Understanding by Design Template

Understanding by Design template adapted from Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

Title of Unit: World War I and its Causes Unit Developed by: World History Team Grade Level(s): 9 Curriculum Areas: MA State Standards Addressed: History.WHII.10 History.WHII.18 Enduring Understandings (Big Ideas) Students will understand that: Causes of WWI (MAIN) Characteristics of WWI Essential Questions: Do alliances cause wars or prevent them? How did WWI exemplify the flaws of modern society? How can a small event trigger a huge conflict? How can the most advanced part of the world self-destruct so quickly? Knowledge (more detailed than the big ideas) and Skill Students will know: -Total war -War of attrition -Trench warfare -Militarism: arms race, new technologies -Alliances: members of Triple Entente/Alliance, and Central Powers/Allied Powers -Imperialism: scramble for Africa -Nationalism in Europe (Italy/Germany AustriaHungary) -Propaganda -Reasons the U.S. entered the war (Zimmerman, -German submarine warfare/atrocities, Lusitania) -Peoples expectations of WWI vs. the reality Students will be able to: -Identify the participants, alliances, and causes of WWI -Identify changes in the map of Europe 1914-18 -Recognize, interpret, and create propaganda -Distinguish historical fact from opinion

Understanding by Design template adapted from Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

Assessment Evidence: MAIN essay New weapons poster T-chart of expectations vs. reality Student generated propaganda poster 5-paragraph essay on U.S. entry All Quiet/Western front worksheet (total war) Performance tasks: MAIN essay New weapons poster T-chart of expectations vs. reality Student generated propaganda poster 5-paragraph essay on U.S. entry All Quiet/Western front worksheet (total war) Scoring tools (Example: checklists, rubrics): Rubrics for essays and posters

Understanding by Design template adapted from Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

Teaching/Learning Activities: Nationalism Survey class: where are you from? and explain their answers; each writes a nationalist poem; what exactly are people proud of from their place? Distinguish between nation, leaders, and government. Do you think nationalism good or bad overall? Graphic notes: steps toward German unification Book/IDs on Austria-Hungary and Dual Monarchy Imperialism/colonialism Scramble for Africa activity students draw colonial map onto modern Africa map (see overheads) White Mans Burden poem/Social Darwinism political cartoon worksheets Alliances Web notes: members of Triple Entente/Alliance and why they dont like each other Color a map with Central Powers and Allies (plus empires?) Militarism Opener: Why is there sometimes tension between older/younger siblings? [Analogy w/ Britain/Germany] 2n+1 navy formula Arms race (definition, poster) Use book or internet to take notes/poster on new weapons/technology MAIN powder keg poster/diagram Essay on causes of WWI (before mentioning Franz Ferdinand! also Assessment); predict how war will start and what will happen in it? Pre-WWI imaginary country simulation Propaganda: define (identify its elements and possible uses); analyze examples activity; create posters/use one tool for one purpose Tell students a Serbian guy kills an Austrian guy: using alliance maps, predict what happens (alliances expand war) Expectations/reality activity and PowerPoint Total war/trench warfare/attrition/stalemate with excerpt from All Quiet on the Western Front, war poetry, Gallipoli, Paths of Glory, map of fronts, Weinbergs photos Zimmerman telegram role-play Using map, show U.S. entry breaking stalemate: Allies win

Understanding by Design template adapted from Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

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Understanding by Design template adapted from Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe