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Lesson
WWII – Japan and the Atomic Bomb
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SWBAT:
Today’s Assignments:
 Create 1 Storyboard per reading – 20 points each (80 points total)
 Sequence of Events Chart – 20 points
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 Homework – none
Student Reading # 1 – excerpt from Ch 26 Sect 4 – The War in Japan – AGS Textbook
1. The Japanese government announced that it intended to rule all of
Asia, including China.
2. That type of control went against America's open door policy in
China (all nations would be allowed free trade with China)
3. America protested Japan's actions.
4. Japan continued its plan to create an empire.
5. Japan joined Germany and Italy in its alliance and became known as
the axis powers.
6. Japan invaded Southeast Asia (Indochina)
7. The United States became concerned that Japan was gaining too
much land.
Vocabulary
a
group of
nations
ruled by
a single
authority
Empire –
Axis powers – the
alliance of Japan,
Italy, and Germany
in World War II
8. America decided to stop selling oil and steel to Japan.
9. Japan desperately needed oil to continue with its plan.
10. When Japan invaded Indochina, Roosevelt said Japan could not use money or investments it
had in the United States (froze assets)
11. Japan did the same thing to the
United States. Trade between the
two countries stopped.
Student Practice # 1 – Storyboard for Reading # 1
20 points
Instructions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write a Title
Write 3 facts in your own words
Write 1 question
Draw a picture representing the text
Storyboarding is a strategy requiring students
to sequence a series of events or concepts by
writing summaries, creating illustration, and
posing questions. This activity helps students
develop chronological and cause –and-effect
relationships between events.
Student Reading # 2 – Excerpt from Ch 26 Sect 4 – The War in Japan – AGS
Textbook
Why did Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
1. On early Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, 353 Japanese
airplanes took off from six aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean.
Word Bank
Infamy – an evil
deed known to all;
disgraceful or
lacking honor
2. Their destination was the American naval base at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, 220 miles away.
3. Their mission was to destroy the American naval fleet anchored there.
4. The Japanese thought they would be better able to conquer land in Asia if these American
ships were destroyed
5. The surprise attack occurred at 7:55 AM.
6. Two hours later, the United States Pacific Fleet had lost many battleships, destroyers, and
planes. The attack killed more than 2000 Americans.
7. Roosevelt said that December 7, 1941, was a "date that will live in infamy."
8. Japan followed up its attack on Pearl Harbor by invading the Philippine Islands and other
areas in the Pacific.
9. American and Filipino troops
fought the Japanese. However,
they lacked planes, tanks, and
ammunition.
10. Japan now controlled the
Philippine Islands.
Student Practice # 2 – Storyboard for Reading # 2
20 points
Instructions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write a Title
Write 3 facts in your own words
Write 1 question
Draw a picture representing the text
Storyboarding is a strategy requiring students
to sequence a series of events or concepts by
writing summaries, creating illustration, and
posing questions. This activity helps students
develop chronological and cause –and-effect
relationships between events.
Student Reading # 3 – Excerpt from Homework – Ch 26 sect 5 – The Home Front
How were Japanese-Americans treated during the war?
1. The United States feared that Japan would invade it's west coast.
2. Some citizens thought people of Japanese ancestry living in America
would aid the Japanese.
3. President Roosevelt ordered the army to move about 110,000 of these
people to Internment Camps.
4. Many Japanese-Americans lost their homes and businesses.
Word Bank
Internment – the
imprisonment of
people or groups
without a trial
detained – to restrain
or keep somebody in
custody
5. Fear, the pressure of war, and prejudice caused the nation to set aside
it's democratic principles.
6. Japanese – American soldiers fought bravely in Europe while their government detained their
parents and relatives.
Student Practice # 3 – Storyboard for Reading # 3
20 points
Instructions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write a Title
Write 3 facts in your own words
Write 1 question
Draw a picture representing the text
Storyboarding is a strategy requiring students
to sequence a series of events or concepts by
writing summaries, creating illustration, and
posing questions. This activity helps students
develop chronological and cause –and-effect
relationships between events.
Student Reading # 4 – excerpt from Homework – Chapter 26 Section 6 – The War
Ends
Vocabulary
1. The United States began fighting the Japanese military.
2. Despite their losses, the Japanese refused to surrender.
3. The Allies began to plan and invasion of Japan.
4. President Truman learned that the U.S. had developed the
Atomic bomb – a bomb
with great destructive
powers
Cease – fire – a call for
an end to fighting
atomic bomb, or the A–bomb.
5. This bomb could end the war, but take many Japanese lives.
6. Truman was advised that over 1 million American soldiers
lives and countless Japanese people would be lost in a land
invasion of Japan.
7. The president gave one last warning to Japan before using the
A-bomb.
8. Japan refused to surrender
9. The atomic bomb was dropped on the city of
Hiroshima.
10. That weapon destroyed the city and instantly killed or
wounded 130,000 people.
11. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped Nagasaki, killing or wounding 75,000
people.
12. On August 14, 1945, Japan asked for a cease – fire.
13. On September 2, 1945. World War II, the worst war in history, was finally over.
Student Practice # 4 – Storyboard for Reading # 4
20 points
Instructions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write a Title
Write 3 facts in your own words
Write 1 question
Draw a picture representing the text
Storyboarding is a strategy requiring students
to sequence a series of events or concepts by
writing summaries, creating illustration, and
posing questions. This activity helps students
develop chronological and cause –and-effect
relationships between events.
Sequence of Events
20 points
Directions: List the events that happened to Japan during WWII
First Event
Japan imperializes China
Next
Next
Next
Next
Next
Last
The US defeats Japan in WWII