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U.S. History Student Learning Map

Unit 2—World War II

|Concept |Concept |Concept |

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|Causes of WWII |U.S. Involvement in WWII |Road to Victory |

|Lesson Essential Questions |Lesson Essential Questions |Lesson Essential Questions |

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|What political ideologies led to World War II? |How did the United States strive to stay out of |How did the United States and the Allied Powers |

| |World War II? |achieve victory in World War II? |

|How did acts of aggression by Germany, Italy and| | |

|Japan led to World War II? |How did the United States become involved in | |

| |World War II? | |

|Vocabulary |Vocabulary |Vocabulary |

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|Totalitarianism |Neutrality Acts |Battle of Stalingrad |

|Nationalism |“belligerent nations” |“Europe first, then the Far East” |

|Charismatic |Cash and Carry |Desert Fox |

|Fascist/Fascism |Munich Conference |Dwight D. Eisenhower |

|Nazi/Nazism |Nazi-Soviet Pact |D-Day |

|Militarism |Destroyers for Bases Agreement |Normandy |

|Benito Mussolini |U-boats |Amphibious |

|Adolf Hitler |British West Indies |George S. Patton |

|Treaty of Versailles |Blitzkrieg |Battle of the Bulge |

|Propaganda |Lend-Lease Act |VE Day/VJ Day |

|“master race” |“Arsenal of Democracy” |Douglas MacArthur |

|Emperor Hirohito |Atlantic Charter |Chester Nimitz |

|Isolationism |Embargo |Battle of the Coral Sea |

| |Pearl Harbor |Battle of Midway |

| |Axis Powers |Island Hopping |

| |Allied Powers |Battle of Iwo Jima |

| | |Mount Suribachi |

| | |Hiroshima and Nagasaki |

| | |U.S.S. Missouri |

|Concept |Concept |Concept |

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|Life on the Home Front |Results of WWII |Atrocities |

|Lesson Essential Questions |Lesson Essential Questions |Lesson Essential Questions |

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|What was life like on the home front during |What were the key provisions of the World War II |Why were some German and Japanese leaders tried |

|World War II? |peace settlement? |in international courts after World War II? |

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|Vocabulary |Vocabulary |Vocabulary |

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|Rationing |Peace Conferences |Holocaust |

|Victory Garden |Winston Churchill |Scapegoats |

|“Rosie the Riveter” |Joseph Stalin |Wannsee Conference |

|Investment |Franklin D. Roosevelt |Final Solution |

|Production |Harry S Truman |Genocide |

|Conservation |War Crimes |Concentration Camps |

|Internment Camps |Zones |Work Camps |

| |Occupation |Death Camps |

| |Disarm/Demilitarize |Auschwitz and Dachau |

| | |Bataan Death March |

| | |Nanking Massacre |

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Key Learning: World War II was unparalleled in scope, destruction, and affects on twentieth century society.

Essential Question: What were the causes, key events, and affects of World War II?

Key Learning: World War II was unparalleled in scope, destruction, and affects on twentieth century society.

Essential Question: What were the causes, key events, and affects of World War II?

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