Day Standards Learning Targets Lesson/Activity Materials 9 SS5H6 b. Describe major I can analyze Go through the Power Point on Iwo Jima while Iwo Jima events in the war in both major events of answering the questions on the short Iwo Jima PowerPoint Europe and the Pacific; WW2 that took question sheet. include Pearl Harbor, Iwo place in the pacific. Iwo Jima question Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ sheet Days, and the Holocaust. 10 SS5H6 b. Describe major I can analyze Go through D-Day portion of PowerPoint while WW2 Events Power events in the war in both major events of students take notes and have think-pair-share Point (Contains Europe and the Pacific; WW2 that took discussions. V-E Day, V-J include Pearl Harbor, Iwo place in the pacific. Day and Bombings) Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Show Harry Truman video clip found on the Days, and the Holocaust. Power Point. It is a short video that you may Harry Truman have to play twice to hear everything clearly. question sheet Pass out questions that are answered from the Truman announcement video. 11 SS5H6 c. Discuss President I can understand Show the atomic bomb video found on the WW2 Events Power to drop the Harry Power Point and have students answer Point (Contains Truman’s decision Truman’s atomic bombs on Hiroshima decision to use the questions from the atomic bomb question sheet. V-E Day, V-J and Nagasaki. atomic bombs. Day and Bombings) After discussing the questions, have students Atomic Bomb write on a post-it note whether it was a good or question sheets bad decision and why. The students will place their sticky notes on the chart paper that asks Chart paper the the atomic bombs question, “Were dropping a good idea or not?” Post-it notes
Day Standards Learning Targets Lesson/Activity Materials 9 SS5H6 b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust. I can analyze major events of WW2 that took place in the pacific. Go through the Power Point on Iwo Jima while answering the questions on the short Iwo Jima question sheet. Iwo Jima PowerPoint Iwo Jima question sheet 10 SS5H6 b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust. I can analyze major events of WW2 that took place in the pacific. Go through D-Day portion of PowerPoint while students take notes and have think-pair-share discussions. Show Harry Truman video clip found on the Power Point. It is a short video that you may have to play twice to hear everything clearly. Pass out questions that are answered from the Truman announcement video. WW2 Events Power Point (Contains V-E Day, V-J Day and Bombings) Harry Truman question sheet 11 SS5H6 c. Discuss President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I can understand Harry Truman’s decision to use the atomic bombs. Show the atomic bomb video found on the Power Point and have students answer questions from the atomic bomb question sheet. After discussing the questions, have students write on a post-it note whether it was a good or bad decision and why. The students will place their sticky notes on the chart paper that asks the question, “Were dropping the atomic bombs a good idea or not?” WW2 Events Power Point (Contains V-E Day, V-J Day and Bombings) Atomic Bomb question sheets Chart paper Post-it notes
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