World War II – Review and Assessment Historical Thinking Skills

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This resource includes two versions of an assessment, a review worksheet, and a 5-point rubric for six World War II lessons focusing on critical and historical thinking skills, with content aligned to NYS Standards for Social Studies.

Pages: 38 pages

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Assessing Critical Thinking in Social Studies!

This purchase includes two different versions of an assessment for the 6 lessons in my World War II unit and a review worksheet for the entire unit.  Those lessons are:

  • The Rise of the Dictators and Antisemitism
  • The U.S. Road to World War II
  • World War II Overview – Slideshow and Visual Timeline
  • World War II – Homefront Stations
  • Japanese Internment
  • The U.S. and the Holocaust
  • World War II – Word Wall

This test is tailored to match critical thinking and historical thinking skills. The content focuses on World War II from a U.S perspective. I do standards-based grading, and I allow students to redo tests. Therefore, one of the tests is given as the original, and the second test is given as a “redo.”

These assessments do require the students to have some knowledge of historical skills. The skills are then referred to and reviewed on the review sheet. I’ve tried my best to meet the new standards required by NYS Standards for Social Studies.

I include a 5-point rubric with each of the lesson assessments. If you would like to grade these questions in a different way, you can simply remove the rubric and add in your own points or rubric instead.

There is an answer key provided for the review sheet and both versions of the exam.

This zip file includes a PDF version, a PowerPoint version, and a link to a Google Slides version for both the Review and the assessment. Both the PowerPoint and the Google Slides versions are fully EDITABLE.

This resource specifically addresses the following NYS standards:

8.6 WORLD WAR II: The aggression of the Axis powers threatened United States security and led to its entry into World War II. The nature and consequences of warfare during World War II transformed the United States and the global community. The damage from total warfare and atrocities such as the Holocaust led to a call for international efforts to protect human rights and prevent future wars.

8.6a – Worldwide economic depression, militant nationalism, the rise of totalitarian rule, and the unsuccessful efforts of the League of Nations to preserve peace contributed to the outbreak of war in Europe and Asia.

8.6a.1 -Students will examine how the worldwide economic depression and militant nationalism resulted in the rise of totalitarian rule.

8.6b – From 1939 to 1941, the United States government tried to maintain neutrality while providing aid to Britain but was drawn into the war by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States fought a war on multiple fronts. At home, the economy was converted to war production, and essential resources were rationed to ensure adequate supplies for military use

8.6b.1 – Students will examine American involvement in World War II, including the American strategy in the Pacific and the invasion of Normandy on D-Day

8.6b.3 – Students will investigate the effects of the war on the American economy and day-to-day life.

8.6b.4 – Students will examine the internment of Japanese Americans in light of perceived national security concerns versus constitutional rights, including the decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944).

8.6b.5 – Student will examine the role of New Yorkers in World War II, focusing on local institutions, such as the Fort Ontario Refugee Center or the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

8.6c – The nature and consequences of warfare during World War II transformed the United States and the global community. The damage from total warfare and human atrocities, including the Holocaust, led to a call for an international organization to prevent future wars and the protection of human rights.

8.6c – Students will examine the role of air power by the allies, including the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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