Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: United States enters World War II

Name:

Content Area: US History

Grade Level: 11

Lester Nelson

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

11.7
Students analyze Americas participation in World War II.
1. Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the
events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor.
2. Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway,
Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge.
3. Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the
unique contributions of the special fighting forces (e.g., the Tuskegee Airmen, the
442nd Regimental Combat team, the Navajo Code Talkers).
4. Analyze Roosevelts foreign policy during World War II (e.g., Four Freedoms
speech).
5. Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including
the internment of Japanese Americans (e.g., Fred Korematsu v. United States of America) 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.
6. Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine
and the wars impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.
7. Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision
(Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
8. Analyze the effect of massive aid given to Western Europe under the Marshall Plan to
rebuild itself after the war and the importance of a rebuilt Europe to the U.S.
economy.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of

the information.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.3
Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.6
Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and
emphasize in their respective accounts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.9
Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
Big Ideas/Unit Goals:
Was the attack on Pearl Harbor the main reason the United States entered the war?
Were the Battles during the war have a strategical impact of winning the war?
There were many new technology being developed by the United States during the war, and the technology made were used in
many victorious battles throughout the war.

Unit Summary:
Students will have a complete understand of why the United States entered World War II. Students are able to analyze and
understand why different battles throughout the war had a significant role to winning the war. Students will clearly understand
the development of advanced technology assisted in winning battles throughout the war.
Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
KWL Chart

Formative:
QuizStar, Guided Notes, Timeline project,
Graphic Organizer

Summative:
End of unit lesson presentation

Lesson 1
Student Learning
Objective:
Students will
understand why the
United States entered
World War II.

Acceptable Evidence
(Assessments):
Students will fill out
the guided notes
worksheet, by
answering the
questions that have

Lesson Activities:
Students will fill out a KWL Chart before the start of the unit lesson. Students will
then actively listen and participated in class discussion while the teacher presents a
PowerPoint presentation. Students will fill in a guided notes worksheet that will help
them understand before moving to the next on the different battles throughout
World War II.

been provided to
them.
Lesson 2
Student Learning
Objective:
Students will analyze
different Battles
throughout the war,
and how each battle
had a significant role
in World War II.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students in groups of
4 will create a
timeline using notes
from short length
films, and internet
sites that have been
provided. Students
are able to use other
resources that they
find on the internet to
complete this project.

Lesson Activities:
Students will be in groups of 4, and will create a Battle timeline project. Students
will list out 8 different battles that the U.S. had participated in during the war. This
project will require you to use internet resources to gather facts about different
battles throughout the war. Students will discuss the significant of each battle
during the war, and how each battle changed the outcome of the war. Students will
watch short length films of each battle, in order to understand what the battle was
about, and who participated in each battle. This project will help the students
complete the end of unit lesson project.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will pick an
advance technology
and write out a
graphic organizer.

Lesson Activities:
Students will watch short films about technology advancement during World War II,
they will discuss the various technology that were used in most of the battles
throughout the war. Students will each pick a technology, and complete a graphic
organizer containing who, what, where, when, why, how. This will an individual
assignment, and each student will present their findings to the class.

Lesson 3
Student Learning
Objective:
Students will analyze
the developments of
new technology used
during World War II,
which played a vital
role in each battle.
Unit Resources:

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history/videos/america-enters-world-war-ii
https://youtu.be/FfcqtmIj48U

Useful Websites:

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii
http://www.historyonthenet.com/ww2/causes.htm