Who ARE You????
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WWI II Rubric
DESCRIPTION
 The student completes all important components of the task and communicates ideas clearly .
 The student demonstrates in-depth understanding of the relevant concepts and/or process.
 Where appropriate, the student offers insightful interpretations or extensions (generalizations, applications, analogies).
 The student completes most important components of the task and communicates clearly .
 The student demonstrates understanding of major concepts even though he/she overlooks or misunderstands some less important ideas or details.
 The student completes some important components of the task and communicates those clearly.
 The student demonstrates that there are gaps in his/her understanding.
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The student shows minimal or basic understanding .
The student addresses only a small portion of the required task(s).
 Responses and work completed are incorrect.
 No response.
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Advanced
Proficient
Unit IV.1 – The United States as a World Superpower: 1939 -
Present
Standard: Students will be able to explain the major causes and effects of
American involvement in World War II
(USII.7a)
I can predict a new future if a major cause is eliminated and what the new effects would be.
Proficient
Intermediate
I can describe and elaborate on how the Causes of World War II brought the United States into the
conflict and how the United States affected the outcome.
To include: Fascism, Nazism and the attack on Pearl Harbor
I can list the new causes of War for WWII. To include: Fascism, Nazism and the Great Depression.
Beginning Remember the Causes of World War I, are some of them the same for World War II?
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Unit IV.2 – The United States as a World Superpower: 1939 -
Present
Standard: Students will be able to describe the main turning points of
World War II, in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters
(USII.7b)
Advanced
Proficient
I can use the concept of a “turning point” to explain the outcome of other conflicts
Proficient I can explain the main “turning points” of World War II
Intermediate I can list the common indicators or events that signal a “turning point” in a conflict
Beginning I can explain how the expression “turning point” applies to an armed conflict
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Unit IV.3 – The United States as a World Superpower: 1939 -
Present
Standard: Students will be able to explain the lessons learned from the Holocaust (USII.7b)
Advanced
Proficient
I can recommend government policies that would prevent another Holocaust
Proficient I can make conclusions about the actions of the world in response to the Holocaust
Intermediate
I can list and explain the factors that converged that allowed for the attempted genocide of an entire group of people in the Holocaust
Beginning
I can explain the meaning of the word “Holocaust”
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Directions: A “Window” is what you learned from the power point slides you were asked to review at home. By creating a “Window” you are reviewing important material and reflecting on what was communicated in the power point about World War II.
Create a “Window” for each of the following set of WW II Power points.
This is also research for your WWII Research Portfolio
Window #1 Rise of Dictators
Window #2 Dictators make war unavoidable
Window #3 Axis vs. Allies
Window #4 Pearl Harbor/US Entry
Window #5 US Home Front
Window #6 Turning Points Europe
Window #7 Turning Points Pacific/End of War
Window #8 Holocaust
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a. b. b.
2.
3. a. b.
Make one of these form Each Power point in your Journal.
Sample Window Template for #1- #8
Title: ______________________________________________
Key Ideas: Write 3 Key Ideas here and two supports for each.
Pictures: 3 Hand drawn
1. a.
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Teacher provided Country/Leader Internet Sources, Zahora WWII Powerpt,
Text book (s) Research
1.
What is the leader’s Name?
2.
What kind of government does this Country have?
3.
What does the kind of government a Country have tell you about its’ leader?
4.
Do the people like the leader? Yes or No
5.
If yes, why do they like their leader?
6.
If no, why do they not like their leader? Why would not liking you leader be bad for a country?
7.
Is there anything about the leader that suggested that they might be willing to go to War?
8.
Is there anything about the people of the country that suggests they might be willing to go to
War?
9.
Who are this countries friends/enemies or frenemies?
10.
Any other details that suggests the country may want to go to war?
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Is there any background information that suggests this country may want something or to keep something? Are these reasons they might go to War?
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Do you see: Write details you find.
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Directions: Watch John Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78COTwT7nE
Or Ms. Z ’s Video “Prelude to War Country by Country”
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Do you hear and see:
Write details you find about your Country/Leader.
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S pparks (Poland, Pearl Harbor)
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Who Activity #4 Why Your Country Joined WWII
Country:_________ Leader: ________
Directions: Using what you have gathered complete the template.
Add Causes WWII Template
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Directions: Using the resources provided create a section of a Web.
Pick 3 sources to use when completing your web.
