Hitler's Rise to Power |
Read Chapter 24-1, pp. 800-807, "Aggression Leads to War"
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Causes of WWII |
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Battle of Britain |
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El Alamein |
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Battle of Stalingrad |
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Hitler Youth |
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Holocaust |
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Pearl Harbor & other Sneak Attacks |
Homework: List the Axis and Allied Powers (a complete list)
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Total War |
Read 24-2 & 24-3, pp.808-820, "The United States at War" & "The War at Home" Story of Us, "World War II" Copy these questions in your notebook. Skip lines. Answer while viewing The Story of Us: America At War
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D-Day |
What was decided at the Yalta Conference (Chruchill, FDR, and Stalin?
What conditions were necessary for the invasion to take place? What was the outcome? |
Battle of Midway & Coral Sea |
Explain the significance of each battle
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Battle of the Bulge |
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Nuremberg Trials |
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Japanese-Americans & Internment Camps |
Watch both videos on the Japanese Internment camps.
Did the government agent communicate the whole truth? Give details. Describe the living condition in the internment camps. Why were the camps organized? Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast these Japanese Internment Camps and Nazi work/death camps. |
Allied Victories |
Read 24-4, pp. 21-827, "Towards Victory"
Use the World War II Battles Worksheet to identify the battles and take notes.
When you're done, try the Interactive Battle Quiz!
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Atomic Bomb |
Copy these questions, while watching Keith Hughes' video called "The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki" answer these questions.
What was the Manhattan Project? What was the gadget? On what two cities were the bombs dropped on, and what were their names? How many people died? Why did the United States target heavily populated cities with these bombs and Incendiarybombs over the previous year? Why did the U.S. drop the atomic bombs? What was the Potsdam Conference? Who was there? |
Studyguide |
Review Terms
Know how Hitler came to power Causes of WWII Describe Nazi Germany's conquests/annexations in order Great Britain's response to Nazi Germany's invasions When the war began, the fall of France, Miracle at Dunkirk Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, El Alimien Axis Power Allied Powers Anti-Semitism Phases of Genocide/Holocaust Gestapo SS Kristallnacht Nuremberg Trials D-Day, Battles of the Bulge, Midway, Coral Sea Yalta & Potsdam Conferences Reason for and against use of the Atomic Bomb |