TARGET GOAL SET #1
TARGET GOAL #1
• Circle: You are living in each country during the years following the Great Depression and fully support
your new dictator (Germany, Soviet Union, Japan, Italy). Design T-shirts to sell at a parade gathering to
honor your new leader. Your T-shirt must include their symbol, a slogan, the leaders name and the
country’s flag. (Name can be included in slogan).
• Triangle: Create a propaganda poster for two nations under dictatorship. Must include picture and
words that would persuade someone to join the political party
• Star: research one of the dictators ideology and write a 3 paragraph speech about how their views will
improve the nation.
TARGET GOAL #2
• Circle: Use your notes to create a cartoon of America’s views on war and ultimately America’s entry into
WWII. Minimum of 6 full panels. Color and write neatly
• Triangle: Create a song encouraging Americans to join the war effort after Pearl Harbor; needs to be at
least 20 lines long; original lyrics; must demonstrate an understanding of WWII concepts
• Star: Using your notes as a timeline, write a newspaper article that brings America from being neutral
to entering the war; must be at least a page long, include a picture with caption, headline, and written
in 3rd person with correct spelling and grammar. You are writing for either a German, Italian or
Japanese newspaper
TARGET GOAL #3
Circle: Japanese Internment Camps and Korematsu v. US—see handout
Triangle: go to the following website and answer the four questions at the top under
Learning Activity based on the facts below:
http://www.brownvboard.net/jackson/la/korematsu-supremecourt.html
• Then go to the website for Star and click teaching and do one of the cartoon analysis
Answer the questions for a cartoon
Star: Take a closer look at the case
(http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark/cases/korematsu_v_united_states#Tab=Overview) .
Click background with the one dot and answer the questions at the bottom
Then go to Teaching
Click political cartoons, choose one and answer the six questions
Then click Question of Loyalty; and do 1-3 at the bottom
TARGET GOAL #4
• Circle: Should Truman have given the order to drop the A-bomb? Read the for and against arguments,
create a chart and defend your answer using evidence from the readings.
• Triangle: Write four journal entries as a person who survived the atomic bomb. Research survivors
stories and extract details to place yourself in their situation. Read multiple accounts to get a full
grasp on the impact the bomb had on society. Each journal entry needs to be ½ page long.
• Star: Move through this site, read the articles and then decide for yourself if dropping the bomb was
the right decision. 3 paragraphs of persuasion! You must reference the articles in your writing.
(Ending the War, Development, Human Perspective)
https://www.learner.org/series/biographyofamerica/prog23/feature/index.html