Then, I assign students this fun radio show project.
To help students understand the key battles of WW2, we’ll go through a visually engaging PowerPoint in class first.
There's also one for the Allied leaders, too.) 2) World War 2 Radio Show Project This lesson is an awesome way to have students learn about each dictator, connect them to their country, and understand the impact they had in the years leading up to the war. We talk about the causes for the rise of fascism or communism in each country, the leaders who rose to power, and what impact this had on the country.Īs we go over each one, students cut out a pop-up figure and add him to the map, so it literally "rises up" out of their notebooks. To teach students about the rise of dictatorships in this era, I use these (FREE) pop-up interactive notebook pages along with a PowerPoint (or flipped classroom video version). Hitler in Germany, Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union, Benito Mussolini in Italy, and militarists in Japan all took power during the 1930s. One of the first things students need to understand is the rise of dictatorships and fascism in the years before World War II. Here are some of my favorite lesson plans and activities to use with secondary students for teaching World War II: 1) Rise of Dictators Pop Up Notes
That means you need to have a wide variety of high-quality, engaging lessons to use throughout the unit.įrom the causes of WW2, to the people, main events and battles, the Holocaust, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the lasting impact of WW2 into the Cold War - it's a LOT to cover. The scope and impact of the war was so massive that you need at least a few weeks to cover everything. Whether you teach World History or US History to middle school or high school students, one of your biggest units in the year is likely to be World War 2.
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