC
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/manz/

Useful Websites:
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/wwii.asp
http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/special-forces-in-world-war-two/