Unit 7 (Chapters 11 & 12): WWII 17-18
Readiness & Supporting TEKS:
USH.7.A Identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German, and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor – tested 5 times between 2013-17
USH.2.D Explain the significance of the following years as turning points: 1939-1941 (WWII)
USH.7.D Analyze major issues of World War II, including the Holocaust; the internment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans and Executive Order 9066; and the development of conventional and atomic weapons – tested 5 times between 2013-17
USH.7.C Analyze the function of the U.S. Office of War Information
USH.7.E Analyze major military events of World War II, including the Battle of Midway, the U.S. military advancement through the Pacific Islands, the Bataan Death March, the invasion of Normandy, fighting the war on multiple fronts, and the liberation of concentration camps – tested 3 times between 2013-17
USH.7.F Evaluate the military contributions of leaders during World War II, including Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Chester A. Nimitz, George Marshall, and George Patton
STS.27.B Explain how specific needs result in scientific discoveries and technological innovations in agriculture, the military, and medicine, including vaccines
USH.7.G Explain the home front and how American patriotism inspired exceptional actions by citizens and military personnel, including high levels of military enlistment; volunteerism; the purchase of war bonds; Victory Gardens; the bravery and contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Tigers, and the Navajo Code Talkers – tested 5 times between 2013-17
CULTURE.25.Adescribe how the characteristics and issues in U.S. history have been reflected in various genres of art, music, film, and literature
CULTURE.26.F Discuss the importance of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, including individuals of all races and genders such as Vernon J. Baker
ECO.17.A Describe the economic effects of World War II on the home front such as the end of the Great Depression, rationing, and increased opportunity for women and minority employment– tested 5 times between 2013-17
USH.7.B Evaluate the domestic leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman during World War II, including the domestic industry’s rapid mobilization for the war effort
GOVT.19.B Explain constitutional issues raised by federal government policy changes during times of significant events, including, World War II
GEO.14.Cunderstand the effects of governmental actions on individuals, industries, and communities, including the impact on Fifth Amendment property rights
USH.7.B Evaluate the domestic and international leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman during World War II, including the U.S. relationship with its allies and domestic industry’s rapid mobilization for the war effort
Essential Questions:
- What factors led to the outbreak of World War II?
- How were the Unites States and its Allies able to win victory in World War II?
- What were the major effects of World War II on America and the world?
Important Ideas:
- To pay for the war, the federal government sold war bonds. Factories converted from peacetime to wartime production. The government rationed food and other goods so that it had a sufficient supply for armed services overseas. Many Americans planted Victory Gardens to grow their own fruits and vegetables. The Office of War Information controlled radio broadcasts, made posters and newsreels, and tried to promote unrest in Germany, Italy and Japan. Women and minorities filled in the workforce for men overseas, and some women enlisted in the WACS, or Women’s Army Corp. Tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly moved to internment camps as a result of Executive Order 9066. In 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the order in Korematsu v. U.S.
- Large numbers of men enlisted in the armed forces, and others were drafted. African Americans were restricted to segregated units and kept from combat until later in the war. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American pilots who served as bomber escorts. In the Battle of the Bulge, African-American units were used for combat. Vernon Baker was awarded the Medal of Honor 52 years after he had heroically faced combat in Europe.
- Because Nazi Germany was the greater threat, Roosevelt focused on the war in Europe first. Stalin wanted the allies to open a second front in Western Europe. But the British felt the Americans were not prepared. American and British forces landed in North Africa in 1942 and moved to Sicily and Italy in 1943. General George Patton was one of the most successful U.S. commanders. General Dwight Eisenhower commanded the invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day. Allied troops advanced rapidly through France and retook Paris, but were surprised when Germany counterattacked at the Battle of the Bulge. After the German attack collapsed, Allied troops crossed into Germany.
- The end of the war came when Soviet troops invaded Germany from the east and the other Allies from the west. Hitler committed suicide in 1945. U.S. troops were shocked when they liberated the concentration camps and found the survivors when they liberated the concentration camps and found the survivors of Hitler’s attempt to exterminate Jews and others in the Holocaust.
- The United States also fought Japan in the Pacific in this multiple-front war. After Pearl Harbor, Japan took several Pacific Islands. I.S. and Filipino prisoners of war were forces on the Bataan Death March. The tide in the Pacific turned in 1943 when the U.S. Navy, commanded by Admiral Chester Nimitz, defeated a Japanese fleet at the Battle of Midway. Under General Douglas MacArthur, U.S. troops gradually retook the Pacific through the strategy of “island-hopping,” eventually reaching close to Japan’s home islands.
- President Harry Truman decided to use the new atomic bomb against Japan. After bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Japan surrendered. World War II, in which over 70 million people died, was over.
- The war ended with the rise of two Superpowers – the United States and the Soviet Union. Germany and Japan were occupied by allied troops, and their leaders were tried for war crimes. Germany was divided into four occupation zones.
