Grade: 11-12 Subject: Military History Unit: Introduction to Warfare: Pre-history - Rome Lens: Conflict Instructional Plan/Activities (Correlations) Round Robin activity using various readings on pre-historic warfare 1-4 1-15 1-7 Create a conquest map of Alexander the Great 1-4 1-4, 6-10, 12-15 1-7 Student re-enactments: Hoplite, Roman Legion, etc. 1-3 1-4, 8-9, 11-12, 15 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 Critical Content/Concept Web
11-12 Subject: Military History Unit: War in the Middle Ages/The Military Renaissance Lens: Change AC = Assessment Code: Q – Quizzes P - Prompts Critical Content and Skills O – Observations WS – Work Samples D – Dialogues SA – Student Self-Assessment T - Tests Students will Know… AC Students will be able to do… AC The fall of the Roman Empire created a need for stability, leadership, protection, and a form of government. Without the framework of a strong government war for plunder becomes common place. The timeframe for the beginning of Islam’s conquest of the Middle East. The Vikings were the ultimate raiders: The long ship allowed them to travel up river. Strategy of hit and run The objective of war from the Viking perspective is plunder. The feudal system develops from the need for military protection. The main fortification of the feudal system was the development of the castle. The feudal system created a new code of military ethics called Chivalry. Chivalry is the first example of “Rules of War.” (Also know the code Bushido in Feudal Japan.) Read for understanding Summarize Compare and Contrast Use graphic organizers Use map skills Analyze the effect geography has on warfare Examine and draw conclusions about the evolution of warfare Model various military developments
AC = Assessment Code: Q – Quizzes P - Prompts Critical Content and Skills O – Observations WS – Work Samples D – Dialogues SA – Student Self-Assessment T - Tests Students will Know… AC Students will be able to do… AC Centralized Nation States replace Feudalism. The Nation State can know mobilize and centralize all military resources. The Nation State creates large professional armies. The establishment of modern combined arms (infantry, cavalry and artillery). The important of Frederick the Great’s developments in military tactics and strategy (Classical Maneuvers of War). The Principles of War (von Clausewitz & Sun Tzu). The importance behind Napoleon’s ideas of Conscription and Nationalism. The effect Industrialization had on the technological advances, size, scope and scale of war. The importance of the minie ball in firearm development. American Civil War is the first modernized industrial war. will use the modern national government and industrial power to conquer the world. Read for understanding Summarize Compare and Contrast Use graphic organizers Use map skills Analyze the effect geography has on warfare Examine and draw conclusions about the evolution of warfare Model various military developments
Instructional Plan/Activities (Correlations) Make a model, 2-fold display or PPT on a military development during the age of State Armies and Modern Warfare 2, 3 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 1, 2, 7, 8 Use guest speakers from the community to show differences between WWI & WWII. 2, 2 12, 13, 14 3, 4, 7 Critical Content/Concept Web Unit Topic: Limited War and Wars of Ideology Conceptual Lens: Technology & Ideology