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How did the United States become involved in the war, mobilize the nation for war and defeat the Japanese and the Germans?
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Student Learning Map
- Topic:World War II & the Holocaust
- Subject(s):Social Studies
- Days:20
- Grade(s):11
Key Learning:
The United States became the arsenal of democracy and played a major role in defeating the dictators of the Axis powers in World War II.
Unit Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):Why did the United States cling to isolationism in response to the rise of dictatorships in the 1930s?
How did nationalism fuel the rise of totalitarianism?
How did the Soviet Union's non-aggression pact with Germany contribute to the start of hostilities?
.How did the policy of appeasement contribute to the outbreak of war in Europe?
Vocabulary:Totalitarianism, fascism, Nazism, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, Sudetenland, Neville Chamberlain, Anschluss, appeasement, nonaggression pact, Adolph Hitler.
Vocabulary:Battle of Britain, RAF, Battle of the Atlantic, Eastern Front, El Alamein, Dwight D Eisenhower, Bloody Anzio, D-Day, Omar Bradley, George Patton, Battle of the Bulge, Harry S Truman, V-E Day, General Douglas Mac Artur, James Doolittle, Battle of the Coral Sea and Midway, Admiral Nimitz, kamikaze, Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa, Manhattan Project, Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Lesson Essential Question(s):How did the federal government's action influence civilian life during the war?
Lesson Essential Question(s):Lesson Essential Question(s):Vocabulary:internment, GI Bill, Korematsu v. United States, selective service, Philip Randolph, OPA, NWLB, War Production Board, War Bonds, rationing, WAAC, WAVES, WASP, Rosie the Riveter.
Vocabulary:Vocabulary:
Additional Info:
History Alive, United streaming.com, Word wall, additional audio-visual materials, Skillbuilders: maps, charts, graphs, reading study guides, workbook exersices, timeline from Chapters 16 &17 in The Americans
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