Stage 1 Desired Results

Established Goals
Standard 7
Students will understand the causes, course, and consequences of the United States role in
World War II.
Objective 1
Determine how America shifted from isolationism to intervention.
a) Analyze the factors that led to militarism and fascist aggression in the world.
b) Determine how the attack on Pearl Harbor forced the United States out of isolationism.
c) Examine how the alliance systems led the United States into World War II.
d) Investigate the major campaigns of the United States in the European and Pacific
theaters; e.g, Midway, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, island hopping, and the bombing of
Japan.
Objective II
Examine the impact World War II had on the American home front.
a) Identify the impact of World War II on minority groups in America.
b) Examine the role women played in the wartime workforce.
c) Trace American mobilization for war.
Objective III
Evaluate how the rules and weapons of war changed during World War II
a) Assess how the war expanded beyond military targets to civilian centers.
b) Evaluate how technology changed the weapons used in World War II and introduced
the atomic age.

Essential Questions
What caused WWII? Could it have been

Desired Understanding
Side effects of the crippling Treaty of

prevented?
Versailles, which gave rise to fascism and
How did FDR assist the British despite
communism. Isolationism and anti-war
isolationist hindrances?
sediments allowed Hitler and the Nazis to
Why did the United States enter WWII?
gain power appeasement.
How was the European theater different and Neutrality Act loop holes trading rather
similar to the Pacific theater?
than selling. Lend-Lease Act lend or
What was the Holocaust?
lease arms to any country vital to the
How did the Allies win WWII?
defense of the United States. Hemisphere
Defense Zone Expanding the Western
Hemisphere to make up more of the
Atlantic Ocean.
German Aggression and Pearl Harbor.
European = fight against Germany. Away
from the United States home front. Pacific
= fight against Japan. Close to the United
States home front.
Hitlers Anti-Semitism and its growth as
Hitlers power grew. Hitlers use of
propaganda to change Germanys
perspective toward groups of people, and
his influence being strong enough to make
concentration and death camps a reality.
End of WWII: Communism & Democracy
allied. Germanys overextension in the
Soviet Union. Dropping of the Atomic
Bomb on Japan.

Students Will Know

Vocabulary Fascism, Communism,

Appeasement, Scapegoat, Nazis,

Concentration Camp, Blitzkrieg, Axis,
Allies, Island Hopping, Kamikaze, Atomic
Bomb, Holocaust, Genocide, Gestapo.
Key Events Battle of Britain, Battle of
Midway, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge,
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Yalta Conference.

SWBAT
SWBAT identify the causes of WWII and

be able to explain how war may have been

avoided.
SWBAT identify the various ways FDR
assisted the British despite the Neutrality
Acts.
SWBAT identify key similarities and
differences between the European theater
and the Pacific Theater.
SWBAT explain the rise of Anti-Semitism
under Hitlers Germany, and the emergence
of both concentration and death camps.
SWBAT understand how the Allies won
WWII, identifying key turning points such
as Hitlers invasion of the Soviet Union and
the dropping of the Atomic Bomb.
SWBAT create an effective argument via
the Atomic Bomb debate.

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks
Create a board game - WWII

Other Evidence
ATBs
Venn-Diagram European Theater vs.
Pacific Theater.
Quick Write.
Vocabulary Quiz.
KWL
Venn-Diagram WWI propaganda vs.
WWII propaganda.
Debate Atomic Bomb

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Learning Activities

Causes of WWII graphic organizer.

Map Germanys spread of influence.
Interactive PowerPoint spread of influence.
Propaganda.
Debate Atomic Bomb