Standard 7 (Unit 8)
World War II and the Cold War
DAY 0
Do Now
• Last minute review for today’s quiz!
Looking Forward
• Today: Unit 7 Quiz
• Monday: Begin Unit 8 (World War II)
Unit 7 Quiz
• You have thirty minutes for the Unit 7 Quiz
• When you have completed the Unit 7 Quiz, please begin the
introductory reading: “Dictators Threaten World Peace”
• When you have finished that:
• Option 1: Begin flipping the Unit 8 Study Blue cards
• Option 2: Read Chapter 24.1 (on Edmodo)
DAY 1
Do Now
• Complete the Diagnostic Quiz (on the black cart at the front of
the room)
• When you have finished, check your answers against the sheet
on the Tracker Wall
• Give yourself a grade and put your completed test in the box
on my desk
Looking Forward
• Tonight’s Homework: “Domestic Impact” reading on Edmodo
(download it to save in Pages)
• Unit 8 Quiz: Next Monday (April 22)
• Quizzes from Friday:
• 1st Block: 81% Average, most improved: Jamaris Lowry!
• 4th Block: 80% Average, most improved: Amelia Whaley!
EOC Update!
• The EOC will be on May 23, 2013
• Study Blue: Pass the EOC deck
• Everyday: 15 minutes of EOC prep
• Expectations:
• You will study for the EOC every day
• Bring questions or concerns to class everyday
• We are working towards this together – so let me know what you
need! (Additional questions, more readings, flashcards…)
Totalitarian Dictators in
Europe
• Joseph Stalin
• USSR
• Communist
• Adolf Hitler
• Germany
• Nazism
• Benito Mussolini
• Italy
• Fascism
Who Am I?
• Form two separate teams
• Read the description on the SmartBoard
• Discuss amongst yourselves whether the description applied
to:
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
• I will keep track of how many you answer correctly as a team
(so use team work!) and you will compete against the other
team
• The winning team will win 1 extra credit point towards your
next test!
Who Am I?
I was the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany
Who Am I?
I was the leader of the Communist party in Russia
I executed many of my rivals and political opponents
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
I was the leader of the Fascist Party in Italy
I did not allow political opposition
Who Am I?
In 1935, I invaded Abyssinia (Ethiopia). The League of Nations
condemned me, so I left the League of Nations
Who Am I?
I wanted to establish an empire known as the “Third Reich”
Who Am I?
Who Am I?
I tolerated no political opposition and strictly limited the Soviet
people’s freedoms
Who Am I?
I wanted to conquer all of Europe and ultimately the Soviet
Union
Who Am I?
American Neutrality
• Isolationism (part 2)
• Political: long-lasting
effects of World War I
• Economic: Great
Depression
• Social: Few
connections to Europe
• Neutrality Act (1935):
prohibited the sale of
weapons to warring
nations
Europe Goes to War
• 1939: German forces
invade Poland
• Denmark, Norway, Belgium,
Netherlands, France
• “Vichy Regime”
• Battle of Britain
• The “Blitz”
• Prime Minister: Winston
Churchill
• Lend-Lease Act (1941): the
president could aid any
nation whose defense was
considered vital to
American national security
Pearl Harbor
• Japan: aggressive
expansion throughout
the Pacific rim
• Japanese Plan: sail six
aircraft carriers across
the Pacific undetected
and launch a surprise
attack
• USA: More considered
with sabotage in the
Philippines
• December 7, 1941 – a
“day that will live in
infamy”
Debate!
Should the USA have entered
World War II after the attacks
on Pearl Harbor?
Read the page 172 of the red EOC books
Exit Slip
Over the course of our debate, how did your opinion change
based on what your classmates said? If your opinion did not
change, explain.
Reference comment(s) made by at least one other classmate in
your response
10 minutes
EOC Prep
• Catchphrase
• Describe the term on your card using any words EXCEPT what is
on the card
• Be careful to describe it accurately to your classmates
• Classmates will guess the correct term
DAY 2
Do Now
Why, during times of crisis, does the government often censor
the information that is released to the public?
Is this a good idea? Why or why not?
Write one paragraph in response. Use at least two examples.
Email your completed paragraph to me.
