1. Teacher: Brandon Carnevale
Unit Plan 2
Lesson for 10/26/2012
Grade Level: 11
Subject US History
1. Objectives
a. Students will understand how the Korean war affected the United States.
b. Students will critically examine the outcome of the Korean War
c. Students will formulate an understanding of the 38th parallel.
2. Mini Lecture
a. Korean War was the first hot war of the Cold War: 1950-1953.
b. During Second World War, the Allies decided to divide Korea at the 38thparallel. The
North was under the trusteeship of the Soviet Union, the South under the trusteeship of
the Americans.
c. Two different countries developed: the North became a communist country, the South a
noncommunist, democratic country. Both sides wanted to re-unify the country under their
own rule.
d. In 1950, after a number of small skirmishes at the border, war broke out between North
and South Korea. The US backed and fought with the South, and China fought with a
backed the North.
e. Initially, American and United Nations forces pushed deep into North Korea; however,
China entered the war and pushed the Americans backed into the South. After three
years, the two sides fought to a stalemate and kept the country divided at the 38th
parallel.
3. Korean War Interactive Map
a. All students will go to this link:
i. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/maps/koreaintro.html
b. Students will click through the interactive map and learn about the different battles
during the Korean War
4. Assessment: students will write a journal entry pretending that they are a soldier in one of the
battles during the Korean War. This entry should stress how they think the soldier felt as well as
the pivotal points of the battle of their choice.