The Industrial Revolution



World War 2

U.S. History—Unit 7

State Content Standard 11.7

The World at War: Students will analyze the events surrounding World War II. They will examine to what degree WW2 was a continuation of WW1, the ethics and consequence of war, and the effect it had on the US economically, socially, and politically.

Pages: from The Americans (green book in class)—chapter 16-17, pages 540-602. From America’s Journey (new blue book) Chapter 11 “World War II” pages 270-297.

1. See it-Say it. Use notebook paper and divide each paper into eight squares. Give each square a title. On each square, write 2-3 bullet point summaries and include and internet picture describing the item—explaining the terms relevance during WW2.

1. Totalitarianism 6. Blitzkrieg 11. Kamikaze 16. 442nd Regim. CT

2. Fascism 7. Lend-Lease Act 12. Nuremburg trials 17. Navajo Code Talkers

3. Nazism 8. Atlantic Charter 13. Kristallnacht 18. island hopping

4. Neutrality Acts 9. Rationing 14. genocide 19. Stalingrad

5. Appeasement 10. V-E Day 15. Tuskegee Airmen 20. Midway

2. Snapshot Bios—Key players. Use pieces of white paper, divide them into 8 squares. Give each square a title and dates of living. Write 3-5 bullets summaries on the importance of each person regarding the time during WW1 and include an internet picture of the person or thing.

1. Axis Powers 5. Joseph Stalin 9. Francisco Franco 13. Dwight Eisenhower

2. War Productions Board 6. Benito Mussolini 10. Winston Churchill 14. George Patton

3. Allied Powers 7. Adolph Hitler 11. Charles de Gaulle

4. Harry Truman 8. Douglas MacArthur 12. General Tojo

3. Era and Events. Do a 1/2 page snapshot history for each of the ideas below. Construct a 50 word historical sketch (sentenced paragraph) telling information & facts about the ideas, events, people, and times. Title each square and include internet pictures of the issue.

1. Non-Aggression Pacts 4. D-Day 7. Holocaust and Final Solution

2. Manhattan Project 5. Hiroshima-Nagasaki 8. Japanese Internment Camps

3. Pearl Harbor 6. Battle of the Pacific 9. Four Freedom’s Speech

Standards: 11.7 Students analyze America's participation in World War II.

1. Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor.

2. Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge.

3. Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of the special fighting forces (e.g., the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team, the Navajo Code Talkers).

4. Analyze Roosevelt's foreign policy during World War II (e.g., Four Freedoms speech).

5. Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans (e.g., Fred Korematsu v. United States of America) and the restrictions on German and Italian resident aliens; the response of the administration to Hitler's atrocities against Jews and other groups; the roles of women in military production; and the roles and growing political demands of African Americans.

6. Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war's impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.

7. Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision (Hiroshima and Nagasaki).

8. Analyze the effect of massive aid given to Western Europe under the Marshall Plan to rebuild itself after the war and the importance of a rebuilt Europe to the U.S. economy.

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