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World War II Unit Packet

Essential Question:

What are the causes and effects of World War II?

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WWII Unit Learning Goals

Learning Goal 13: Students will be able to explain the reasons why WWII started. - Japan’s aggressive search for resources

- Fascism, Nazism, rise of totalitarianism (Dictatorships) following WWI; Hitler (Germany), Stalin (Soviet Union), Mussolini (Italy), General Tojo (Japan), Emperor Hirohito (Japan) - Treaty of Versailles - Great Depression

- Appeasement of Hitler at Munich/ Invasion of Poland - Attack on Pearl Harbor

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4 3 2 1

In addition to a 3 student was able to explain and analyze how WWII started.

Student was able to explain the reasons why WWII started.

Student was able to identify the reasons why WWII started.

Student was able to partially identify the reasons why WWII started.

Learning Goal 14: Students will be able to explain how Americans supported the war effort from home. - Supporting the war effort (war bonds, scrap/metal drives, rationing, enlisting, President Franklin Roosevelt’s leadership) - War industry

- Women and minorities in the workforce (Rosie the Riveter, bracero project) - Executive Order 9066 (Japanese American internment camps, Korematsu v. U.S.)

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4 3 2 1

In addition to a 3 student will be able to explain and analyze how Americans supported the effort from home.

Student was able to explain how Americans supported the war effort from home.

Students was able to identify how Americans supported the war effort from home.

Students was able to partially identify how Americans supported the war effort from home.

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Learning Goal 15: Students will be able to explain the major battles and events that enabled the Allies to defeat the Axis. - European battles (Battle of Britain, El Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day Invasion – Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Battle of the Bulge and General George Patton) - Pacific battles (Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Supreme Allied Commander General Douglas MacArthur, Ira Hayes, Navajo Code Talkers) - Manhattan Project (Harry S. Truman)

Scale:

4 3 2 1

In addition to a 3 student was able to explain and analyze the major battles and events that enabled the Allies to defeat the Axis.

Student was able to explain the major battles and events that enabled the Allies to defeat the Axis.

Student was able to identify the major battles and events that enabled the Allies to defeat the Axis.

Student was able to partially identify the major battles and events that enabled the Allies to defeat the Axis.

Learning Goal 16: Students will be able to explain the effects WWII had on the United States and the world. - Rebuilding Germany and Japan (Marshall Plan, changes to political boundaries) - Start of the Cold War (atomic age, NATO, Warsaw Pact) - United Nations - Holocaust (Nuremberg Trials, creation of Israel)

Scale:

4 3 2 1

In addition to a 3 student was able to explain and analyze the effects WWII had on the United States and the world.

Student was able to explain the effects WWII had on the United States and the world.

Student was able to identify the effects WWII had on the United States and the world.

Student was able to partially identify the effects WWII had on the United States and the world.

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Practice #1- WWII Time Line- Text Pages 804-805

1. Which events indicate that major trouble lies ahead for the world?

2. Which event caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

3. Which event causes the United States to declare war on Japan?

4. What was the effect of the United States dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Practice #2 (LG 13) - Connect Geography to History Text Pages 805

1. Name the three countries that made up the Axis Alliance.

2. Generally describe the areas of the world under the control of Japan.

3. Generally describe the areas of the world under the control of Germany.

Practice #3 (LG 13)- Connect Geography to History Text Pages 809

1. Movement- In which direction did the Germans attack in 1940? in 1941?

2. Place- Which European nations were neutral in WWII?

Practice #4 (LG 14)- Korematsu v. U.S.- Read the article given to you in class.

1. Do you agree with the Supreme Court’s decision in Korematsu v U.S.? Explain your

answer.

2. Why do you think the Supreme Court ruled the way it did in the case?

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Practice #5 (LG 15)- Connect Geography to History Text Pages 821

1. Place- Identify the places where the Allies had to make an invasion from the sea?

2. Place- List the major Allied victories shown on the map. Name the country they took place.

Practice #6 (LG 15)- Connect Geography to History Text Pages 829

1. Location- Identify Japanese and American victories.

2. Analyze- Which battles took place closest to the Japanese mainland?

Practice #7 (LG 16)- Holocaust and the American press- Read the article given to you in class.

1. Do you agree with the author’s opinion about the how the American press covered the Holocaust.

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LG 13: Causes of WWII

Read pages 807-811 in the textbook.

Create a flow map summarizing the sequence of events that led to the start of WWII in

Asia and Europe.

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LG 13: Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters the war

Read the play (class set) about the attack on Pearl Harbor, and then create a multi-flow map showing the causes and effects of attack.

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LG 14: Home Front During WWII

Read pages 813-817 in the textbook.

Create a circle map for each of the following:

How

Americans

supported

the war

effort.

Woman and

Minorities in

the work force

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LG 14: Home Front During WWII

Internment

Camps

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LG 15: Battles and Events of WWII Europe and Africa

Read 819-825 in the textbook

- Battle of Britain: p 810

- El Alamein:

- Stalingrad:

- D-Day Invasion:

- Battle of the Bulge:

- Victory in Europe Day (VE Day):

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LG 15: Battles and Events of WWII Pacific

- Battle of Midway:

- Iwo Jima:

- Okinawa:

- Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

- Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day)

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LG 16: Effects of WWII- Holocaust

Create a multi-flow map summarizing the causes and effects of the Holocaust.

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LG 16: Effects of WWII

Read pages 833-837 in the textbook

Summarize the following events:

-Occupation and Rebuilding of Germany and Japan:

-Marshall Plan:

-Boundary changes in Europe:

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LG 16: Effects of WWII

-Start of the Cold War- NATO/ Warsaw Pact Military Alliances:

-Creation of the United Nations:

Start of the atomic age:

Nuremburg Trial:

Creation of Israel:

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Additional Notes