Lesson Plan

Building Background Knowledge: The Pearl Harbor Attack: Unbroken, Pages 38–47

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Perspective changes everything. Scholars use a close reading guide while analyzing pages 38-47 in Unbroken. Readers learn that the governments of Japan and the United States had very different perspectives about the attack on Pearl Harbor. To clarify the idea, learners also closely examine Japan's Fourteen-Part Message.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • It uses images from different angles and distances to show the differences in perspective makes
Classroom Considerations
  • Part seven of a 13-lesson series called Grade 8 ELA Module 3A, Unit 1
  • Teach lessons and units in order
Pros
  • Includes an agenda with time assigned to each activity
  • Offers ideas for meeting the needs of struggling pupils
Cons
  • None
Common Core