9/27 WWII Review EXAM--Writing Prompt

WWII Review EXAM in class.


WWII Writing Prompt:

What are three reasons why America saw WWII as a “Good War”?

The Prompt is due on Monday 9/30

Prompt Format

Paragraph 1---Thesis Statement and Introduction of 3 pieces of Supporting Evidence.
Americans thought WWII was a good war because of---state your 3 reasons.
Give a clue to your expansive paragraphs in the next 3 sentences.....It pulled us out of the great depression by ....Support #2 with brief reason. Support #3 with brief reason.

Paragraph 2-4----Several Sentences per paragraph to explain your support pieces.
ie---Americans thought WWII was a good war because it pulled us out of the Great Depression. Economic output reached record levels........

Paragraph 5----Conclusion. Wrap up the Essay while reiterating your pieces of support.

9/26 Manhattan Project/Writing Prompt and Review

Manhattan Project p.620-621

1.?Why did the U.S. undertake the Manhattan ?Project?

2.?Identify the following:
a. Einstein?
b. Oppenheimer?
c. Fermi?
d. Interim Committee

3. What were the 4 possibilities considered by the ?Interim Committee?
4. Why were the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and ?Nagasaki?
5. Do you agree with Truman’s reasoning? Explain ?your answer.


Writing Prompt

WWII Writing Prompt:


Q. What are three reasons why America saw WWII as a “Good War”?

Review Wkst.

9/25 Course of War and Holocaust

Course of War Discussion--some specific battles and strategies. Reading of Ch. 18 S2 & 4

Holocaust Wkst. Due---Ch. 18 S3

9/24 WWII Assessment Quiz and Holocaust

WWII Assessment Quiz-

Extra Credit Question---Who was the CINCPAC during WWII and why was he angry about the stated goal of winning in Europe first?

Holocaust Wkst. Assigned--Due in class 9/25

9/20-23 Course of the War

WWII Map worksheet---outlining the course of the War.


Due in class on 9/24.

9/18-19 U.S. Homefront

Ch. 18 S1 Reading

Homefront---from ABC Video.

Main Ideas---

Keeping Morale Up
Mobilizing for War
Total War
Rationing
Deficit Spending---Bonds
Office of Civilian Defense---The War Effort
Rosie the Riveter and other campaigns (Braceros)

Japanese Relocation--Executive Order 9066

Office of War Information--Propaganda films of the times

WPB--War Production Board
Henry Kaiser and new production techniques

Arsenal of Democracy

9/17 Japanese Aggression and U.S. Neutrality

Constitution day. Question# What are the 6 stated reasons for the founders creating the Constitution.

Handout on the Causes of WWII

Hitler's first moves.

Japanese Aggression and U.S. Neutrality

Ch. 17 S3 & 4
1. What did Japan get from its 1894-1895 War with China and its1904-1905 War with Russia?
2. What side did Japan join during WWI? What territory did they gain by this?
3. What peacekeeping role did Japan take after WWI?
4. How did tariffs that country’s passed in the 1920s hurt the world economy?
5. What was the Manchurian incident? What is a puppet state? How was Manchukuo a puppet state?
6. How did the incident at the Marco Polo Bridge in 1937 turn into another Sino-Japanese War?
7. How was the Burma Road used for supplies to help the Chinese?
8. Who were the two leaders in China? Why did they stop fighting each other?
9. How was the Japanese Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere similar to Hitler’s push for lebensraum?
10. Who did Japan ally with in Sept. 1940? Who did Japan sign a neutrality pact with in April 1941?
11. Why did the U.S. turn away from international affairs and back to isolationism in the 1920s and 1930s?
12. What were the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936 and 1937? How did the 1937 Neutrality Acts set up cash and carry?
13. On September 3, 1940 the U.S. started Destroyers for Bases. What was this policy and with what country did we establish this with?
14. December 1940, FDR got Congress to pass the Lend Lease Act? Explain this Act and why it was different than Cash and Carry.
15. Who was Tojo Hideki? How did his election lead to Pearl Harbor?

9/13-16 Europe goes to War

ABC Video to go through the steps taken leading to WWII.

1939-1941---U.S. Neutrality

9/12 German Aggression leads to War

Ch. 17 S1 & 2 Cornell Notes----Add to your unit notes.

Map of Europe prior to WWII---Due in class on 9/13

ABC Video--Extra Credit Question from Video---What college did Jesse Owen attend?

9/11 Ch. 17 S1 & 2 Reading/Cornell Notes

Ch. 17 S1 & 2 Cornell Note Activity

totalitarian government
Describe Stalin's rise to power and Russian totalitarian government
Adolf Hitler--Describer Hitler's rise to power and how Nazism takes over Germany
fascism
Versailles Treaty
purges
Axis Powers
Il Duce--Describe Mussolini's rise to power
appeasement
Spanish Civil War--Explain how the Spanish Civil War was a proving ground for the German blitzkrieg

Explain the Hitler-Stalin pact and why Hitler needed that before he moved on Poland.
Explain why Britain and France abandoned their policy of appeasement
What was the Maginot Line
Explain Dunkirk

9/10 20th Century Video w/ Notes--Conditions leading to War

9/9 Syllabus

9/6 Intro to Conditions leading to WWII

ABC Video w/ Notes

9/5 Intro to the Text

America: Pathways to the Present
Textbook Search

1. What is the definition of napalm? What part of the text would you find that answer?
2. Who are the four main authors of the book?
3. What does the map on page 15 depict? How did you arrive at this answer?
4. Each section has four bolded skills to help your reading at the top of the page that begins the selection. One of these is Reading Focus. What are the other three?
5. What are the key terms of Ch. 17 Sec. 2 (p. 575)?
6. In the Chapter Introduction to Ch. 23 on p. 762-3, what years are covered in the timeline? What events are covered on the top part of the timeline? What events are on the bottom part? What does the yellow bar depict?
7. On what page(s) would you find information about Watergate? In what section of the text would you find the answer?
8. On what page of the book would you find the U.S. Population by Race in the year 2000? What section of the book is that in?
9. What is the title of the American Literature selection for Unit 6? On what page did you find that information? Who wrote this primary selection?
10. What are the bolded skills that explain how you should read informational texts for Before you Read, As you Read and After you Read on pages xxviii-xxxiii?

9/4 Opening Day--Welcome to 20CII

Welcome to 20CII.
Opening Day Question:

What is the postal abbreviation for Missouri?