History Units-WW2
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OVERVIEW

Topic Time Expectations Experience Resources Evaluation
Lesson 1

Canada Enters World War II

70 min Students will: 
• research on Internet 
• take notes 
• work in pairs 
• compare/contrast
reading

chart making

Internet teacher evaluation of 
• notes 
• chart
Lesson 2

Where Were Canadians?

70 min Students will: 
• research on Internet
• locate countries 
• make a map
locating

mapping

brainstorming

Internet

several atlases

blank maps of world

teacher evaluation of 
• participation 
• map
Lesson 3

Hong Kong & Dieppe

70 min Students will: 
• use historical evidence to argue
• present an argument orally
• write a paragraph
making connections

presenting orally

writing

Internet

textbook

teacher evaluation of
• participation
• response paragraph
Lesson 4

Netherlands

70 min Students will: 
• research on Internet 
• work in groups 
• interpret photos 
• write in sentence form
looking

assessing

think/pair/share

role-play

Internet

paper

teacher evaluation of 
• participation 
• descriptions
• letter
Lesson 5

War at Sea and in the Air

120 min Students will: 
• research on Internet 
• work in small groups 
• take notes
reading

writing

jigsaw

Internet teacher evaluation of 
• participation 
• complete notes

peer evaluation of 
-contribution to group

self evaluation of 
-contribution to group

Lesson 6

Letters Home

70 min Students will: 
• read letters 
• generalize 
• type
reading

writing

typing

Internet

word processors

teacher evaluation of
• rough draft 
• typed obituary
• discussion
Lesson 7

War Art

70 min Students will: 
• compare artwork 
• make a chart 
• create artwork
examining

think-pair-share

creating

Internet

art materials

teacher evaluation of 
• quality of artwork

self evaluation of
-artwork

Lesson 8

Books & Graves

70 min Students will: 
• research on Internet
• consider value of monuments 
• write a paragraph
examining

think-pair-share

writing

Internet teacher evaluation of 
• paragraph
Lesson 9

War Monuments

70 min Students will:
• communicate with Internet 
• visit local monument
field trip

rubbing

e-mailing

local W.W.II monument

Internet

paper and charcoal

none
Review 20 min Students will: 
• practice definitions from WW II glossary
Review Game W.W.II Balderdash

index cards

teacher observation of participation in game
Unit Test 45 min Students will: 
• complete an open
• notebook written test
Unit Test Test

Rubric on an Overhead

teacher evaluation of 
• unit test

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