Learning Experience Plan

Subject: US History Grade level: 8th grade

Unit: World War II Length of LEP (days/periods/minutes): 1

Period

Topic: Island Hopping Strategy

Content Standards: (include only standards addressed in this LEP)

8.5 WORLD WAR II: The aggression of the Axis powers threatened United States security and led to its
entry into World War II. The nature and consequences of warfare during World War II transformed the
United States and the global community. The damage from total warfare and atrocities such as the
Holocaust led to a call for international efforts to protect human rights and prevent future wars.
8.5b From 1939 to 1941, the United States government tried to maintain neutrality while providing aid to
Britain but was drawn into the war by the Japanese attack on pearl Harbor. The United States fought a war
on multiple fronts. At home, the economy was converted to war production, and essential resources were
rationed to ensure adequate supplies for military use.
o Students will examine American involvement in World War II including the American strategy in
the Pacific and the invasion of Normandy on D-Day.

Literacy Standards: (include only standards addressed in this LEP)

Reading Standards
1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate
summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions
Writing Standards
2. Write informative/ explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/
experiments, or technical processes.
7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on
several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of
exploration.

Learning Experience Outcomes Learning Experience Assessments

(knowledge/skills) 1. Web quest Handout
Students will: Students will complete an
online web quest, in order to visualize
the island hopping strategy used by the
American military.

Differentiation (What will you do to meet the needs of students at these different levels?)
Approaching On-level Beyond
Approaching students may On level students will be Beyond students will be self-
need assistance for this checked in with; however, sufficient during this activity.
activity. Some may not they will be left self-
know how to use a sufficient for most of the
computer as well as activity.
others. Additionally, the
teacher must make sure
that these students are
following the exact
directions on the handout,

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or else the PowerPoint
may not make sense.
These students
Curriculum Integration (Does this lesson correlate with any other content area? Describe.)
This lesson correlates with STEM because of the use of PowerPoint and the internet.
Material Procedures/Strategies
s

1. Day 1 (add additional days as needed)

Handout
Sponge Activity (activity that will be done as students enter the room to get them into the
2. mindset of the concept to be learned)
PowerPoi
nt As class begins, a group of students will volunteer to play leapfrog in front
of the class. Not only will this have some students moving around, it will
(disclaim also have the students demonstrate the leapfrogging strategy used by
er: I the American military during World War II.
made
this Anticipatory Set (focus question/s that will be used to get students thinking about the days
lesson)
power
point last 1. How do you fight a war against a nation of islands?
semester
so some 2. Has the United States ever fought a war similar to the war in the Pacific
of the pre or post-World War II?
hyperlink
s may 3. Should the United States have entered the war after the bombing of
need to Pearl Harbor?
be
Activating Prior Knowledge (what information will be shared with/among students to connect
updated)
to prior knowledge/experience)

Students will have already learned about the bombing of Pearl Harbor and
President Roosevelts decision to enter the war. In this lesson, students will
learn how the United States fought the Japanese military, from the first few
battles until the Japanese surrendered.

Direct Instruction (input, modeling, check for understanding)

Students will not receive much direct instruction during this lesson that
covers content. Instead, students will be instructed to complete the web
quest, and to follow the directions on the teacher prepared handout.

Guided Practice (how students will demonstrate their grasp of new learning)

Students will work individually or with a partner in order to complete the

web quest.

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 Independent Practice (what students will do to reinforce learning of the lesson)

Approximately 10 minutes prior to the end of the period, the class will
regroup and share their findings. Students who did not get the correct
answer, or may not have finished in time, will have the opportunity to fix
their work.

Closure (action/statement by teacher designed to bring lesson presentation to an appropriate

close)

An exit ticket will be completed by each student:

1. Does the order and location of the battles in which we talked about
displays a pattern?

2. Do you believe that the strategy of Island Hopping was necessary? Why
or why not?

For homework, students will complete a narrative summary frame, in order

to wrap up the Pacific theater during World War II.

References: (e.g. Book, course packet, pg #, complete web address URL)

Summary Frame: https://lms.manhattan.edu/mod/resource/view.php?id=244060

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 Island Hopping Web Quest
A. Complete Do Now
Question 1:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Question 2:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
B. What is Island Hopping?: Click on island hopping
Click on the National World War II Museum link to find out!
1. Define island hopping.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. What are some key words that describe island hopping?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. Go back to the PowerPoint and click the home icon.
C. Saipan: Click on island 1
1. When did the attack on Saipan occur?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. How many Japanese troops survived at the end of the
Battle of the Philippine Sea?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. Click on the home icon once you are finished with island 1.

D. Leyte: Click on island 2

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 1. How long were American troops on the island of Leyte?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. What kind of attack did US sailors witness during the
Battle of Leyte Gulf?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. Click on the home icon once you are finished with island 2.
E. Iwo Jima: Click on island 3
1. When did US forces invade Iwo Jima?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. Who used Iwo Jima as a safe haven?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. Click on the home icon once you are finished with island 3.
F. Okinawa: Click on island 4
1. How far from Japan was the Battle of Okinawa?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. How many civilians were trapped on Okinawa during the
fighting?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. Click on the home icon once you are finished with island 4.

G. End of the War: Click on island 5

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 1. Which person decided to invade Japan?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. What two cities were bombed that ended the war in
Japan?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
H. Primary Source Activity: Click on the link for President
Trumans Diary
1. Read the primary source. Write at least 3 sentences
summarizing what you read.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
I. Complete Exit Ticket
Question 1:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Question 2:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

Evaluative Criteria

Full Credit (3 Points): Partial Credit (1.5 No Credit (0

Points): Points):
- Student completes web
quest. - Student completes web - Student does not
- The students responses quest. complete web quest
are appropriate, and
related to the questions - The students responses - The student gives
asked. are not appropriate and/ no response and/ or
or does not relate to the does not relate
questions asked. anything to the

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 Narrative Summary Frame
Directions: Complete the summary frame below. Refer
back to your web quest, any notes you may have, and
any website used during the web quest if you are unsure
of an answer.

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