S1+Parker+Tamra-Jo

=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes and Patterns Grade 9 - Diploma "World War II and Post War United States" b. Analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences and people in the history of the United States and the world and the implications for the present and future. ||
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * **Maine Learning Results:** Social Studies

//What understandings are desired?//
• World War II had many major events and turning points. • The United States played a major role in the outcome of the war. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * • World War II influenced United States and World history.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• Why did these events change the course of the war? • How did the outcome of the war effect how we live today? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How did World War II start and end?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
• Vocabulary: Axis Powers, Allied Powers, Communism, Capitalism, Fascism, blitzkreig, concentration camps, Manhattan Project and NATO. • Important Events and People: F.D.R., Treaty of Versailles, Winston Churchill, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, the dropping of the Atomic Bombs, D-Day and death of F.D.R. || • Justify, or not, the United States involvement in the war. • Illustrate the differences between Communism, Capitalism and Fascism. • Create a timeline of the major events of the war. • b. Analyze World War II's major eduring themes, turning points, events, consequences and people. • Consider what it was like for the Japanese citizens of Nagasaki and Hiroshima when the atomic bombs were dropped on their city. • Recognize how WWII effects how they live today. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * • Timeline: 1921-1945 from Hitler's rise to power to Japan's surrender and the treaty of Versailles

//**2004 ASCD and** **Grant Wiggins and JayMcTighe**//