Lesson Plan for the Social Studies project

I forgot to include the lesson plan in the last post, so here it is:

Imagine International Academy of Mableton

Mr. Angelle – 6^th Grade Social Studies

Daily Lesson Plan: 10/15/08

Unit Outline Title: Europe in Transition Topic Title: WWII and the Holocaust Name of Lesson: World War II Portfolio (Tiered Strategy) Suggested Time: 1 week or less class time if students complete some tasks at home Standard: SS6H5 The student will describe major developments in Europe during the 20th century. Element: SS6H5.c Describe World War II; include the ideas of Nazism and Facism, the Allied and Axis powers, the Holocaust, D-Day, Stalingrad, and the roles of Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Truman

Essential Question(s): Unit: How did the decisions of leaders affect the outcomes of conflict in the 20th Century? How did global economic conditions affect Europe? Lesson: · Who are Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Truman What are Facism and Nazism? Who constituted the Allied and Axis Powers? What were the Holocaust and D-Day?

Assessment Description/Performance Task: Constructed response Informal assessment XPerformance task Selected response Brief Description: Performance Task: Students will research and create products to be included in a portfolio about WWII.

Instructional Methods 1. Pre-Assessment to determine level of knowledge and appropriate tier – the teacher would grade and assign tiers to each student and then give them the appropriate tiered tasks assignment sheets using Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 handouts. Students with the lowest scores would be grouped into Tier 1, students with middle scores assigned Tier 2, and students with highest scores put into Tier 3. (Teacher may want to staple these ahead of time for less confusion. The rubrics for each tier were simply checklists that students in each tier had completed each task on their task list (25 minutes) Students will use a portfolio terms cheat sheet to select from. 2. Time in class to explain the project (20 minutes) 3. Students assigned into one of the 3 tiers and given time in class to research/construct their products (2 -3 90 minute blocks along with time at home) – see task sheets. Good research sites for this are dictionary.com and kidskonnect.com (subject index, history, WWII or Holocaust). The teacher may want to give students some research information via united streaming. Two clips that are useful are America in the 20th Century- The Road to War and WWII: The World at War (two part series). Students can take notes about info they need for their tasks right from the video

Differentiation: This activity is highly differentiated into tiers with more capable students (students with more basic knowledge being asked to complete a less challenging assignment and students with more background knowledge at the start of the activity being asked to complete a more challenging assignment) to gain more in-depth knowledge. Students were placed in tiers according to the results of a pre-test. For non-gifted students, the teacher may ask all students to complete Tier 1 (the easiest tier) or let students work in groups to cooperatively accomplish tasks.

For this Lesson: · Skills Matrix: MG 6,7,8,11; IPS 1,7,11,13 World Cultures: pp. 313-17,318-22, 329-38, 344 Resources Needed: computers for research and software, paper, glue, scissors, coloring utensils, CD or flash drive to save their work to

Vocabulary: Nazism, Fascism, Allied Powers, Axis Powers, Holocaust, D-Day, Stalingrad