Unit Focus
- The decision to join global conflict is a complicated mix of pros/cons, security threat and public opinion
- Global conflicts do not occur in a vacuum - they are causes and effects of one another
- Is global conflict worth it?
- How does life on the homefront change during wartime?
WWII Vocabulary
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Lesson 1- Start of WWII
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Rise of Totalitarians
European Theater
Pacific Theater
Read and Discuss-IF and How does the United States get involved?
Lesson 2- Impact of War
Daily Journal
1. List a few interesting statistics or thoughts that go through your mind while evaluating war past and present. 2. What is the cost war has on America? Americans? |
Science and Technology of WWII
Major Impacts on War
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Impactful Inventions
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Lesson 3- Pearl Harbor and Acts of Terror
Class Discussion
- What parallels can we draw between Pearl Harbor and 9/11?
- How may a particular defining moments in history affect a generation?
- ex- Gen Z and COVID?
- ex- Gen Z and COVID?
Lesson 4- European and Pacific Theaters
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Lesson 5- Atomic Bomb
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Daily Journal
Which are your thoughts on nuclear weapons. Are they______?
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1. Invade Japan
2. Bomb and blockade 3. Demonstrate power to Japan 4. Drop atomic bomb on Japan 24 Hours after Hiroshima-National Geographic
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Part 2- U.S. Homefront
Lesson 6- Japanese Internment
Daily Journal
1. Why might America rather forget this part of U.S. History existed?
1. Why might America rather forget this part of U.S. History existed?
Lesson 7- Changing America and Propaganda
Lesson 8- Holocaust
What you need to know: The Holocaust included more than just Jewish Citizens!
Jehovah's Witnesses Gypsies Homosexuals Individuals with Mental and Physical Disabilities Daily Journal- Read each
1. Dec 12, 1941 2. March 1943 3. June 26, 1944 4. January 27, 1945 What are your thoughts, feelings, emotions about each? For more understanding take a look at the Holocaust Museum website
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Iconic Images of WWII
Daily Journal- Before studying more of WWII which of these images stick with you or grab your attention the most? Why?