Download Unit 7 Social Studies Lesson Plan B

Public Schools of Robeson County
American History II
Unit 7 Social Studies Lesson Plan B
Essential Standards
AH2.H.1
AH2.H.2
AH2.H.6
AH2.H.7
AH2.H.8
Essential Question:
How did the G.I. Bill help
returning soldiers?
What economic challenges
did America face after the
war?
What caused the economy
to recover so rapidly?
M T W TH F
Social Studies Goals:
Time Allotted:
90 mins.
Conceptual Len(s):
I Can Statements:
I can explain the economic challenges that America face after the war.
I can explain how the U.S. economy recovered rapidly after the war.
I can describe the causes and effects of social unrest in the postwar
period.
I can identify economic and social problems Americans faced after
World War II.
Learning Targets:
History
Prior Knowledge:
Vocabulary:
GI Bill of Rights
Suburb
Harry S. Truman
Dixiecrat
Fair Deal
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Tasks For Lesson
Engage—What tasks will
“hook” students and
uncover what they know
and think about the
concept?
Students will create a time line of key events relating to
postwar America using the following dates as a guide: 1946,
1947, 1948, 1949, and 1952. Students will write a paragraph
describing the effects of one of these events.
Explore/Explain—What
tasks will encourage
students to observe,
question, and investigate
the concepts and explain
concepts in their own
words?
Teacher will lecture students about Post War American, using
ppt.
Elaborate—What
experimental inquiry,
investigative projects,
problem solving, and
decision-making tasks will
help students apply their
new labels, definitions,
explanations, and skills?
Students will create one of the following for a museum
exhibit about postwar issues: a song, essay, letter, and series
of fictional journal entries, cartoon, or news report. In groups
students will choose one of the following topics: GI Bill,
housing shortage, family roles, or economic problems.
Contributions to the exhibit should include both a visual and a
written component.
Evaluate—What
Students will write a summary on what they have learned.
formative assessments will
ensure that learning is
occurring?
Differentiation—What
tasks will challenge
students and support those
who need additional help?
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