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Digital Unit Plan Template
Unit Title: Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War
II.
Content Area: History
Name: Jesse Burresch

Grade Level: Grade 10
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
The recommended history-social science standards build on the work of exemplary documents from both within and outside California, most notably the
History-Social Science Framework for California Public Schools, a document strengthened by the consensus that elicited it and nationally recognized for its
emphasis on historical events presented within a chronological and geographic context. 10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of
World War II.
Big Ideas:
The big Ideas that I want students to learn from this lesson about World War II are the following :
1. Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic
2.
3.
decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors.
Analyze the Nazi policy of pursuing racial purity, especially against the European Jews; its transformation into the Final Solution; and the Holocaust that
resulted in the murder of six million Jewish civilians.
Identify at least 5 concentration camps built by the Nazis and describe why these camps were important to World War II.
Unit Goals and Objectives:

Students be able to understand and &analyze the importance of World War II.
Students will demonstrate geographic skills of the countries involved in World War II.
Students will interact with other students and also the teacher.
Students will also be able to understand the importance of the holocaust and how European Jews were persecuted by the Nazis.
Students will analyze the importance of Concentration Camps.
Unit Summary:
Students will be completing projects, presentations, quizzes, With these activities being completed; Students will demonstrate their knowledge and
understanding as to what World War II was about and why it occurred. Students will be able to identity, compare examine, show, and evaluate the key figures
and factors as to why World War II occurred and also have a complete understanding of World war II.
Assessment Plan: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=257688

Entry-Level:
Formative:
This Is a short essay/quick write
Summative:
Formative Flashcards, Quizzes, Discussion,

Poster Presentations.
PowerPoint Presentation
Lesson 1
Student Learning Objective:
Students will Identify and

locate the Allied and Axis
powers on a map and
discuss the major turning
points of World War II.
Acceptable Evidence:
Students will write a short
essay examining the
important factors of the
turning point of World War
II. Flashcard on important
events.
Instructional Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction
Lesson Activities: Students will rank the importance of the turning points of
World War II.
Watch a documentary about the War.
Read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer.
Students will create a
poster/presentation that
states the key points of the
Nazi policies against
European Jews during
World War II.
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction
Lesson Activities: PowerPoint lecture about the Third Reich.

Students will complete an exercise review & handout about the Nazi polices.
Read chapters of The Diary of a Young Girl By Anne Frank. Discussion with
students about the topics.
Students will complete a
document with questions
about the concentration
camps and their
importance to World War
II.
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction
Lesson Activities: Teacher will give a lecture about the important people
involved in the Holocaust. Students will learn about the Final Solution and
read the chapter from an assigned reading that describes the theory behind
the attempt to exterminate the European Jews by Adolf Hitler.
Lesson 2
Students will explain the

Nazi policy of pursuing
racial purity, especially
against the European Jews
Lesson 3
Students will explain the

importance of the Nazi
Concentration Camps.
Students will identify at
least 5 camps made by the
Nazis.
Unit Resources:
Books on World War II : The Diary of a Young Girl By Anne Frank, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
Geography Resource of World War II - https://www.teachervision.com/geography/teacher-resources/55258.html
Useful Websites:
http://www.nationalww2museum.org/index.html
http://www.neok12.com/World-War-II.htm
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/6-videos-that-help-students-understand-world-war-ii/

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Name: Jesse Burresch

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

Unit Goals and Objectives:

Assessment Plan: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=257688

This Is a short essay/quick write

Formative Flashcards, Quizzes, Discussion,

Students will Identify and

Lesson Activities: PowerPoint lecture about the Third Reich.

Students will explain the

Students will explain the

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