Looking Forward
• Tonight’s Homework: Section 8.2 of the Red EOC Book (on
Edmodo) and the comprehension questions
• Unit 8 Quiz on MONDAY
Pop Quiz!
1.
2.
3.
4.
What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts of 1935?
What event prompted the US to enter World War II?
What was the purpose of the Fireside Chats?
What was the effect of World War II on the Great
Depression?
5. How were Japanese Americans treated during World War II?
Mobilization Efforts
• 1940: Selective Service
Act
• National Support
• War Production Board
(WPB) redirected raw
materials and resources
towards the war effort
• Increased standard of living
(the Great Depression
effectively ends)
• Citizen sacrifices
• Withholding income tax
• War bond drives: citizenloaned money to the
government
• Victory gardens
• Rationing
The Role of Women and
• Rosie the Riveter: symbol
Minorities
of women who entered
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•
the workforce to fill gaps
left by men
Women’s Army Corps
(WAC): non-combat
positions
Tuskegee Airmen: all
black squadron of fighter
pilots (100% success
rate)
“Code talkers”: Navajo
Radiomen
442nd Unit: All Japaneseunit/ most decorated
unit in US history
USA Test Prep Worksheet
• Complete the worksheet that is being passed out
• If you are struggling, use pages 177-181 of the red EOC books
How to Evaluate
• Evaluate: give your opinion on what is important, assess
strengths and weaknesses
• Goal: Make a decision in support of or in opposition to an idea or
theory
• How to do it:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Comprehend: Make sure you understand the whole situation
Analyze: “Does this cause more harm or more good?”
Reason: Give at least 2 reasons for why you chose your idea
Explain: Persuade people to see your side by giving a strong
explanation
Japanese-American
Internment
• Executive Order 9066: Ordered
all Japanese-Americans away
from military facilities
• Over 100,000 Japanese
Americans were forced from
their homes and businesses and
placed in internment camps
• 1944: Korematsu vs. US
Government
• Challenged the order on the
grounds that it violated civil rights
• Supreme Court ruled it
constitutional because of
“military urgency”
• 1988: US government formally
apologized
• Each survivor was given $20,000
from the US Government
Assignment: Write an Editorial
• Write an editorial to alert the American public about the Japanese
Internment situation
• Option A: SUPPORT the internment of Japanese-Americans
• Option B: OPPOSE the internment of Japanese-Americans
• Your editorial must:
• Be at least 2 paragraphs long (5-8 sentences each)
• Include at least three facts about Japanese-American internment
• Clearly SUPPORT or OPPOSE the internment of Japanese-Americans
• This will be graded! It is due 15 minutes before the end of class
Category
Points Possible
Evaluation (clearly supports or opposes) with supporting
evidence
10 points
Writing Style (grammar, spelling, syntax)
6 points
Creativity
4 points
EOC Prep
DAY 3
Do Now
• Write down 3 things you know about fighting in Europe
during WWII
• Write down 3 things you know about fighting in the Pacific
during WWII
Looking Forward
• Tonight’s Homework:
• Unit 8 Quiz on MONDAY
• Study Blue!!
Fighting during WWII
Europe
• More traditional
• Goal: open a second front
(“Western front”) against Hitler
• Stalin does not agree
• D-Day: June 6, 1944
• Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Liberates France
• Yalta Conference
• Germany will be divided into four
“zones”
• The United Nations established as
a peace-keeping operation
• Hitler commits suicide (April 12,
1945)
• VE Day: May 8, 1945
Fighting during WWII
Pacific
• Japanese: intent on destroying
the US Pacific fleet (Navy),
sabotage in the Philippines
• Kamikazes
• Bataan Death March: physical
abuse, murder
• June 1942: Battle of Midway
• General Douglas MacArthur
• Turning point: Japanese
defensive
• Battle of Okinawa “violent
wind of steel”
• Island hopping: “attack and
conquer”
The Manhattan Project
• Goal: develop an atomic
bomb
• Led by J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Test explosion in New Mexico
explodes windows 125 miles
away
• US war policy: “unconditional
surrender”
• President Harry S Truman
authorizes the use of the
atomic bomb
• August 6, 1945: Enola Gay
drops the atomic bomb (“Big
Boy”) on Hiroshima
• August 9, 1945: Fat Man is
dropped on Nagasaki
• August 14, 1945: VJ Day
WW2 Historians
• Today’s Discussion: How should we remember the dropping
of the atomic bomb?
