11th Grade American History

Mr. Dalton’s Class

Subject: Chapter 17 The World at War

Objectives: b Describe how the Allies halted the expansion of the Axis during 1942 b explain how the Allies defeated Germany and Italy

Objectives: b Describe the impact of World War II on the U.S. economy and on women, Japanese Americans, and other minority groups b describe Allied advances on Japan in the Pacific

Objectives: b Discuss the decision to develop and use the atomic bomb b describe the political and social effects of World War II

Activity one b The students will create an illustrated scrapbook of World War II. Students may focus on such topics as war technology, changes in the United States as a result of the war, or its effect on American foreign policy. They will be able to use photographs, art, literature, movies, and music of the war period.

Activity two b On the computers the students will work in pairs and play the game The European Theatre. The Nazis are taking over Europe and the Allied forces must find a way to stop them. Students made decisions regarding troop movement, weaponry, and joining forces with other nations. The students will write a page describing how their war ended.

Activity three b As a class we will watch the video D-Day, a film that tells of the Allies’ military build- up, strategies leading to D-Day, and the Allied invasion of Europe. We will then discuss the outcome of it and tell how each would have done things differently if possible.

Activity four b The students will read the book, Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank. It is a book about a Jewish girl who survived the concentration camp. The students will then write a two page report on what they think of it

Activity five b After watching the video, The Home Front, a film that depicts the social changes that the U.S. went through during the war, including the effect on family life, the beginning of the civil rights movement, and the growth of the American Economy, they will get into groups and write a page on what was the most important in their minds.

Activity six b As a class we will discuss what daily life must have been like for civilians in Stalingrad, Leningrad, and for soldiers fighting in the Pacific. They students will write in their notebooks a short-story or diary entry describing on such person

Activity seven b In groups the students will create a balance sheet illustrating the good and bad effects of the war on the U.S. economy. Then they will present their ideas to the class.

Activity eight b As a class we will discuss the issue of civic responsibility to daily life. On a sheet of paper they will write how their lives might be different if it were 1943.

Activity nine b We will discuss the ethics of total war. The students will recall the Battle of Britain and subsequent Allied bombing of German cities, such as Dresden. Then they will be divided into two groups and debate whether the horror of war escalates in proportion to technology.

Activity ten b As a class we will discuss how might the U.S. have believed that use of the atomic bomb would affect its relations with the Soviet Union in the post war. Then in their notebooks they will answer this question, do you think the U.S. should have dropped the bomb on Japan? Why or Why not?

Important terms b Axis powers b allies b battle of El Alemein b battle of Stalingrad b Bataan Death March b Battle of Midway b Internment b War Production board b Battle of the Atlantic b unconditional surrender b Battle of the Bulge b Yalta Conference

Important terms b Island hopping b Battle of Leyte Gulf b kamikaze b Battle of Iwo Jima b Battle of Okinawa b Manhattan Project b Holocaust b Nuremberg trials b GI Bill of Rights b superpower b United Nations

Important people b Albert Einstein b Dwight D. Eisenhower b Douglas MacArthur b A. Phillip Randolph b Erwin Rommel

Web sites to get more information b b b / b b

Web sites to get more information b ml b b b tions/wwii-posters/ b html