Date: 9/11/17 Content: Social Studies Grade: 8th grade Teacher: Mr.

Rivas

Academic Standard S1C3PO4: Describe how the Allies won World War II

Today I will describe the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union by analyzing propaganda and answering
Content Objective
text based question

Today I will describe how invasion of the USSR was Hitlers biggest mistake as a dictator who controlled
Language Objective mostly all of Europe; yet, Battle of Stalingrad was his biggest downfall. Explain how this was the largest land
invasion of all time.

Anticipatory Set/ Bellwork will be done on white boards and I will use white boards to ask students to list all of the reasons one
Building Background country might invade another. I will make a list of student responses and introduce the Nazi invasion of the
USSR that inevitably failed.
I Do: Discourse/Questioning
Model and explain and reinforce my rules and expectations Strategies:
explain video, discuss bellwork, students will analyze Dr. Seuss
propaganda and other cartoons, reading assignment Why did Hitler invade the
We Do: USSR?
watch video, do bellwork, take notes victory gardens, war bonds, What was the result of this
Lesson Implementation
complete reading, and answer questions based off reading. invasion?
What did it mean for the Nazis?
You Do: What was the significance of
the Battle of Stalingrad?
Watch video, do bellwork, answer text based
questions, students will finish assignment.
Differentiation Shorten assignments, give more time, focus on vocabulary
Assessment Bellwork based on dictators, checks for understanding, class discussion, completion of
(Formative/Summative) reading assignment questions.
Always keep in mind the PLC guiding questions:
1. What do we want students to know and be able to do? 2. How will we know if they have learned it? 3. What will we do if they dont learn it? 4. What do
we do when they do learn it?