S+O'Neil+Christopher

United States History 354 **Syllabus**


 * Teacher:** Mr. Christopher O'Neil
 * Office:** Room 4, History Building
 * Office Phone:** (603)444-4532
 * Office Hours:** Monday - Friday 7:00 - 8:00am, 3:00 - 4:30pm
 * E-mail:** christopher.oneil@maine.edu


 * =Summary of Unit= ||
 * World War II was considered to be the war that changed all wars. It was supposed to be the last great war of the world. By the start of the war in Europe, Germany had constructed one of the most powerful armies in the world. Germany was considered to be a "War Machine." Adolf Hitler rolled his army through mainland Europe with ease and began setting his sights on the British and the Russians. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, the Japanese were striking against the United States. With their vast and powerful navy, the Japanese conquered most of the Pacific Ocean. We will explore both theaters of World War II. We will examine the different causes for the war, the important battles that changed the tides of the war, and the important people from each country during World War II. ||

E. History E1. Historic Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grade 9-Diploma "World War II 1939-1945" Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influences in the United States and world history including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals, and institutions in the world. b. Analyze major historic eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the United States and world and the implications for the present and future. ||
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||  ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Social Studies.

//What understandings are desired?//
•the outcomes of the important battles affected the outcome of the war. •the leader of each country in the Allied and Axis Alliances played an important role in the outcome of the war. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * •Hitler's plan to conquer Europe led to the start of World War II.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•How did the key battles affect the outcome of the war? •Why were the leaders of each country in the Allied and Axis Alliances important during the war? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How did Hitler's plan to conquer Europe cause World War II to come about?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Important Events and People: Adolf Hitler, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Patton, Operation Overlord, Battle of the Bulge. •Sequences and Timelines: Europe 1939-1944, United States 1941-1944, Europe and the Pacific 1944-1945 || •model how Hitler's plan to conquer Europe led to the start of World War II. •evaluate the outcomes of the important battles and how they affected the outcome of the war. •produce a timeline of important events throughout World War II. •b. analyze major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the United States and world and the implications for the present and future. •reflect on how the leaders of each country in the Allied and Axis Alliances were important during the war. •assume the role of one of the important people during the war. ||  ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * •Vocabulary: Allied Alliance, Axis Alliance, European Theater, Pacific Theater.
 * In a recent conference, the top historians of each country realized that they could not agree on how Adolf Hitler went about in conquering Europe, how Operation Overlord was successful, how the Battle of the Bulge ended, how the attack on Pearl Harbor happened, and why Operation Market garden was unsuccessful for the Allied Alliance. They have decided to settle their debate by setting up a competition for high school students. They have asked high school history classes across the country to design an outline of how one of these events unfolded and ended on Google Earth. The students will then have to present this project to the historians and convince them that their version of one of these events is the correct version. Students must be sure to include the correct path that each side took through the different areas involved in the event and the important events that happened along the way. All of this information must be supported by primary sources to convince these historians that the version they are watching is correct. ||


 * =Expectations= ||
 * Students are expected to be in class every day. If a student misses a class for any reason, he/she is expected to get the notes of the class they missed from a fellow classmate. If any assignments were due the day of class that the student missed, they are expected to hand the assignment in the next class they attend. A student will have one day to make up any homework that they missed. Late homework will not be accepted.

If a student misses a test or quiz, that student has three days to make that test or quiz up. If they fail to do so, they will receive a zero on the test or quiz.

All students are expected to follow the rules and guidelines set by the school. The class rules will be created and voted on by the class. Students will be expected to follow the rules that they created. I have the power to deny any rule I feel is unfit for the classroom.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Any student that plagiarizes will receive an automatic zero on the assignment and will have no chance to make-up the assignment. ||


 * =Benchmarks= ||
 * Students will receive a grade that is based out of 200 points. The following is a list of items the students will be graded on and their point value:

Comic Life project: 20 points Students will create a Comic Life presentation explaining how Adolf Hitler conquered Europe. Students will research and analyze the different steps Hitler took in his conquest of Europe. They will be able to take the information they have researched and transform it into an entertaining story using pictures and brief text.

Blog Biography: 20 points Students will create a biography about the different leaders during World War II. They will researched the leaders of each of the major countries that fought in the war. Students will become masters on the lives of each one of the leaders and be able to know all of the important decisions they made and how those decisions affected the war.

Podcast: 20 points Students will create an interview with one of the important leaders during World War II in podcast form. They will research a single important person from World War II and get to know that person inside and out. They will learn about the life of that person and the different things they did during the war. The students will know who that person was, where they grew up, what their childhood was like, how they came to be so important during World War II, and the important things they did during the war.

iMovie: 20 points Students will create a news broadcast about a specific battle and how it had an affect on World War II using iMovie. They will take on the role of news reporters and be the first ones on the scene of a major battle during World War II. They will interview soldiers from the winning faction and get to the bottom of why this battle took place and what affect it will have on the war.

Power Point Presentation: 20 points Students will create a timeline of all the important events that took place from 1939-1945 by using Power Point. Students will take all of the information they have learned throughout the unit and compile a timeline of important events during World War II. They will show their mastery on the subject by being as detailed and decriptive as possible.

Final Google Earth Project: 100 points Students will create a map on Google Earth showing the path of a specific event during World War II. This is the last and final project for this unit. Students will choose from a list of events or come up with their own and map out and describe that event on Google Earth. Students will have to provide primary and secondary sources with their map and also have descriptions of each little point they have on the map. ||


 * =Grading Scale= ||
 * A (93 -100), A- (90 - 92), B+ (87 - 89), B (83 - 86), B- (80 - 82), C+(77 - 79), C (73-76), C- (70 - 72), D+(67 - 69), D (63 - 66), D- (60 - 62), F (0 - 59). ||