Source 1: Civic Responsibility
Source 2: Japanese Internment
Source 3: World War II Storybook page 22
Source 4: Textbook page 764-768
Source 5: Helping on the Home front
Source 6: The Home Team
Source 7: Smithsonian
Source 8: Home Front Poster
All View: John Green Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HofnGQwPgqs
All View: Textbook DVD On the Home front
Source #
Source #
Source #
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Group #
Now, copy other group’s Home Front web sections.
John Green
The American
Home front
Group #
Group #
Textbook DVD
Your Source
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Source Clip 1:Clip 1 Act 6 Elinor Otto, Real-Life Rosie the Riveter.mp4
Source Clip 2: AClip 2 Act 6 Rosie the Riveter Song.mp4
Source Clip 3: Clip 3 MANPOWER (1943) - Government Film , Rosi.mp4
Source 4: World War II Storybook page 22
Source 5: Textbook page 764-768
Source 6 Song: Listen to song at NPR .
While other girls attend their fav’rite cocktail bar
Sipping Martinis, munching caviar
There’s a girl who’s really putting them to shame
Rosie is her name
All the day long whether rain or shine
She’s a part of the assembly line
She’s making history, working for victory
Rosie the Riveter
Keeps a sharp lookout for sabotage
Sitting up there on the fuselage
That little frail can do more than a male will do
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie’s got a boyfriend, Charlie
Charlie, he’s a Marine
Rosie is protecting Charlie
Working overtime on the riveting machine
When they gave her a production “E”
She was as proud as a girl could be
There’s something true about
1942. Listen to song at NPR .
Red, white, and blue about
Rosie the Riveter
Everyone stops to admire the scene
Rosie at work on the B-Nineteen
She’s never twittery, nervous or jittery
Rosie the Riveter
What if she’s smeared full of oil and grease
Doing her bit for the old Lend lease
She keeps the gang around
They love to hang around
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie buys a lot of war bonds
That girl really has sense
Wishes she could purchase more bonds
Putting all her cash into national defense
Senator Jones who is “in the know”
Shouted these words on the radio
Berlin will hear about
Moscow will cheer about
Rosie the Riveter!
Paramount Music Corporation, NY,
Who was Rosie the Riveter and how did she help the US win WWII?
Write 7-10 Sentences
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WHO Activity # 7 The Victory Gardens of WWII
Directions: Go to www.nationalww2museum.org
and on the menu click LEARN.
On the right hand side of the page in a black background:
Select WWII HOMEFRONT and select Victory Garden Facts at the top of the page.
WWII Home front: Write down 3-5 facts that you learn from each.
Victory Gardens
Rationing
Civil Defense
Radios
Scrapping
V-Mail
War Bonds
Victory Garden Facts: Write down 3-5 Facts that you learn.
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WHO Activity # 8 Explore World War II Overviews
Directions: Go to www.nationalww2museum.org
and on the menu click
LEARN.
Select Explore WWII History upper right side of the page in BLUE.
Scroll down to World War II Overviews and WWII at a Glance.
Select one topic: Home front, D-day or The Holocaust to explore, write down 7-10 facts that you learn.
Topic I picked_____________________________________________________
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WHO Activity #9 Explore World War II at a Glance
Directions: Go to www.nationalww2museum.org
and on the menu click LEARN.
Select Explore WWII History upper right side of the page in BLUE.
Select one topic from each Title, explore and write down 3-5 facts for each:
Title: The War
Topic selected__________________
Title: The War Effort
Topic selected_______________
Title: Societies Struggles
Topic selected_______________
Title: Holidays
Topic I selected_____________
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WHO Activity # 10 SEE & Hear Oral Histories
Directions: Go to www.nationalww2museum.org
and on the menu click SEE & HEAR.
Select Oral Histories on the upper left corner of the page in blue and watch 3-5 stories.
Name:
Rank or Regiment
Date:
What did you learn?
Name:
Rank or Regiment
Date:
What did you learn?
Name:
Rank or Regiment
Date:
What did you learn?
Name:
Rank or Regiment
Date:
What did you learn?
Name:
Rank or Regiment
Date:
What did you learn?
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WHO Activity # 11 FEATURED ARTIFACTS
Directions: Go to www.nationalww2museum.org
and on the menu click SEE & HEAR.
Select Featured Artifacts on the upper left corner of the page in dark blue and select 3-5 artifacts.
Artifact name:_________________________
What did you learn?
Artifact name: _________________________
What did you learn?
Artifact name: _________________________
What did you learn?
