TEKS Lesson Plan/Unit Plan - Texarkana Independent School ...



TEKS Lesson Plan/Unit Plan

Texarkana Independent School District

| |

|Teacher: Sarah A. Huett Subject/Course: U.S. History |

| |

|Grade(s): Grade 11 Time frame: 45 minutes |

Lesson Plan Number: 96

Topic/Process: Map: 1938 Europe & 1938 Pacific

Textbook: The Americans: Reconstruction to the Present, McDougall Littell

Ch 16, pgs 526-558

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): US8 A

(8)  Geography. The student uses geographic tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data. The student is expected to:

(A)  create thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases representing various aspects of the United States; and

TAKS: N / A

|Concepts |Enduring Understandings/Generalizations/Principles |

| |The student will understand that |

|Region |Regions have defining social, political, economic and geographical features. |

Sequence of Activities (Instructional Strategies):

1. Map Activity: Have students construct a map of Europe circa 1938 and Pacific circa

1938.

Questions to Consider in Lesson:

1) What geographic features might have led Japan to expand?

2) How might geography affect the relationships of European dictators?

Assessment of Activities:

Map Test (later date)

Prerequisite Skills:

1. Basic Map Construction Skills

Key Vocabulary:

See Teacher’s Notes

Materials/Resources Needed:

Textbook, atlases, blank maps, map pencils, pens

Modifications: Allow students to have extended time to complete activities. Follow all modifications on student’s IEP.

Differentiated Instruction: Have students create a 3-D map of Europe and the Pacific circa 1938.

Teacher Notes:

Have students label the following locations (also, have them color code the alliances):

Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Albania, East Prussia, Japan

Allied Powers: Great Britain, Soviet Union, France

Allied Controlled: Midway, Wake, Guam and Hawaii

Neutral Countries: Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey

Eventual Axis Controlled Countries: Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria,

Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Iwo Jima, Okinawa

Bodies of Water: North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Coral

Sea, Mediterranean Sea

Sample Test Questions:

1. According to the map, which of the following countries was among neutral nations?

A. Finland

B. Greece

C. Sweden

D. Great Britain

2. Which of the following countries was an Axis power?

A. Spain

B. Turkey

C. Soviet Union

D. Italy

Project developed and delivered through a Collaborative Research Grant between Texarkana Independent School District and TAMU-T Regents’ Initiative.

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download