Have trifolds out if you didn’t have it Friday! Phones up! Have trifolds out if you didn’t have it Friday! Be ready for your vocab quiz!
3-2-1: 3 observations, 2 questions, 1 inference Give 5 minutes for the warm up
VE Day: May 8th 1945 April 1945 - FDR dies April - Hitler commits suicide May - Germany surrenders Victory in Europe
Ask students what they think this image is
BIG QUESTION Was dropping the atomic bombs the right decision? Morally? Politically? Militarily? Why did Truman make the decision to drop the bombs? Evidence/Arguments for Evidence/Arguments against Discussion questions. In the boxes write what the students come up with
Atomic bomb Invasion estimated to cost 1,000,000 American lives August 6th: Hiroshima – 60,000 die August 9th: Nagasaki – 35,000 die VJ Day: August 15th
Congressional Medal of Honor: Vernon J. Baker Oral history The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. The medal is awarded by the President of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress to U.S. military personnel only. Watch the video to show the students his story.
Ash the students what this is an image of
Liberation of Concentration camps Realization of how bad it was
Post War Peace United Nations created “Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of justice and peace in the world…All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood” Universal Declaration of Human Rights (who have we talked about that helped create this??) Why now? Trials for war crimes- Nuremberg Trials Link to help www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials
Exit Ticket Person’s name similarities/differences what you think happened to your person