Lesson Plan #1

Class: United States History

Unit: 1
Teacher: Tom Puleo (mentor instructor) Ben Boeve (student teacher)
Objectives: Students should be able to identify and understand what the jet engine, development of
modern computing and the atomic bombs were and explain why each is important or how it relates to
the technological aspect of the Second World War.
Standards: Grade level content expectations for high school United States history and geography
7.2.2 are reviewed. Students will evaluate the role of the United States in fighting World War II
technologically.
Materials: PowerPoint slides and projector. Notecards. Students will have provided their own
notecards from a previous assignment.
Duration: Approximately 51 minutes.
Anticipatory Set: Good things, asking the students what has been going on with them since we last
met.
Teaching:
Input
Given through PowerPoint slides. Oral instructions provided from the slides as well.
Lecture.
Modeling
Not a lot of modeling in this lesson as it is mostly lecture. I will insert a few
different forms of media (books, television series) into the lecture to try and relate
ideas to the students.
Checking for Understanding
I will ask frequently if the students have any questions. Just orally again. There are
methods I plan on using (involving popsicle sticks and old gelato canisters) but I
still need to coordinate with the special education instructors to ensure students
who should not be in the pool are not included.
Guided Practice: Not really planned for this lesson.
Closure: During the last ten minutes of lessons (usually when there is a lecture) I have a modified
version of exit slips prepared. Students will write in notebooks. We are still working on starting this up
however and not all classes have had an opportunity to start on this yet.
InTASC Standard addressed #4 Content Knowledge

The central concepts in this lesson dealt with discussing the role of the United
States technologically in World War II. Like the other two lessons I was supposed to
give regarding the role of the U.S. militarily and diplomatically this was a very broad
topic. I had to narrow down a massive field of inquiry into a manageable number of
concepts to teach in a single lesson.
For the purposes of this lesson I tried to select developments that emerged that
were not only important to World War II but also had some bearing on students
lives today. I tried to make the content more accessible and meaningful by making
references to various media forms the students might be familiar with. I referenced
a few different books and movies including the very recent Imitation Game.