Social Science US History Unit __________________

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US History Unit: WW II 1939-45/Cloud/Weber/Sutton

Competencies

Demonstration

Performance/Standards

Students will be able to list the causes of World War II, ( long term causes and the immediate causes) from both the European as well as the American perspective.

Students will evaluate the war's effect on different segments of society and the relationship of the WWII, on individual rights and Liberties.

Students will be able to describe the geo-political indicators of WWII, leading to the Cold War

Students will evaluate and analyze the use of the Atomic bomb upon Japan, including the arguments for and against our implementation of this weapon.

Students will be able to demonstrate the importance of people, places and ideas from this unit.

Students will analyze and evaluate information taken from a variety formats and be able to apply this information within the writing process.

People, places and terms you will be expected to master:

Allied Powers, Axis Powers, Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, FDR, Joseph Stalin, Churchill, Pearl Harbor, Japanese Internment, D-Day, Scrap Metal Drives, Victory Gardens, Manzanar,Militarism, appeasement, genocide, anti-Semitism, Final Solution, pogrom, internment, Rationing, bracero, Code Talkers, "Rosie the Riviter," 422th, Little Boy

Students will pass an objective test, at a minimum proficiency of 60%.

Students will complete a written exam, according to the Helix Writing Rubric at a level of 3 or better.

Students will complete a Oral History Project with a 60% or better which will be graded according to Oral History Rubric.

Other Possible Assessments Tools

Students will complete a timeline of WWII at 60% of better which will be graded according to the US History timeline rubric.

Student will complete an "Experts Project at a proficiency of 60 % or better according to the Project Rubric.

People, places and terms you will be expected to master continued:

Stimpson Doctrine, London Economic Conference (1933), Soviet-Nazi Non Aggression Pact, isolationism, Nye Committee, Neutrality Acts, America First Committee, blitzkrieg, Korematsu v. U.S. Relocation camps, Enola Gay, The Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer, War Bonds, Zoot Suit Riots, Detroit Riots, Dachau. Iwo Jima, Bataan Death March, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Nazi, Sudetenland, Fascism, Communism, Holocaust, Yalta Conference, The Final Solution, Operation Overlord, Dwight D. Eisenhower, A Philip Randolph, Harry S. Truman, Totalitarianism,

Competencies	Demonstration Performance/Standards
Students will be able to list the causes of World War II, ( long term causes and the immediate causes) from both the European as well as the American perspective. Students will evaluate the war's effect on different segments of society and the relationship of the WWII, on individual rights and Liberties. Students will be able to describe the geo-political indicators of WWII, leading to the Cold War Students will evaluate and analyze the use of the Atomic bomb upon Japan, including the arguments for and against our implementation of this weapon. Students will be able to demonstrate the importance of people, places and ideas from this unit. Students will analyze and evaluate information taken from a variety formats and be able to apply this information within the writing process. People, places and terms you will be expected to master: Allied Powers, Axis Powers, Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, FDR, Joseph Stalin, Churchill, Pearl Harbor, Japanese Internment, D-Day, Scrap Metal Drives, Victory Gardens, Manzanar,Militarism, appeasement, genocide, anti-Semitism, Final Solution, pogrom, internment, Rationing, bracero, Code Talkers, "Rosie the Riviter," 422th, Little Boy	Students will pass an objective test, at a minimum proficiency of 60%. Students will complete a written exam, according to the Helix Writing Rubric at a level of 3 or better. Students will complete a Oral History Project with a 60% or better which will be graded according to Oral History Rubric. Other Possible Assessments Tools Students will complete a timeline of WWII at 60% of better which will be graded according to the US History timeline rubric. Student will complete an "Experts Project at a proficiency of 60 % or better according to the Project Rubric. People, places and terms you will be expected to master continued: Stimpson Doctrine, London Economic Conference (1933), Soviet-Nazi Non Aggression Pact, isolationism, Nye Committee, Neutrality Acts, America First Committee, blitzkrieg, Korematsu v. U.S. Relocation camps, Enola Gay, The Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer, War Bonds, Zoot Suit Riots, Detroit Riots, Dachau. Iwo Jima, Bataan Death March, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Nazi, Sudetenland, Fascism, Communism, Holocaust, Yalta Conference, The Final Solution, Operation Overlord, Dwight D. Eisenhower, A Philip Randolph, Harry S. Truman, Totalitarianism,