Key Events of World War II – Common Core Lessons & Activities

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How to Use the Key Events of World War II - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
•Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
•Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
•Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
•Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!

Click HERE to view sample pages from this book.

Tips:
•Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
•Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
• To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click HERE.
•Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.

The Key Events of World War II - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook includes:
•Reading for Information
•Higher-Order Thinking
•Writing Problems
•Primary Source Analysis
•Vocabulary
•Graphic Organizers
•Map Activities
•& More!

Here is the Table of Contents for the Key Events of World War II - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
World War II Begins: Reading Informational Text
Chamberlain's Speech: Primary Source Analysis
Leaders of World War II: Main Idea Organizer G
Axis-Occupied Europe: Map Activity
World War II Vocabulary: Vocabulary GO10
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Primary Source Analysis
Day in Infamy Speech: Primary Source Analysis
Rationing in the U.S.: Problem-Solution-Results GO9
Dig on for Victory: Primary Source Analysis
World War II: Causes, Events, & Effects G
Rosie the Riveter: Primary Source Analysis
Tuskegee Airmen: Reading Informational Text
D-Day: Primary Source Analysis
Iwo Jima: Primary Source Analysis
The Holocaust: Reading Informational Text & Writing
United Nations: Cause and EffectG
VE & VJ Days: Reading Informational Text
Key Events of World War II: Chronological Events GO12
Atomic Bomb Decision: Primary Source Analysis
Common Core State Standards Correlations

G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8 1/2" x 11" online download HERE.

(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer numbers online)