Week 21, January 18-22, 2021, United States History: Module 11.3 America moves toward War & 11.4 The War effort on the Homefront

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance

Standards: 11.3.3, 11.4.6, 11.7.1, 11.7.2, 11.7.3, 11.7.4, 11.7.5, 11.7.6, 11.7.7, 11.8.5, 11.9.1, 11.10.1, 11.10.4

EQ: Why did the Allies win World War II?

Objectives: SWBAT

• Describe America's Movement towards war. 
• Analyze how the war effort changed things at home. 
• Identify what led the United States to enter into World War II.

Session 1 

Lecture 15 minutes: America moves towards Neutrality 

GRWB 40 minutes: 

1. 11.3 America Moves Toward War p. 180-183
2. 11.4 The War Effort on the Home Front p. 184-188

Newspaper Front Page 20 minutes:

1. Title Newspaper
2. Date
3. Articles (World Dictators), (Current Events), (America's Neutrality), (Roosevelt's Internationalism).
4. Picture
5. Comic
6. Crossword
7. Horoscope

Session 2

Warm Up 10 minutes: Enrichment 11.3 FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech

·      Please read and identify what the four freedoms were.

Activity 20 minutes: Enrichment 11.3 World War II Propaganda Poster

Lecture 15 minutes: World War II Begins

Video 15 minutes: Pearl Harbor and Pearl Harbor #2

1.    How did the Japanese feel about the attack on Pearl Harbor?

2.    Who was the first prisoner of war for the United States?

3.    What did Japan and the United States lose at Pearl Harbor?

Video 10 minutes: Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Speech

1.    What is the first line of FDR's Speech?

2.   What does he tell America to do?

3.    How does he feel about the attack?

4.    What does he vow to do?

5.    What does he ask from Congress?

Newspaper Rubric

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives  

Session 3 

Newspaper Front Page 20 minutes:

1. Title Newspaper
2. Date
3. Articles (World Dictators), (Current Events), (America's Neutrality), (Roosevelt's Internationalism).
4. Picture
5. Comic
6. Crossword
7. Horoscope

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives