Card Sort - Why was D - Day Successful?

Step back in time with this fun and interactive card sort lesson, specially designed by the History Academy to help commemorate the 80th anniversary of the historic D-Day landings on June 6th, 1944.

Embark on a journey through history as the lesson kicks off with a overview of the events leading up to D-Day.Then dive deeper into the intricacies of this pivotal moment in World War II through a dynamic card sort activity, where students can delve into one of eight key factors that played a crucial role in the success of D-Day.

Explore topics such as surprise, deception, supplies, air superiority, the French Resistance, planning, organization, motivations, and training. Once the investigative phase is complete, choose from a range of consolidation exercises to solidify learning, including extended writing tasks, continuum activities, or a heads and tails challenge.

The card sort is designed to work alongside any main stream textbook or if you prefer you can use the information slides that we have provided so that the class can feedback, review and mark their answers.

Once the review is completed, immerse your students in the significance of D-Day and empower them to discover the critical elements that shaped this historic event through a blend of informative content and engaging activities, including a thinking skills review triangle and a fully supported extended writing task.

When you purchase this lesson, you will be able to download a 35 slide PowerPoint with aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, historical sources, video links, templates, writing frames and a wide variety of tasks and activities aimed at different abilities. Please see the detailed preview.

The aims and objectives of this lesson are:

Theme: The Second World War
Know: What happened on D-Day?
Understand: How the Allied military planners outwitted the Germans on D-Day?
Evaluate: Why was D – Day successful?
Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Can You Describe: What happened on D – Day?
Can You Explain: How the military planners outwitted the Germans on D - Day?
Can You Evaluate: Why the German defenders were defeated on D-Day?

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