GRADE: High School
TECHNOLOGY: Internet, Paint
Program
BY: Audrey Rackley, Julie Glover
Target Grades/Subject
We will be teaching US
History to a group of eleventh grade students. More specifically, we will teach
the geographical changes to pre-World War II Europe using a digital map, and
Microsoft paint/draw program to show which events leading to the outbreak of
the conflict. Because high school upper classmen tend to show apathy toward
history, and geography, this hands on activity is designed to cultivate
interest and variety in the lesson. This will be done by visually showing the
chronological events which led to American involvement in the war. This hands
on activity will provide a way for the teacher to increase participation by
actively engaging students in the lecture. Because these students are high
school juniors, they are capable of formal operational thought, and this lesson
will encourage students to analyze the alliances and territorial advances of
the European belligerents. The map will provide visual cues for analysis of
cause and effect relationships between nations.
Objectives
SOL 11.11
The student will demonstrate
an understanding of the origins and effects of World War II, with an emphasis
on:
- the rise and aggression
of totalitarian regimes in Germany and Italy
-appeasement, . . . and war
debates in Europe. . . prior to the outbreak of war
- impact of mobilization
for war. . . abroad
Students will recognize the
events leading to out break of World War II by marking the alliances and
territorial advances in a map of pre-was Europe. Mastery of lesson material
will be evaluated with students both individually, and in turn (on the
projected map) marking the territorial advances and alliances happening prior
to the war, as the lecture is given. Comprehension will be evaluated in a map
quiz, in which students will accurately label locations (countries &
alliance groups) on a blank map. Students will also be able to color in areas
of territorial expansion.
The quiz will test
student's mastery of the lecture material by asking them to:
1. In 1939 what countries
did Germany occupy?
2. Shade the countries that
form the axis powers. Put a star in each country that was a member of the
Allies Powers. Circle the countries who attempted to maintain neutrality.
3. List all countries
Germany had made territorial advances against by 1940.
4. What country did the
Allies Powers allow Germany to take-over in hope of avoiding war? What treaty
did this hostile take-over violate?
5. Which European country
did the United States primarily support before its declaration of war?
Materials
1. Digital map of pre-World
War II Europe from nationalgeographic.com which will be copied and pasted to
the Windows 98 paint program
2. assuming 25 students, 25
copies of the map (xeroxes)
3. assorted crayons, enough
for each student to have 3 or 4 colors
4. computer and overhead
projector
5. projector screen
6. 25 xeroxes of quiz with
map
7. assumed students will
have their own pens/pencils, note paper
Lesson Description
Teacher will:
1. distribute maps &
crayons
2. display the map on the
projected screen in the paint/draw program
3. review the names of
Allied/Axis/neutral countries
4. lecture about the
significant events leading to the outbreak of World War II which students will
be expected to have read about in their text books prior to class
5. as events
(treaty/alliance/expansion) are encountered in lecture, he/she will call on a
volunteer to illustrate the event on the paint/draw map
6. illustrations will be
correctly explained, and discussed why/why not it is correct to dispel
misleading information
EX: If someone shades in
Great Britain as an Axis Power, the teacher will explain why this answer is not
true, and corrections will be made accordingly
7. wrong illustrations will
be discussed to explore possible implications
EX: If Great Britain had
been an Axis Power, how would this have affected the war's outcome?
8. make sure everyone has a
chance to illustrate
9. review main ideas and
facts to be tested on the quiz
10. at end of review, turn
off map program, and distribute quiz to be taken the last 15 minutes of class
Evaluation
The quiz will consist of 2
pages; the first page asking students questions outlined in lesson objectives.
The Second page will consist of a map of pre-World War II Europe on which to
mark answers and shade (star Allied Powers, shade Axis Powers, circle neutralities).
Success of the lesson will be determined by the student's ability to correctly
perform these tasks.
Please see the attached
quiz.
Answers to the quiz:
1. Axis Powers: Germany,
Italy, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Austria
Allied Powers: Great Britain,
France, Norway, Soviet Union, Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland,
Yugoslavia, Belgium
Neutrals: Spain, Portugal,
Sweden
2. Poland, Austria,
Czechlosovakia
3. Denmark, Norway,
Belgium, Netherlands, France, Great Britain
4. Poland, Non Aggression
Pact with the Soviet Union
5. Great Britain
Name:
Quiz: Pre-World War II
Europe
1. (Please do this on the
attached map) Shade the countries that form the axis powers.
Put a star in each country
that was a member of the Allies Powers.
Circle the countries who
attempted to maintain neutrality.
In 1939 what countries did
Germany occupy?
3. List all countries
Germany had made territorial advances against by 1940.
4. What country did the Allies
Powers allow Germany to take-over in hope of avoiding war?
What treaty did this
hostile takeover violate?
5. Which European country
did the United States primarily support before its declaration of war?