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Unit 7: World War II (1931-1945)

When the Great Depression hit Britain, France, and Germany, they were still recovering from the damage of World War I. Without aid, loans, and trade from the US, the effects of the depression were even worse in Europe. Unfortunately, this left the door open to dictators in Germany and Italy who were promising economic recovery and strong nationalism. By the mid-1930s, Hitler had complete control over Germany, Mussolini dominated Italy, military generals controlled Japan, and another war loomed on the horizon. Faced with the struggles of the Great Depression, Americans were determined to stay isolated from the turmoil in Europe and Asia.

Textbook Chapters:
 * ~ Chapter No. in Book ||~ Chapter Title ||~ Chapter No. in Computer ||
 * = 19 ||= The Coming of War ||= 23 ||
 * = 20 ||= World War II ||= 24 ||

Major concepts:
 * As Americans focused on the economic depression, dictators gained power in Europe by promising to put people to work and rebuild glorious empires.
 * Britain and France practiced a policy of appeasing Hitler until the invasion of Poland in 1939.
 * In the meantime, Japan was aggressively conquering territory in China.
 * FDR argued that the US could not remain isolated for long in a world of aggressive dictators, and the US slowly began to lend financial support to the nations allied against the Axis Powers.
 * With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US officially entered World War II.
 * The Allied Powers had little success against Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese until some major turning points were achieved in 1943.
 * By 1945, Hitler was defeated, and President Truman decided to use atomic bombs against Japan to avoid a destructive invasion.
 * The war had enormous impacts on American society and the global stage alike.

Unit 7 Day 1 Topics: Totalitarianism, Fascism, Communism, appeasement, Munich Pact, blitzkrieg, Axis Powers, Allies, Neutrality Acts, "Four Freedoms," Lend-Lease Act, Atlantic Charter

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Analyze why and how totalitarian states emerged in the 1930s.
 * Assess the US reaction to events in Europe and Asia during the early years of World War II.

Quickwrite: Copy down the following directions. You will be graded on all three!


 * 1) Copy objectives & quickwrite.
 * 2) Help each other complete the first three charts of the Chapter 19 Reading Guide. Pay attention to what the question/statement is asking you to do. Don't be helpless or lazy! Ask questions! Get it done!!
 * 3) Watch Discovery Channel's //Unsolved Histories: Pearl Harbor// & take notes.

Homework: Read Ch. 19.3 & 20.1 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 7 Day 2 Topics: Pearl Harbor, Douglas MacArthur, Pacific Theater, Bataan Death March, Battle of Coral Sea, Stalingrad, Dwight Eisenhower, unconditional surrender, Battle of Midway

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Evaluate the causes and effects of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
 * Analyze how the Allies turned the tide against the Axis Powers in Europe and the Pacific.

Quickwrite: What did Roosevelt mean when he said that December 7, 1941 was "a date which will live in infamy"?

Homework: Read Ch. 20.2 & 20.3 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 7 Day 3 Topics: Rosie the Riveter, A. Philip Randolph, bracero program, Japanese internment, rationing, propaganda, D-Day invasion, Battle of the Bulge, island hopping, Manhattan Project

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Assess how the war changed American society.
 * Analyze how the Allies defeated the Axis Powers.

Quickwrite: What does the phrase "the home front" mean?

Homework: Read Ch. 20.4 & 20.5 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 7 Day 4 Topics: Holocaust, anti-Semitism, Nuremberg Laws, concentration camps, Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conference, Harry Truman, superpowers, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Nuremberg Trials

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Analyze the development and results of the Holocaust.
 * Discuss the lack of response from the Allies to early news of the Holocaust.
 * Analyze major immediate and long-term effects of World War II.

Quickwrite: What activities do you remember doing in English 10 on the Holocaust?

Homework: Study for test on Ch. 19-20.

Unit 7 Day 5 Topics: Unit 7 test tomorrow!

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Catch up and review for Unit 7 test tomorrow on chapters 19-20.

Quickwrite: Name three effects of World War II on American society. (Hint: The answer is not minorities, government, and women.)

Homework: Study for test on Ch. 19-20.

Unit 7 Test Day Unit 7 Study Guide Homework: Read Ch. 21.1 & 21.2 (Honors: Charts)

Links:

US History Textbook Site