WWII+Pacific

Slide shows:
[|Aggression of Japan] [|War in the Pacific] [|Hiroshima]

[|War in the Pacific- Marine Corps] [|Bataan Death March] [|Capture and Bataan Death March- Interviews with American veterans] [|Attack at Pearl Harbor] [|Air Raid at Pearl Harbor][|Pearl Harbor Interview] [|Navy Medical Reports] [|Hiroshima] [|Japanese Internment Web Site] [|Lessons Learned from US Japanese Internment Camps]
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Lesson Plans (BQ, Homework, Activities)
Unit WWII Pacific Theater DATE: 5/16 TOPIC: America in the Pacific Big Question- Read p.931 about Pearl Harbor. Explain what happened on Dec. 7th 1941. Homework- Complete the Japanese Occupation Map! ACTIVITIES: 1. Review BQ- Turn in study guide for WWII and Story Book (Causes and Events of WWII in Europe) 2. With partners, color in the Japanese occupation of the Pacific islands. 3. Watch slide show presentation of [|WWII War in the Pacific] (1-20) of Gen. MacArthur’s Island hopping, Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. Students take Cornell-style notes! Review Homework Instructions Evaluation: Evaluation of BQ, discussion responses, notes and summary, maps, storybooks!! CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

5/17-5/18 Life Sciences Testing

Unit WWII DATE: 5/20 TOPIC: America in the Pacific and Enlightenment review Standards 10.8 Big Question-p.932 Read “However”..... to bottom of page, including primary document of soldier’s account. Summarize what happened during the Bataan Death March Homework: Complete study guide! ACTIVITIES: 1. Discuss BQ 2. Students complete the map labeling of p. 933 text (absent? copy the map carefully into your comp. book with colored pencils) Review Homework Instructions Evaluation: Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

Unit WWII + FILM DAY! DATE: 5/23 TOPIC: America in the Pacific (Hiroshima) and Enlightenment review Standards 10.8 and 10.1-2 (Review) Big Question- Describe what happened during the Yalta Conference! Who, what, when, how, why? p. 965 Homework: Finish study guide! ACTIVITIES: 1. Summarize the Enlightenment wall and discuss Napoleon and Congress of Vienna BINGO! 2. Slide Show on Hiroshima-+ Footage of Hiroshima from Media center- 16 minute witness accounts held as "top secret" for 25 years. 3. Finish Holocaust film! 4. Click this and watch Hiroshima videos: [] [] [| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3Z86K_T_8&feature=related] Review Homework Instructions Evaluation: Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, complete study guide CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

Unit WWII DATE: TOPIC: WWII exam (including practice test for Enlightenment) Standards 10.8- 10.1-2 (Review) Big Question- Look at both maps on p. 936 and 939 and describe them with everything you can learn about them! Homework: 1. Study your WWII study guide and flash cards and be ready for exam on Thurs (per 5& 7) Fri. (per 6) ACTIVITIES: 1. Review BQ- Reading of Berlin Airlift and Marshall Plan 1. Take out your study guide and turn to the last test corrections for WWII! 2. Students begin making flash cards of all test corrections and study guide terms since WWI! 3. Practice test from WWII 4. Bingo WWII Review Homework Instructions Evaluation: Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, bingo participation, flash cards. CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

ACTIVITIES 1. Complete Hiroshima video (Davison) 2. Students’ reactions to the controversy. Was it worth it?

Unit WWII DATE: TOPIC: WWII assessment Big Question-Number 1-10 and complete the practice test WWII! Activity: Complete Unit test on WWII (Europe, Holocaust, and Pacific) Evaluation: Unit test assessment CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

Unit WWII DATE: 5/24- 5/25 (block) TOPIC: Enlightenment review Standards 10.8 and 10.1-2 (Review) No BQ- Explain mnemonic devices and rules of memory game. ACTIVITIES: 1. Review BQ 2. Summarize the Enlightenment wall and discuss Napoleon and Congress of Vienna 3. Memory game of famous people. 4. Take practice test on Foundations of Democracy. 5. Enlightenment CST Packet Illustrations Review Homework Instructions Evaluation: Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, Game participation, Practice test review. CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?
 * Absent? You must read this semester I chart and create a mnemonic device to remember all of them!**

Unit WWII DATE: 5/26 Per 5 & 6 only (block) TOPIC: Enlightenment review Standards 10.8 and 10.1-2 (Review) Big Question-Number 1-25 Using the numbers on all the posters in the room, describe everything you know about each one! HW- Study your charts on Sem. I review! ACTIVITIES: 1. Review BQ 2. Summarize the Enlightenment wall and discuss Napoleon and Congress of Vienna 3. Memory game of famous people. 4. Take practice test on Foundations of Democracy. 5. Enlightenment CST Packet Illustrations Review Homework Instructions Evaluation: Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, Game participation, Practice test review. CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

5/27-5/28 CST Testing for World History and Self Assessment of Composition Book
Unit Final Review of WWII- DATE: TOPIC: Players and events on the world stage (Review) Big Question- Which leaders do you feel had the most impact on WWII? Why? Explain your answer. (Word bank: Churchill, Truman, Chamberlain, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, McArthur, Stalin, Hirohito) Homework: Study your FIRST WWII guide!! Have someone test you!! ACTIVITIES: 1. Pass out their old study guides 2. Stamp/ star homework (4 para. Answers about Hiroshima article) and review HW 3. Review BQ  4. Reading and completion of part two review sheet. 5. Students are starred if completed (or mostly completed) in class. Review Homework Instructions Evaluation: Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, Completion of study guide. CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?

Unit WWII DATE: TOPIC: The Home front- USA Standards 10.8 Big Question- As you read the document in front of you, Decribe what a typical day in 1943 might look like for your family? Homework: Study for unit exam Thursday! ACTIVITIES: 1. Review document and BQ 2. Show the poster of the Day in the Life of War for the US(D.Davison’s) 3. Students analyze the posters with their partners as they discuss and answer the questions. 4. Review answers and whole-class discussion. 5. Rapid-fire test review Review Homework Instructions Evaluation: Evaluation of BQ, Discussion responses, Responses to poster questions CLOSURE: Rapid fire Q-A about activities above. What did you learn?