D-Day Lesson Plan Brandon Coleman A.P.

United States History Objective: Students will understand the strategic decision the United States made to join World War II and why they chose the strategy they did. Essential Question: What was the purpose behind the Allied strategy in Europe during D-Day? Unit Explanation: This is a unit on World War II for an A.P. United States history class, dealing mainly with the United States decision to enter World War II and their actions in Europe and in the Pacific. Lesson Explanation: This lesson focuses on the decision of President Roosevelt to storm the beaches of Normandy and display the full might of the United States military on what has come to be known as D-Day. -The lesson prior was called Clouds of War and dealt with the United States decision to enter the war and how the war started in Europe and the Pacific. - The next lesson will be a study of major battles of WWII, and the United States decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Teaching Strategies 1) Begin class with a brief review on the beginning of WWII and the U.S. decision to join, using interactive map (20-25). 2) Direct instruction on obstacles of D-Day (15-20) 3) Students are broken up into groups and given one obstacle they must create a POA (plan of attack) for, and report back to me, the general with their plan. (5) 4) Students work in teams to formulate a POA (15-20) 5) Students report back with their plan (10) 6) Reveal what the Allied forces chose to do with each obstacle during D-Day (10)

Assessment: 1) Formative Assessment Discussion at the beginning and end of class, plan of attack turned in by each group 2) Summative Assessment: An eventual exam over the roaring 20s, the Great Depression, the New Deal and World War II. Materials: 1) 2) 3) 4) Projector D-Day PowerPoint World War II interactive map Colored sheets for POAs