Citizenship-B Curriculum
Unit 6: American History: Later History
Lesson 1: World War 1 and Great Depression
Lesson Objectives: / Suggested MaterialsStudents will...
● be able to name President Wilson as the leader during World War 1
● be able to name President Roosevelt as the leader during the Great Depression
● be able to write sentences in the past tense / ● Worksheet- Unit 8 World Wars p. 1
● Citizenship for Us, p.165
● World map (from www.worldatlas.com)
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
“100 Civics Questions” covered in this lesson
78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
79. Who was President during World War I?
Suggested Tasks & Activities
● Read about World War 1, p. 165 in Citizenship for Us
● Show countries involved in WWI on a world map
● Generate ideas as a class about what happens during a war, write on whiteboard and type it up (Language experience approach: LEA). Use the text for fluency reading practice. Note: Depending on the background(s) of your students, this may be a difficult subject for some. Approach it with sensitivity for the experiences your students may have had.
● Read about the Great Depression, p. 165 in Citizenship for Us
● Worksheet- Unit 6 World Wars page 1, fill in past tense verbs and write example sentences from the text
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
Citizenship-B Curriculum
Unit 6: American History: Later History
Lesson 2: World War 2
Lesson Objectives: / Suggested MaterialsStudents will...
● be able to name Germany, Japan, and Italy as the countries we fought in WW2.
● be able to identify Germany, Japan, and Italy on a world map
● be able to write sentences in the past tense correctly
● be able to identify WW2 as the war Eisenhower fought in as a general / ● Worksheet- Unit 6 World Wars p. 2
● Citizenship for Us, p.166
● World map (from www.worldatlas.com)
● Colored pencils
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
“100 Civics Questions” covered in this lesson
80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
Suggested Tasks & Activities
● Read about World War 2, p. 166 in Citizenship for Us, first three paragraphs
● Have students label the Axis powers: Japan, Germany, and Italy and the Allies: United States, England, and Russia on a world map
● Cloze exercise with war LEA story from previous lesson
● Worksheet- Unit 6 World Wars page 2, fill in past tense verbs and write example sentences from the text
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
Citizenship-B Curriculum
Unit 6: American History: Later History
Lesson 3: Cold War and War Review
Lesson Objectives: / Suggested MaterialsStudents will...
● be able to identify communism as the main concern during the Cold War
● be able to name presidents and timeframes for important wars in American history / ● Worksheet- Unit 6 War Review
● Citizenship for Us, p.166
● Colored pencils
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
“100 Civics Questions” covered in this lesson
83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Suggested Tasks & Activities
● Read about the Cold War, p. 166, in Citizenship for Us, last 5 paragraphs
● Show area that was Soviet Union, China on a world map to identify some communist countries
● Worksheet- Unit 6 War Review. The items in the columns are mixed up (Lincoln was not President during WWI!). Have students shade Civil War in blue and then shade the correct information for the Civil War in blue: A student would shade Civil War/Lincoln/1800s all in blue. Then they shade World War 1 info in yellow, Cold War in red, and World War 2 in green.
● Students write sentences about the chart: In the 1800s, the Civil War was fought between North and South. President Lincoln was the leader of the U.S. during the Civil War.
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
Citizenship-B Curriculum
Unit 6: American History: Later History
Lesson 4: Civil Rights Movement
Lesson Objectives: / Suggested MaterialsStudents will...
● be able to identify the Civil Rights Movement as the movement to end racial segregation
● be able to explain that Martin Luther King Jr. worked for civil rights / ● Citizenship for Us p. 169-170
● Audio of “I have a dream”: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
● Google Image
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
“100 Civics Questions” covered in this lesson
84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
Suggested Tasks & Activities
● Review slavery and Emancipation Proclamation history
● Read about Civil Rights Movement, p. 169-170 in Citizenship for Us
● Find and show pictures online of racial discrimination using Google Image: “segregation signs” to discuss as a class
● Play a portion of MLK’s I Have a Dream Speech: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
● Class discussion about racial discrimination and what students experience here in MN
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
Citizenship-B Curriculum
Unit 6: American History: Later History
Lesson 5: September 11, 2001
Lesson Objectives: / Suggested MaterialsStudents will...
● be able to explain that terrorists attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001 / ● Citizenship Now!, p. 51
● United States map
● History Channel Website: http://www.history.com/interactives/witness-to-911#/times-square/
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
“100 Civics Questions” covered in this lesson
86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Suggested Tasks & Activities
● Read about September 11, 2001 on p. 51 in Citizenship Now!
● Show New York on a United States map
● Have students talk about where they were on September 11, 2001 and how they felt after the attack
● History Channel Website- http://www.history.com/interactives/witness-to-911#/times-square/ interactive map and videos, click on Times Square, have students watch and talk about emotions of the people watching it happen, what they did (called family and friends, cried, prayed) etc.
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
Citizenship-B Curriculum
Unit 6: American History: Later History
Lesson 6: Later History Review
Lesson Objectives: / Suggested MaterialsStudents will...
● review information about later U.S. history / ● Citizenship: Passing the Test, p. 93-95
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
● Unit 6 Assessment
Suggested Tasks & Activities
● Complete review activities, p. 93-95 in Citizenship: Passing the Test
● Students quiz each other on questions 1-9 on the bottom of p. 95
● Make a word association list using examples on p. 96
World War 1: Wilson
1900s: World War 2
Martin Luther King: worked for civil rights
● Unit 6 Assessment- Matching Important People
● Flyswatter game with word associations (directions listed in Assessments for Citizenship)
● “Back to the Board” vocabulary review game (directions listed in Assessments for Citizenship)
● Unit 6 Civics Questions PowerPoint
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