S1+Rose,+Tyler

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= __Content Area:__ Social Studies __Standard Label:__ E. History __Standard:__ E1 Historical knowledge, themes, and patterns. __Grade Level Span:__ Grades 6-8 World War II and Post-war America. Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and //historic// influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world. __Performance Indicators:__ b, c, and d. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR or CCSS):** **(G)** ||
 * __Maine Learning Results__

//What understandings are desired?//
• the U.S. had a significant impact on the outcome of World War II. • the U.S. experienced many changes during the post-war era. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * • World War II has had a lasting impact on today's politics, geography, and the U.S. overall.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• Why did the U.S. have an impact on the outcome of World War II? • How did the the U.S. change during the post-war era? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How has World War II had an impact on today's politics, geography, and the U.S. overall?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
Germany takes back Rhine, Germany militarizes the Rhur, Germany and Russia invade Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany, Germany attacks and defeats France, Japan begins conquest of Asia, the Battle of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor attack, Germany and Japan declare war on United States, Doolittle Raid, Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Midway, D-Day, Operation Market Garden, V-E day, Nuclear Bombs dropped on Japan, Japan surrenders, Cold War begins.
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * • Sequence and Timelines: Adolf Hitler takes power, Germany unites Austria, Germany invade Czechoslovakia,

• Vocabulary: Fascism, dictatorship, Nazi Party, capitalism, communism, democracy, Cold War, VI & VII rockets, MG42, the Manhattan Project, V-E day, D-Day, Tiger tank, Sherman tank, T-34 tank, paratroopers, SS, concentration camps.

• Important Events and People: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt (FDR), Winston Churchill, Heinrich Himmler, George Patten, Bernard Montgomery, Erwin Rommel, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Operation Barbarossa, Midway, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Operation Sea Lion, the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Arnhem. || • describe the impacts of World War II that are still present today. • make sense of some of the policies President Roosevelt followed during World War II. • decide if the U.S. had a significant impact on the outcome of World War II. • analyze the changes the U.S. experienced during the post-war era. • imagine what life would be like in the U.S. during the post-war era. • recognize events in today's world that can be traced or compared to World War II. ||


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**