Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: The War to End All Wars Name: Damian Torres
Content Area: Social Science Grade Level: 10th Grade
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
10.5
Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and
ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of total war.
Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes (e.g., topography,
waterways, distance, climate).
Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.
Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, including how colonial peoples contributed to the war
effort.
Discuss human rights violations and genocide, including the Ottoman governments actions against Armenian citizens.

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

Students will write a war diary, writing what it was like on the front. They will be writing in the first person as if they were actually experiencing these events.
Primary sources and examples of diaries will be provided so they have something to go off of.

Students will create a timeline using Chronozoom a timeline making website. Students will be put into groups and will be responsible for different events
happening during World War 1 and after each group is finished with their portion we will put it together. The hope is that with each period doing a portion we
will have a lot of the major events of the war on the timeline.

Students will also be creating a dramatization of what happened during World War One between the different world leaders, and will be dramatizing different
events that changed the world!

As I have stated many times in class I LOVE PODCASTS! So its only natural that we will be creating our very own podcast! With all of the information we have
learned in class we will all become story-tellers and bring the First World War to life. Each Student will be assigned some aspect of the First World War and will
be responsible for creating a 5-10 minute podcast about the topic they were given.
Unit Summary:
Within this unit students will be analyzing the origins of the First World War. The reasons and arguments given to join the war from the different world leaders
perspectives. We will then be discussing major battles and turning points throughout the war. We will discuss the Russian revolution and the implications of the
United States getting involved in the war. We will then discuss the nature of war and it's tremendous human costs associated with it. We will then lastly be
looking at the atrocities caused by the Ottoman government against the Armenian people.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Discussion-We will as a class watch a
video about the first world war and we shall discuss
what makes a country decide to go to war in the
first place and whether or not war has added value
to the World.
Formative: Flash Cards-Events and important Summative: Podcast assignment that the student
figures in the Great War does on their own about a specific event in the
Graphic Organizer-Students will use Popplet and Great war.
will highlight key figures and events that happened Dramatization project that the student will do in a
during the Russian Revolution group about a specific event in the Great War.
TimeLine-Students will create Time Line of a battle
during the Great War
Quiz-On different events that happened such as:
Battle of the Somme, Russian Revolution etc.

Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities: This lesson contains guided notes so as I am going over the Prezi the students will be
Students will be able to (Assessments): The completing guided notes to turn in for credit, but will get it back so they can use it for their upcoming
understand the origins of students will complete assignments.
the First World War. guided notes letting me
know that they understand
the material
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: The Lesson Activities: This lessons requires the student to use Garage Band an app that is on apple devices to
Students will be able to student will have uploaded create a podcast about an event that took place during the First World War. They will create this podcast
create an 8-18 minute the podcast properly to our on their own and edit it on their own.
podcast about an event that class Sound Cloud, they will
took place during the First have used statistics, facts,
World War. and it will be in their own
voice.
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: Students will be creating a Popplet as their graphic organizer, and they will be
Students will create a The student will have incorporating photos, quotes, a video. The more creative the better. This will ultimately help the student
graphic organizer using created their graphic that will give them a better understanding of the Russian Revolution.
Popplet and this will organizer using Popplet,
further their they will have incorporated
understanding of the pictures, quotes, and it will
Russian Revolution and the be pertaining to the
key players involved. Russian Revolution.
Unit Resources:
The Great War- This is a YouTube Channel that has week by week information of the Great War and all the events that transpired within the 4 year period.
Crash Course- Another YouTube Channel that will be used for more general information.
All Quiet on the Western Front, and Storm of Steel passages will be made available for students.

Useful Websites:
www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-blueprint-for-armageddon-i/
http://www.chronozoom.com/#/t00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
GarageBand- Is the app we will be using for our Ipad assignment
https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/ww1
https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/interactive-wwi-
timeline?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9uHOBRDtARIsALtCa95CDMBR76VrgjaTtFpskOvGUO0E_uuyTSWYsNzYxnBWAO9XNApif1waApxbEALw_wcB
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/anzac-day/the-anzacs

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/anzac-day
http://www.1914-1918-online.net/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/timestopics/topics_armeniangenocide.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/eastern_front_01.shtml