DETAILED LESSON PLAN
Teacher Justin Cochran
Class & Grade level U.S History 10th
Topic World War II
Date 4/14/2014
Concept Pearl Harbor
Content Focus:
The importance of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the impact that it had on the United States is crucial to
understanding the United States role in World War II. The events are important to understand how the people felt
at this time.
Instructional Goals
* The students should be able to summarize the events leading to the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor.
* The students should be able to describe the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* The students should be able to analyze the effects of the Pearl Harbor attack on the world.
* The students should be able to compare the Pearl Harbor attack with attack on 9/11/2001.
Alignment
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State Standards
B.12.2 Analyze primary and secondary sources related to a historical question to evaluate their relevance,
make comparisons, integrate new information with prior knowledge, and come to a reasoned conclusion
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Observable and measureable objective(s) with corresponding assessment(s).
Objective(s)
Matching Assessment(s)
Students will know who said the Pearl Harbor
Notecard activity at the beginning of class.
address and to what even it is referring to.
The students will learn something important
Exit pass activity.
and new to them personally.
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Plan for delivering content
o Lecture
o Video
o Cooperative Learning
o Discussion
o Questions
Rationale
Students need to understand the importance of Pearl Harbor and how similar the country felt
when 9/11 happened and the similarities and differences. The students cannot understand World War II
without knowing the events of Pearl Harbor.
Academic Language
1. Infamy
2. Torpedo
Procedure/Strategies
1. Introduction ( 8 Minutes)
a. Write down on Board” This is a date that will live in infamy.”
i. Answer following questions.
1. To what event does this quote refer?
2. Who said this quote?
b. Play YouTube video
2. The Preparations (Lecture) ( 18 Minutes)
a. The Japanese Preparations
i. Their new air force.
ii. The new technology specifically for Pearl Harbor
b. America not ready
i. Low security alert
ii. Planes lined up in a line on tarmac for drills
iii. Battleships lined in a row. “Battleship Row”
iv. Shallow Harbor
3. The Attack
a. The First Wave
i. The first wave of 183 Japanese bombers, led by Commander Pilot Fuchida, arrived at
7:55 a.m. December 7, 1941.
ii. The attack on Battleship Row began as the ships were lined up like sitting ducks for
the torpedoes and bombs prepared especially for the shallow water of Pearl Harbor.
iii. USS Arizona hit and sunk.
iv. USS Nevada sank in n9 minutes.
b. Second Wave
i. The next wave of 170 Japanese bombers reached Pearl Harbor at 8:54 a.m Sunday
morning.
ii. The Oklahoma capsized.
iii. The battle lasted two hours with very few American planes able to get off the ground.
iv. The element of surprise had been achieved as the Japanese caught the Americans off
guard and unprepared.
c. Third Wave
i. Commander Fushido urged a third wave of attack to invade the islands in order to
gain the advantage to attack California.
ii. His request was denied as the Japanese fleet turned south into the Pacific sparing the
Americans further devastation.
iii. Fushido saw weakness in his superiors actions. After this attack, the pilots were
dispersed and the air force never was strong again. The old generals saw no use for
planes for attack. Fushido grew unhappy with the emperor and the Shinto religion. He
miraculously missed the atomic bomb and lived to read a tract by a missionary after
the war. He was saved.
iv. God is always in control of life and He has a plan for everyone’s life even
Commander Fushida. Offer children God’s Samurai to read for extra credit.
4. Aftermath
a. 2,395 Casualties of whom 65 civilians
b. The five battleships that sank were the following: USS Arizona, Nevada, W. Virginia,
California, and Oglala
c. The Japanese only lost 29 planes.
d. President Roosevelt declares December 7th to be a “date that will go down in infamy.”
5. Importance- Ask what students think importance is? ( 4 Minutes)
a. Pearl Harbor was the greatest attack on the U.S in history.
b. This attack sent us into World War II.
c. The United States is not invincible.
6. Cooperative learning activity- Pearl Harbor and 9/11 and similarities. (15 Minutes)
a. Pearl Harbor Address- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74fsE
b. 9/11 Address- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqCquDl4k4
Assignments and Reminders
I have a notecard to give the students to ask them what was one thing that they enjoyed.
I have questions to ask the students to extend the lesson.
Materials and Equipment
1. PowerPoint
2. Notecards
3. YouTube Video
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArDG2lhRbcw&feature=related
Support for Student Learning
* Give different lecture power point notes for the slow learners.
These notes are completed for the students who need to look at the power point lecture without having to fill in
the blanks. These notes are just like the power point slides. They can take notes if they want to.