Curricular Planning

Curricular Planning

Nova Southeastern University

February 3, 2013

a. Identify the subject area and target grade level:

This unit is designed for 5th grade students in Social Studies.

b. Unit theme and supporting rationale: When students receive information from a person that has actually experienced events in an era they are more prone to enjoy and participate in the activities. Being able to hear accounts from a key resource creates significance and allows students to encounter real world scenarios. There is a retired WWII veteran by the name of Helen Denton, who comes to the school to speak to the 5th graders each year. She was the secretary that typed the D-Day battle plans for then General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The students respect her and always ask questions because her past intrigues them. This was my unit of choice because I have found that the students listen intently when she speaks and I feel this is a wonderful opportunity to hear about the war with a firsthand account, without a boring mundane lecture. In addition, this topic is on the Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT).

c. Identify the academic learning standards met: SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.

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.

d. Unit goals- The students will learn how the aftermath of the WWII resulted in America maintaining a permanent presence in Europe, closer economic and political ties to Europe, and the beginning of social changes in American society. The students will also understand the impact a person has on society and the consequences of that person’s actions, as well as learning that when there is conflict between or within societies change will be the result

e. Learning outcomes – Students will describe major events in...