AUSTIN O’CONNOR

The History of World War II

Analyzing my learners

The students I am teaching are in the eighth grade. There are 20 total students: 13 Caucasian, 7 African American. There are 11 boys and 9 girls.

Main Objective

The students will be taught the different sides of power during WWII and what roles each country played.

They will use this knowledge and create (in groups) a project on a country of their choice and what role that country played in the war. They will present these projects to the class when the lessons have been completed.

Breakdown

Monday – Adolph Hitler’s rise to power

Tuesday – The Early Years of WWII

Wednesday – Pearl Harbor/America’s Role

Thursday – Key Battles/Allies-Axis Powers

Friday – The Fall of the Axis Powers

Monday

Students will learn about Hitler’s rise to power.

I will start by discussing a bit about Hitler followed by showing them videos on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CFWH4Fhkak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVpmB_GiAdg

Students will then be asked to complete a webquest about Adolf Hitler.

http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=36648

Technology

I will use the smart board to display several different things such as maps to show the location of countries and battles and clips from several different World War II movies

I will allow the children to use computers for research when they work on their projects in class.