world war ii, 1939-1945
The learning goal for students during this unit is to identify key historical debates about war issues, including the emergence of dictators in Europe during the interwar years; American entry into the war; Home Front issues concerning race and gender relations, mobilization, and the draft; the war in the European and Pacific theaters, and the decision to use the atomic bomb, twice. This unit usually runs four weeks. Six lengthy lectures are given in addition to three quizzes and two short writing assignments. While this class will touch on every issue related to the Second World War (see study guide), lesson activities included on this website are related to the treatment of racial minorities and women, as to remain aligned to the course's thesis that the prevailing issue of the twentieth-century is the color-line.
November 15 2019, Block 4
Step 1: Watch and take notes from these videos on these important battles that lead to the defeat of Nazi Germany
Step 2: Use laptops to complete the handout
Step 2: Use laptops to complete the handout
D Day, June 6, 1944
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Operation Fortitude, a smaller mission within Op. Overlord
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Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945
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Textbook Readings
Textbook Section 2 - Europe Goes to War
Textbook Section 3 - Japan Builds an Empire
Textbook Section 4 - American Neutrality
Section 4 worksheet - click here
Textbook - Mobilization - Click here
The Holocaust Explained - click here
1. Once you arrive at the website, click on the link (at the top of the page) "What were the camps?"
2. Read through this section by clicking on the links found at the left margin: "The First Camps," and "Types of Camps"
3. Watch this video on the Sobibor Death Camp
*Holocaust Survey: In your notebook, write two paragraphs (4-5 sentences a each paragraph)
1. Click on the link to the survey
2. Explain the survey's questions, polling data, and results/conclusions. (paragraph 1)
3. How might this data indicate future problems in American society as it pertains to racial, ethnic, and religious intolerance. You might also conduct a quick google search for events relevant to this survey's findings. (paragraph 2)
Textbook Section 3 - Japan Builds an Empire
Textbook Section 4 - American Neutrality
Section 4 worksheet - click here
Textbook - Mobilization - Click here
The Holocaust Explained - click here
1. Once you arrive at the website, click on the link (at the top of the page) "What were the camps?"
2. Read through this section by clicking on the links found at the left margin: "The First Camps," and "Types of Camps"
3. Watch this video on the Sobibor Death Camp
*Holocaust Survey: In your notebook, write two paragraphs (4-5 sentences a each paragraph)
1. Click on the link to the survey
2. Explain the survey's questions, polling data, and results/conclusions. (paragraph 1)
3. How might this data indicate future problems in American society as it pertains to racial, ethnic, and religious intolerance. You might also conduct a quick google search for events relevant to this survey's findings. (paragraph 2)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan." Dec. 8, 1941.
Click here for the speech's transcript.
Click here for the speech's transcript.
Introduction to totalitarianism
Lecture: Hitler and the Rise of Totalitarianism (Part 1) by Mr. Mealy.
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SKILL 1
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SKILL 2
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German-American Bund parade in New York City on East 86th St. Oct. 30, 1939. The Bund was active in Seattle as well. Credit: World-Telegram photo
kill: Nonfiction Reading Enrichment
Hook: View the 7-minute film "A Night at the Garden" Listen: 7-min podcast "When Nazis Took Manhattan" Read/Outline: "Germany American Bund, American Nazis" Holocaust Museum Animated Maps
1. Visit the Holocaust Museum website and view the following videos. Take notes as you watch. - Einsatzgruppen - Dachau -Warsaw Ghetto - Auschwitz - Resistance - Lodz - Aftermath of the Holocaust 2. Read the article below about Captain America and the fight against Nazis. 3. Watch the video "Top 10 Superheroes Who Fought in WWII" (right) US Holocaust Museum. "Captain America: Still Fighting Nazis, 77 Years Later." June 28, 2018. Read here
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Japanese American Concentration Camps, Citizenship, and Loyalty: Download the attached lesson. - click here Podcast: "In the Past Lane - "Fred Korematsu and the
Baseball & the Internment Camps - Click Here Fight Against Internment." January 27, 2020. click here |
skill 3
changing faces of rosie the riveter
1. In this activity, students will be asked to compare and contrast the two images of Rosie the Riveter. Click here for the task.
2. Click here to see the inspiration for Rockwell's Rosie image.
3. Watch the Library of Congress video on the history of Rosie the Riveter - click here
4. Listen to the song by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb "Rosie the Riveter" (1942) - click here
5. Read the obituary of Rosalind P. Walter, age 95, the person who inspired the term "Rosie the Riveter" - click here
6. Go to Newspapers.com and conduct a search of "Rosie the Riveter." Try looking at the date range Nov. 1942-September 1945 before settling on newspapers from more recent years. Find two articles about Rosie the Riveter. Write brief summaries the articles.
2. Click here to see the inspiration for Rockwell's Rosie image.
3. Watch the Library of Congress video on the history of Rosie the Riveter - click here
4. Listen to the song by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb "Rosie the Riveter" (1942) - click here
5. Read the obituary of Rosalind P. Walter, age 95, the person who inspired the term "Rosie the Riveter" - click here
6. Go to Newspapers.com and conduct a search of "Rosie the Riveter." Try looking at the date range Nov. 1942-September 1945 before settling on newspapers from more recent years. Find two articles about Rosie the Riveter. Write brief summaries the articles.
skill 4Japanese Descent Internment during WWII
SKILL: CREATE A PREZI ASSIGNMENT
(Click here to view an instructional video) Students must view the short video about Fred Korematsu and the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. Students will then work alone to create a Prezi about Korematsu v. United States (1944). Click here for the instructions and notes to the teacher. Click here for the grading rubric. |
skill 5Ken Burns, PBS. "The War: African Americans in WW2." Oct. 17, 2007.
SKILL: Primary and Secondary Source Analysis Students are first asked to watch the short video about African Americans during World War II. Students will then work alone to complete the primary and secondary source analysis activity produced by Gilder Lehrman (2012) about the "Double Victory" campaign. Click here for the activity. |
European Theater |
Pacific Theater |
Supplemental films
Chaplin Today: Story of Chaplin and the Great Dictator
Battle of Britain
Pearl Harbor Attack Scene (4 min)
Benito Mussolini Biography
Life in Nazi Germany (2018)
Library of Congress. "Rosie the Riveter: Real Women Workers in World War II." Feb. 10, 2009
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FDR "Declaration of War" Dec. 8, 1941 - Read text here
Montemayer. "Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941." Jan. 26, 2018
Joseph Stalin Biography
The 1942 song "Rosie the Riveter" with lyrics.
SciShow. "The Manhattan Project." March 10, 2013.
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Sobibor Extermination Camp
The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.
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Charlie Chaplin. "The Great Dictator (Globe Scene)." 1940.
NBC News: The Day Japan Surrendered
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Test Review Sheet: Click here