Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: World War II Tour with Mr. Jae Name: Haejoo Jae
Content Area: World History Grade Level: 10th grade
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
11.7 Students analyze America’s participation in World War II

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

How the United States involved in WWII and why the United States considered as a game changer?

What are some war strategies that the United States used in major battles like battle of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and
Bulge. What are political changes occurred during WWII?

How the United States’ industries developed during WWII?

What are the effect of decision on atomic bomb drops and the Marshall Plan?

Unit Summary:
In this unit plan the students will be given a clear description about the economic, military, politic, social, and cultural changes occurred
in the United States during the World War II. After the lesson students are expected to be able to explain the cause of U.S. involvement in
WWII, war strategies that the United States used in major battles like battle of Midway, Normandy, and Bulge, political changes occurred
in the United States politic during WWII, the growth of U.S. industries during WWII, and the effect of decision on atomic bomb drops
and the Marshall Plan in the United States and Europe.
Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Formative: Summative:
Crossword Puzzle: World War II Puzzle Webercise: Major events during World Poster making: Make your own
War II in 5W1H form (What, Where, when, propaganda
why, who, and how)
Role Play: Be the leader and represent Presentation: The Big Idea presentation
yourself and the country (participants of
World War II)
Graphic Organizer: The Skyscraper,
organize major events of one historical
figure
Quiz: Terminology, information about
major battles, how and why particular event
occurred.

Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
Objective: (Assessments): The lesson#1 (Teacher Lecture) comes with teacher lecture and a student note taking
provide general idea of The student will guide relate to the information that lecture contained. In between the teacher lecture,
what World War II understand the causes teacher will provide short video clip of movie titled “Pearl Harbor (2001)” about the
was, how did it happen, of the WWII and why Pearl Harbor attack by Japanese air force. Also, the teacher will question and discuss
and why and how the the United States with a debatable question in middle of the lecture to encourage student to activate
United States join the involved middle of the their critical thinking. The note taking guide helps students to understand the subject
war. Also, contains war. Also, the student much quicker and easier, additionally English Learners easily follow up with the
information of major will have knowledge on class by filling out the blanks.
events occurred during major events happened
WWII. during WWII.
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Objective: By finishing the The worksheet contains eight questions that will improve student’s thinking process,
Students are expected worksheet with critical thinking, and research skill. The questions accordingly created with Intel’s
to be improved in reasonable answers guide line to “promoting higher-order thinking skills” to promote student’s higher-
research skill and prove that the student order thinking. The Webersice contains several links to sources that would provide
knowledge of deeper learned how to research helpful information to the student which ultimately helps students to critically think
information regarding correct information and much easier.
WW II. critically thinking.
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Objective: The student has to The student freely come up with his/her own graphic organizer using a web-based
The graphic organizer make their own graphic organizing tools. The graphic organizer must contain one historical figure and its
helps students to organizer with all the goal, three categories of how the historical figure approach to the goal, and five
correctly organize large contents using a web- blocks of event for each category. Also, the student must organize the events in
information into a well- based organizing tools chronological order either earliest movement or event being down bottom and latest
organized information as the example movement or event being up top, or earliest movement or event listed from far away
for absorb the provided by the teacher from the goal and approaching to the goal as time pass. Finally, the student will be
information much more and will be graded graded according to the rubric provided in the page.
efficiently and according to provided
effectively rubric.
Unit Resources:
Google Scholar – Google scholar helps to find reliable source in the internet on any topic regardless of subject.

History channel – History.com provides variety series of history content. This website contains some biased information, but it helps to
explore multi perspective.

Wikipedia – One of well-known free encyclopedia site. The website contains less reliable sources but easy accessibility and various of
information helps research a basic level of knowledge.

Encyclopedia – Similar as Wikipedia that provides different perspective.

Useful Websites:
Bubble.us – This website helps to create the graphic organizer or simple brain storm before write an essay.

Scribd – Scribd converts any document such as Microsoft word, power point, etc. into an embed code or downloadable content.

Crossword Puzzle maker – This website provides web-based tool for create your own crossword puzzle.