Today’s Assignment You’re going to create a pin on a map about an event in the Pacific Theater. You can work in groups of up to 3 people (no more unless specified). You and your group will decide from the list on the whiteboard what event you want to research (first come, first serve) You will need to include certain information

Requirements Pin in the right location Who was involved in the battle? (What countries, what branches of the military, etc.) When did it happen? What happened? (Who had the advantage? Who won?) (Write a narrative, tell a story) What were the casualties? Include pictures, if possible Once you have finished: See me to see that you did everything right. If you’re missing something, you will need to fix it. Figure out how you’re going to present to your classmates (this is where the narrative would help) Once that is settled, you can either do another pin on the map for the European Theater or Holocaust; or you can complete your Holocaust Scavenger Hunt if it isn’t done.

Navajo Code Talkers The Navajo Code Talkers, whose ranks exceed 400 during the course of World War II in the Pacific Theater, have been credited with saving countless lives and hastening the end of the war. The Code Talker's served in all six Marine divisions from 1942 to 1945. The Code Talker's primary job was to talk and transmit information on tactics, troop movements, orders and other vital battlefield information via telegraphs and radios in their native dialect.  A major advantage of the code talker system was its speed. The method of using Morse code often took hours where as, the Navajos handled a message in minutes.   It has been said that if was not for the Navajo Code Talker's, the Marines would have never taken Iwo Jima.     The Navajo's unwritten language was understood by fewer than 30 non-Navajo's at the time of WWII.  The size and complexity of the language made the code extremely difficult to comprehend, much less decipher.  The Navajo code talkers finally received national recognition in 1969.