World War II Text Set Unit

World War II Text Set Unit

Katie, Alex, Rebecca

Literacy Standards

The Standards

Objectives

Social Studies Standard: 5th Grade

ELACC5RF4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

ELACC5RI9: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably

ELACC5RI10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

ELACC5W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

ELACC5W7: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

ELACC5W8: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.

ELACC5SL1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

ELACC5SL4: Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

ELACC5SL5: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

• • Students will be able to identify significant events and individuals during WWII.
• • Students will be able to describe significant events and why they are important to the history of the United States.
• • Students will be able to create a research project based on the history of WWII.
• • Students will be able to collaborate with other students while producing their research-based project.

SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II:

b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ (Victory of Japan Days), and the Holocaust.

c. Discuss President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

d. Identify Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Hirohito, Truman, Mussolini, and Hitler.

Assessments:

Unit Overview

Essential ?'s

Lesson Plans:

Pre-test

Post-test

Research Project

World War II portfolio (informal we want to make sure that students did this and kept up with their notes)

1. Pre-Assessment/ Holocaust/Hitler Lesson

2. Pearl Harbor/Roosevelt Lesson

3. D-Day

4. Atomic bomb/Truman/Hiroshima&Nagasaki

5. Iwo JIma

6. Wrap up/Unit Overview

Group Project Performance Assessment

Post Assessment

• What were the causes for World War II?

• How did the attack on Pearl Harbor change the American public’s view of entering into WWII?

• Who were the significant leaders of the Allied and Axis Powers?

• How did Truman arrive at the decision to use nuclear weapons?

• How did the Germans keep the Holocaust secret until the end of World War II?

• How is the memory of the Holocaust kept alive today?

• How did the use of nuclear weapons shift the balance of world power away from Europe and towards the United States?

• How does democracy differ from communism and socialism?

• How did the United States and other sympathetic European nations try

to contain the spread of communism or socialism in the world?

• How successful was the United States and other nations in limiting and containing communism or socialism in the world?

• How did the leaders of the Allied and Axis forces help or harm the people of their countries?

Top Websites and Sources:

- Iwo Jima Lesson Prezi : http://prezi.com/g0rj_berug4p/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

- Pearl Harbor Lesson: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/pearl-harbor/?ar_a=1

- D-Day lesson/ WWII information: http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/index.html

Websites to Visit!

• http://www.neok12.com/World-War-II.htm •
• http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/worldwarii/preview.weml •
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/