World History · Week 30 · Totalitarianism and World War II
Counting the Human Cost
Students trace the war's turning points and the staggering civilian and military losses across many nations and take a quiet moment to honor the people behind the numbers.
- Students will
- Students trace turning points of World War II and analyze the multiple causes and effects of losses across many nations.
- SEL skill
- Name a feeling about loss and choose a respectful way to honor people behind the numbers
- What it looks like
- Students recognize emotions and cope with grief by honoring the people behind the numbers.
- Content focus
- Counting the human cost of war
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is recognizing what you feel, think, value, and do well, and how those things guide your behavior. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- 10.8.6: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 10: World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World (standard 10.8, item 6)
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: CST3 Use maps and documents to interpret human movement, settlement, frictions between groups, and the spread of ideas and goods. (Chronological and Spatial Thinking)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.14.9-12 Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis, such as charts and maps, with information in a text.
Fits these textbook chapters
- History Alive! World Connections, Lesson 18: Era Overview: Global Crisis and Achievement, 1900 to 1945
- History Alive! World Connections, Lesson 24: World War II
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More self-awareness activities for World History
- Becoming a Historian Self-awarenessStudents meet ancient thinkers in Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem who asked what a person owes others, then name the questions and curiosity they bring to history as young historians.
- Ideas That Start Revolutions Self-awarenessStudents connect the ideas of Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Jefferson, and Bolívar to the revolutions they inspired and name the beliefs that drive their own choices.
- Why Empires Expanded Self-awarenessStudents analyze how markets, resources, national rivalry, and beliefs of superiority drove the new imperialism and examine assumptions about who is better than whom.
- Mapping Colonial Rule Self-awarenessStudents study maps of Africa and Asia before and after colonial rule and name the feelings that arise when borders are drawn by outsiders.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.