Central Connecticut State University Department of Teacher Education Name: John Benham Date: 11/19/12 Grade: 11th Grade

History School: CCSU Classroom Teacher: Professor Browns EDT class Title of Lesson: World War 2: The Pacific Front Lesson Outline Content Standards: Identify local, state or national curricular standards that your lesson is aligned with. Describe the key knowledge and skills the students will demonstrate at the end of the lesson. See CT Dept. of Education and Common Core State Standards http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/site/default.asp http://www.corestandards.org/ This lesson is based on the CT social studies curriculum framework; A study of World War 2; specifically the Pacific Front fighting the Japanese Royal Army reading articles about the battles against the Japanese, as well as watching movies and interacting and discussing the battles of the Pacific. (Standard 1: Content Knowledge 1: 1.3: Significant events and themes in world War 2 and the Pacific Front) Students will use technology to present their research as well as a means of finding information. (Standard 2: Content Knowledge 2: 2.5: Create and present relevant social studies materials using both print and electronic media). The ISTE technology standards this lesson used; 1. Creativity and Innovation (1.A: apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes) and 3. Research and Information Fluency (3.B: locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media, 3.C: evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks, 3.D: process data and report results). Web 2.0 tool that will be used in this lesson will be Moodle.com which will be used in the class discussions and journal entries and will be discussed later on. http://www.moodle.com Student Learning Objective(s): Unpacking content standard and specifically related to district/school curriculum. By the end of this lesson, using text books and online research, students will be able to write an 8-10 page paper, stating their opinion in a thesis on whether dropping the A-Bomb necessary? Assessment: Describe the form of assessment used for the students to demonstrate learning based on your learning objective.

Students will write an 8-10 page paper stating their opinion through a thesis on whether dropping the Atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary. The students will have class time to write the paper up, as well as be able to ask me for help. Students will be provided with a rubric detailing the breakdown of the grading. Students will be graded on how much research they have provided me with and how detailed their responses are. They will also be graded on format, proper citing and paper structure.

Materials and Resources: (Including books, websites, guests, etc.) For the in class lectures on the lessons the students will use the Moodle articles printed out for them to respond to in their journals. The Moodle Tool will also be up and will be used to watch movies so that the students can also respond to them in their journals. Students will use their in class notes, textbook, as well as any websites approved as a good source for their papers. Students must get permission for which sites are acceptable for sources to be cited in their papers (.org, .edu). Students may however use .com and wikis for background information. Initiation: Motivation to begin thinking and make connections to learners knowledge and experiences. Set the point of the lesson for the learnersIf they are curious they will be interested. At this time you can also stress to the learners the importance of respect for the community and cooperation, etc. Our lesson will begin with the Pacific front in World War2. There will not be a test required for this lesson but instead you will get to go to the computer lab and work on research for your papers. We will only be required about 3-5 pages so make sure to add lots of interesting facts from the notes you will be taking today as well as your research in a few days! Dont worry about computers, as we will be working on this in school only. Lesson Development: Bullet the sequence of your lesson. Explain what you are going to say, do, show, transitions, learning groups/activities and use of time. Note in your lesson development at the end how you are differentiating the lesson and if specific students need any part(s ) of the lesson modified.

The lesson will be several classes long to provide students with background information and lecture. Class will be structured for 2 days with lecture on the topic of the dropping of the Atom bomb with students taking notes. We will have class discussions as we learn about each battle in the Pacific front and how they led up to the dropping of the A-bomb so that the students will have background for their assignment in their notes.

The Moodle tool will be up in class, and the articles and video will be open to look at and write about in the students journals. Give out students the spreadsheet of the battles in the Pacific, what year they were fought and how long they took. Instead of a test for an assessment students will be given the paper detailed above at the end of the unit. The start of this lesson will begin with going to the computer lab with the students. I will begin with a 15 minute lecture to students in the lab on how to conduct search and how to find trust worthy research. Students will be handed a rubric of what is required. Students then will be given 2 entire class periods to put their information together in the computer lab. The third class will begin the writing process, and then this will extend for 1 week. At the end of the next week the paper will be due.

(Accommodations and modifications for special needs children would be placed here and vary depending on the special needs) Closure: Ending the lesson for the learners. Ask specific questions that relate to learning objective and purpose of the lesson. Research shows that learners leave with greater retention frequency of transfer of learning. Entering our next unit on the Western front of World War 2, please reflect over the weekend on how you think of the information we have learned in this unit leads to that. Homework: Write a one-paragraph blog about this on our Edmodo site.