Daily Lesson Guide

Name: Aaron Sparks

Date: March 14, 2016
History

Lesson Length: 1 hour

Class: 6th Grade American

SOL- USII.7a- Causes and events for World War II & Pearl Harbor: describing the
impact of the war on the home front.
Lesson Aim for Today (teacher): Review Pearl Harbor and the beginnings of US
Involvement, and then introduce life on the home front.
Student Learning Objective: The student will be able to do a quick write at the
end of the day about Japanese Internment Camps here in the US during WWII
The students will Have a discussion about what they learned in the
previous week about Pearl Harbor. They will learn about life on the home front, on a
daily basis from jobs to race relations
A) Introduction: Give an overview of the things to accomplish in the class period,
statement of goals
B) Review: Have them talk with a partner for five minutes and discuss some of
the main things that they have learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor
C) Lesson Content: I am going to teach from the pictures and information on
Fast track teaching, hopefully getting through the home front as well as race
relations.
D) Question(s): How did life change for Americans once they were involved in
WWII? L, CRIT
Teach the Lesson:
E) Activities: (1) get with a partner and discuss what they learned about Pearl
Harbor and be prepared to share with the class. (2) Take a look at fast track
and use those pictures and the information provided to look into home life.
(3) Show the video of Japanese internment (4) quick write about whether
those camps were good or bad
F) Materials needed: computer, projector, pencil and paper
G) Check of Understanding: I will be able to check for understanding by walking
around and listening in on different groups and then by hearing what they
learned when it is shared with the class. I will also be able to check for
understanding by looking at the quick writes.
Lesson Closure:
H) Conclusion of Lesson: the final task is to do the quick write, Do you think that
the US was right in sending Japanese Americans to Internment Camps? Why
or Why not?
I) Reinforcement: Review by asking what the students learned that day in class.
Self Evaluation of Lesson:

This lesson went pretty well I thought. I got quite a bit from the students today,
including a good deal of interaction. Maybe it was just what we were learning about
but I feel like they connected to things on the home front. We got through life on the
home front and that is really all that I expected to get done. We did not have time to
cover all of the Internment Camp information so we will pick up with that the next
time. Instead of writing about internment camps we wrote, How would you and
your family have handled rations and conserving goods during WWII? Are there
things that you would not be able to live without?