Artifact name: _________________________
What did you learn?
Artifact name: _________________________
What did you learn?
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WHO Activity # 12 FOCUS ON
Directions: Go to www.nationalww2museum.org
and on the menu click
SEE & HEAR.
Select Focus On upper left hand corner in dark blue and select 3- Events or People at an Event.
Event or Name of Person who experienced the Event:________________________________
What did you learn?
Event or Name of Person who experienced the Event:________________________________
What did you learn?
Event or Name of Person who experienced the Event:________________________________
What did you learn?
Event or Name of Person who experienced the Event:________________________________
What did you learn?
Event or Name of Person who experienced the Event:________________________________
What did you learn?
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WHO Activity #13 Battle Report Directions: Based on “Who You Country ” select a battle to report to the class.
BATTLE
REPORT
Using your
Sources fill in the chart and report to the class. Teacher then reviews with
Safari clips.
Battle of Midway
(Japan)
Battle of Stalingrad
(Soviet Union)
When
DATES
Began
End
Where
(Place)
Who
(Leaders)
What
Begin
Middle
End)
Why was there a battle?
Someone’s
Game
Plan???
Importance
(What would be different if this battle did not happen?
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Allied invasion of
France (“D-Day”)
(Great Britain,
France and Italy)
Battle of the Bulge
(Germany)
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Battle of Iwo Jima
(Japan )
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
(ALL do)
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Battle or Event
German and the Soviet Union’s invasion of
Poland
Date
September 1,
1939
Winner
Germany and the Soviet
Union
Importance
Official start of World War II, invasion caused both
England and France to declare war on Germany
Battle of Britain
Hitler uses his Blitzkrieg or Lightening war
Germany vs. Great
Britain
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Allied invasion of France (“D-Day”)
August-
September
1940
December 7,
1941
June, 1942
Japan
United States
February, 1943 USSR
June 6, 1944 Allies
First U.S. victory over Japan, turned tide in the
Pacific Ocean
Stopped German advance in the Soviet Union, put
Germany on the defensive, and gave the Allies an eastern route towards Germany
Battle of the Bulge
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
December,
1944
August 6 and
9, 1945
Allies
United States
Forced Japan to surrender to the United States and thus ended World War II
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WHO Activity # 14 The Science and Technology of WWII
Directions: Go to www.nationalww2museum.org
and on the menu click LEARN.
Select The Science and Technology of WWII on the right side in the black background and EXPLORE Science and Technology of World War II.
What did you learn about WWII Science?
What did you learn about WWII Technology?
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WHO Activity # 15 Kids Corner Fun and Games
Directions: Go to www.nationalww2museum.org
and on the menu click LEARN.
Select Kid Corner Fun and Games on the right side in the black background and select 2 FUN/GAMES to complete that work on your device.
Describe What you learned with FUN/GAME called ____________________
Describe What you learned with FUN/GAME called ____________________
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After School Optional Bonus OTTW Activity:
GIVE: A MEMORIAL BRICK
Did any of your family members serve in World War II? $200.00 Fundraiser to honor them with a Memorial Brick.
Plan and execute a fundraiser with your teacher.
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Directions : You will be determining who was responsible for creating the
Holocaust and to what extent they are guilty of crimes against humanity.
Create a circle graph in which you assign the person(s) listed the percentage of responsibility you believe they should bear for the
Holocaust.
Remember, all percentages must add up to 100%.
Use the colors listed for each section of your graph.
Who is the most
Responsible and
Why?
RED : Residents of
Auschwitz and other towns near concentration camps who knew about the camps, but did nothing to stop them.
BLUE : Minor Nazi soldiers who carried out the mass extermination orders without questioning their superiors.
GREEN : Hitler, the leader of the German nation who hated
Jews and wanted them destroyed.
YELLOW : German citizens who voted for
Hitler and the Nazi
Party to revitalize their morally and economically depressed country.
ORANGE : The
Jews who did not try to escape.
PURPLE : Top SS officers who designed and executed the
“final solution” for
Hitler.
BROWN : Non-
Jewish Europeans who turned against their Jewish friends and fellow citizens for fear that they too would be imprisoned as Jewish sympathizers.
WHITE : Leaders of the Allied countries who saw evidence of the Holocaust but refused to get involved or voice opposition to Hitler’s plan of extermination.
PINK : Churches of all denominations who remained silent and refused to intervene when confronted with evidence of the
Holocaust.
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