Unit Overview: An imperfect peace leads to the rise of dictators who brutally suppress opponents and innocent people at home and attack their neighbors. Soon the United States is drawn into worldwide war. Soldiers abroad and Americans at home join in the effort to win World War II, which ends with victory for the allies. But American society is transformed in the process.
Standard 7: Students will understand the causes, course, and consequences of the United States' role in World War II.
Objective: 1. Determine how America shifted from isolationism to intervention.
2. Examine the impact World War II had on the American home front.
3. Evaluate how the rules and weapons of war changed during World War II.
4. Investigate the Post-War Baby Boom's influence on America.
Lesson 1: Dictators Threaten World Peace & War in Europe
-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Dictators & War Notes Click Here!
-Isolationism Cartoon Analysis Assignment
-Review Learning Targets
Crash Course: WWII 1
-Current Event
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-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Book Assignment
-Holocaust Museum Simulation
-Review Learning Targets
Auschwitz Death Camp
Lesson 3: America Moves Toward War & Mobilizing for Defense
-Current Event
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-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-America At War & Mobilizing Notes Click Here!
-Mobilizing For Defense Poster & Notes
-Review Learning Targets
Lesson 4: The War for Europe and North Africa & The War in the Pacific
-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-War in Europe & the Pacific Notes Click Here!
-A-Bomb Debate & Intro to Essay
-Review Learning Targets
Crash Course: WWII 2
WWII Essay
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-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-WWII Essay Project
-America Video: WWII
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Lesson 5: The Home Front & Review
-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-The Home Front Notes Click Here!
-Unit 10 Checklist & Study Guide
-Review Learning Targets
Test Day:
Unit 10 Test
America Video WWII
Unit 10 Folders Due
Congratulations On Completing Unit 10!!!
