USII.5c
This three-lesson set is designed to completely cover SOL
USII.5c. The first lesson’s content focuses on the reasons why the US abandoned
neutrality to join the Allies in WWI, and the skill focus is on analysis of
maps and charts, using the 3TC map analysis strategy. The second lesson also
focuses heavily on skill USII.1f, identifying cause and effect relationships.
Students produce a storyboard or cartoon panel that explains multiple causes
and effects of the United States’ involvement in WWI. The third lesson looks at
the United States’ leadership at the end of the war. Using President Wilson’s
14 points as a starting point, students analyze several primary and secondary
documents (Treaty of Versailles, Wilson’s speech in favor of the League of
Nations) to determine how effective a leader the US was at the end of the war.
The lesson ends with a short SOL-formatted quiz that incorporates both content
and skill-based questions.
USII SOL 5c Lesson 2 of 3
USII SOL 5c Lesson 3 of 3
VUS.9b
This two-lesson set is designed to completely cover SOL VUS 9b, the United States’ role/ involvement in World War I. Lesson 1 has students analyzing multiple documents in a DBQ, and synthesizing that information with speech excerpts to examine the reasons why the US moved from neutrality to involvement between 1914-1917. The lesson ends with a guided writing response. Lesson 2 builds on the practice of analyzing and synthesizing documents, this time looking at the US’ role during and after WWI, and culminates in a capstone writing assignment.
VUS SOL 9b Lesson 1 of 2
VUS SOL 9b Lesson 2 of 2
WHII.10b
This two-lesson set is designed to completely cover SOL
WHII.10b, on the major battles and technological advances of WWI. This includes
propaganda as a technological advance, (covered in lesson 2 of this mini-unit).
Lesson 1 has students using a variety of photos from WWI to match primary and
secondary source accounts of events/ technologies in the war, and to create a
photo exhibit/ collage describing the effects of new technology on the soldiers
fighting the war.
WHII SOL 10b Lesson 1 of 2
WHII SOL 10b Lesson 2 of 2
Science
These three science lessons—Chemistry, Life Science, and Earth Science—help to teach students the effects of mines and poison gas on people and the environment during World War I.Earth Science
Life Science
Chemistry Review Activity WWI