Vocabulary:
Appeasement
Totalitarian
Axis Powers
Allies
Holocaust
Fascism
Nazism
Lend-Lease Act
Concentration camp
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Rationing
Internment
D-Day
Battle of Midway
Manhattan Project
Omar Bradley
George Patton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
George Marshall
Harry S Truman
Assessment Dates:
Vocab Quiz I – Wednesday, 1/17/18
Counselor Visits – Thursday, 1/25/18
Vocab Quiz II –Friday, 1/26/18
Unit Test Review - Tuesday, 1/30/18
Unit Test–Wednesday, 1/31/18
DATE: Monday, 1/8/18FOCUS: The World Wars
LEARNING TARGET: What led to the rise of totalitarianism in Europe & East Asia in the years before WWII?
ACTIVITIES: The World Wars – Never Surrender with questions
DATE: Tuesday, 1/9/18
FOCUS: The World Wars
LEARNING TARGET: What led to the rise of totalitarianism in Europe & East Asia in the years before WWII?
ACTIVITIES: The World Wars – Never Surrender with questions
DATE: Wednesday, 1/10/18
FOCUS: The Origins of World War II
LEARNING TARGET: Analyze the rise of totalitarianism in Europe & East Asia in the years before WWII
ACTIVITIES: Chapter 11 reading guide, lessons 1 & 2
DATE: Thursday, 1/11/18
FOCUS: From Neutrality to War – US Involvement
LEARNING TARGET: Evaluate the causes of totalitarianism in Europe & East Asia in the years before WWII
ACTIVITIES: Chapter 11, Lessons 1 & 2 discussion/lecture
DATE: Friday, 1/12/18
FOCUS: The Holocaust
LEARNING TARGET: Examine the reasons behind the persecution of the Jews during the 1930s.
ACTIVITIES: Finish Lessons 1 & 2, complete chapter 11, Lesson 3 PDF discussion
DATE: Monday, 1/15 – MLK Day Holiday NO SCHOOL
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DATE: Tuesday, 1/16/18
FOCUS: The Holocaust – Chapter 11, Lesson 3
LEARNING TARGET: Analyze the events of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed against Europe’s Jews.
ACTIVITIES: Oprah & Ellie Weisel
DATE: Wednesday, 1/17/18
FOCUS: The United States in WWII
LEARNING TARGET: Analyze how the U.S. Government mobilized the economy, financed the war, & later stabilized the wartime economy. Recognize the geographic factors that determined much of the strategy of the Pacific War.
ACTIVITIES: Chapter 11 Vocab Quiz; Chapter 12, Lessons 1 & 2 Reading Guide
DATE: Thursday, 1/18/18
FOCUS: Wartime America – Chapter 12, Lesson 1
LEARNING TARGET: Analyze how the U.S. Government mobilized the economy, financed the war, & later stabilized the wartime economy.
ACTIVITIES: Ch 12, Lesson 1 Lecture/Discussion (24 slides)
DATE: Friday, 1/19/18
FOCUS: The War in the Pacific – Chapter 12, Lesson 2
LEARNING TARGET: Recognize the geographic factors that determined much of the strategy of the Pacific War.
ACTIVITIES: Ch 12, Lesson 2 Lecture/Discussion (14 slides)
DATE: Monday, 1/22/18
FOCUS: The War in Europe/The War Ends
LEARNING TARGET: Evaluate the military strategies of the Allied forces in Europe & North Africa/Analyze the military strategies, including firebombing, used to end the war with Japan.
ACTIVITIES: Chapter 12, Lesson 3 & 4 Reading Guide
DATE: Tuesday, 1/23/18
FOCUS: The War in Europe
LEARNING TARGET: Evaluate the military strategies of the Allied forces in Europe & North Africa.
ACTIVITIES: Chapter 12, Lesson 3 Lecture/Discussion (10 slides)
DATE: Wednesday, 1/24/18
FOCUS: The War Ends
LEARNING TARGET: Analyze the military strategies, including firebombing, used to end the war with Japan.
ACTIVITIES: Chapter 12, Lesson 4 Lecture/Discussion (16 slides)
DATE: Thursday, 1/25/18
FOCUS: Counselor’s in ALL USH Classrooms for 18-19 course registration
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DATE: Friday, 1/26/18
FOCUS: The War Ends
LEARNING TARGET: Analyze the decision making process behind President Truman’s decision to use the Atomic Bomb on Japan to end the war.
ACTIVITIES: Chapter 12 Vocab Quiz; Truman’s Statement on the Atomic Bomb activity
DATE: Monday, 1/29/18
FOCUS: Japanese War Crimes
LEARNING TARGET: Analyze the treatment of American POWs during the Bataan Death March
ACTIVITIES: Japanese War Crimes with video questions
DATE: Tuesday, 1/30/18
FOCUS: Review WWII
LEARNING TARGET: Review for the test
ACTIVITIES: Test review activity
DATE: Wednesday, 1/31/18
FOCUS: WWII Test
LEARNING TARGET: Pass the test
ACTIVITIES: WWII Test
DATE: Thursday, 2/1/18
FOCUS: The Early Cold War
LEARNING TARGET: Intro to the Cold War
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DATE: Friday, 2/2/18
FOCUS: The Early Cold War
LEARNING TARGET: Intro to the Cold War
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