• Group 1: Japanese Experience Experts
Group 2: American Experience Experts
• Step 1: Read through the documents, highlighting or
underlining quotes, facts, images, information, etc. that
support your view
• Complete the front page of your packet with 4-5 main points
• Step 2: Meet with someone from the other group and
complete the back side of the packet
• Step 3: Work together to select which image you think should
represent the dropping of the atomic bomb on the United
Nations’ website
DAY 4
Do Now
• Was the use of the atomic bomb justifiable? Why or why not?
• Write down 3-4 notes in your notebook
Looking Forward
• Tonight’s Homework: Complete your classwork for today
• Unit 8 Quiz on MONDAY
D-Day (film clip from
yesterday)
The “Final Solution”
• Anti-Semitism:
prejudice against
Jewish people
• Hitler: Jews are the
major reason for
Germany’s financial
problems
• Attempts to
exterminate the Jewish
race through mass
genocide (murder of a
race of people)
It didn’t happen all at once…
• (Film Clip: The Pianist)
The Holocaust
• Concentration camps
• Death camps
• Slave labor camps
• Allies “liberate” the
camps and find:
• Gas chambers
• Ovens
• Mass graves
• Six million Jewish
people died
• Catholics, Gypsies,
homosexuals, mentally
or physically challenged
• Film clip – The Pianist
Why didn’t people say
anything?
Propaganda!
• Right now: Gallery Walk of Nazi propaganda
• Take notes on what each piece is telling the viewer
Do NOT take notes on your reactions – we’ll do that later!
• Right now: Summarize the overall message of the propaganda
you’ve seen
1st Block: Nazi Propaganda
Imagine that you are an American living in Berlin, Germany in
the late 1930s and early 1940s. The propaganda that you have
seen around the room is the same as what you have seen in
your city.
Write a letter to your friends and family telling them about what
you have noticed.
You may want to:
- Explain why you agree with these policies OR
- Urge your friends and family to take action OR
- Say why your life has changed (if it has at all)
DAY 5
Do Now
AFTER World War II was over, a lot of people had a lot of
different opinions on what should happen to Germany/ the
Nazis, especially considering the horrors of the Holocaust
In your opinion, what is the best way to return justice to the
world and ensure that a similar tragedy never occur again?
Looking Forward
QUIZ on MONDAY!
Remember…
• What did Hitler claim was the reason for German economic
suffering?
• What was “The Final Solution”?
• What were the phases of the “Final Solution”?
1.
2.
3.
Reduction of civil rights (laws, wearing the stars, curfews)
Movement into Jewish ghettos
The Final “Final Solution”: concentration camps
• Who else did the Holocaust target (besides Jewish people)?
• Why were the Nazis so successful in convincing people to
follow these laws?
The World Reacts to the
Holocaust
The Nuremberg Trials
• An outcry for justice!
• Placed more than 20 Nazi
leaders on trial for “crimes
against humanity”
• Some are sentenced to
death, others receive life
long prison sentences
• Did anyone escape?
• Some escape to Argentina
• Some hid until their deaths
• Some were executed by
civilian “death squads”
Punishments for the Japanese
• The Japanese treated
prisoners of war and
conquered people
harshly
• Allies held trials of
military leaders
• Executed seven
Japanese leaders
• Executed Tojo Hideki
• Between Japan and
Europe, over 2,000 war
crime trials took place
Today’s Work
You and your partner have been given the task of compiling a
photo timeline of crimes committed by Nazi Leaders to be used
at the Nuremberg Trials.
You must include three photos, with captions (at least 3
sentences of explanation each):
(Put your photos in a Key Note presentation so the lawyers can view them easily)
• 1 photo from BEFORE September 1, 1939
• 1 photo from DURING the war
• 1 photo of the AFTERMATH of World War II
Your captions should read so that a person totally unfamiliar with this
topic can understand what’s happening.