1. 1. Who composed Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star? 2. What mammal in Florida can only survive in water warmer than 68°F? 3. What’s the answer to this: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = TURN IN YOUR WARM-UP SHEET!! 12,345,678,987,654,321

2. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32010503 Warm-up: Describe what happened at Iwo Jima (from video)

3. End of WWII

4.  In January of 1942, representatives of 26 nations pledged they would continue fighting the Axis Powers of World War II.  This eventually became the United Nations

5.  Functions:  Maintain peace and security for all of its member states  Aims to protect human rights and provide humanitarian assistance when needed  Help with social and economic development

6. END of WWII

7.  In the final months of the war, Allied armies discovered hundreds of concentration camps established by the Nazis throughout Europe.  In the camps Jews, Slavs, and others deemed undesirable by the Nazis had been used as slave labor or murdered.  The Allies also uncovered evidence of mass executions elsewhere.  Altogether about six million Jews and millions of other people were put to death at the hands of the Nazis.

8.  http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleI d=10005131&MediaId=7826 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleI d=10005131&MediaId=7826 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/m edia_nm.php?MediaId=7825 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/e n/media_nm.php?MediaId=33 71 DachauAuschwitz Liberation of Concentration Camps

9.  http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.ph p?ModuleId=10005129&MediaId=3426 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.ph p?ModuleId=10005129&MediaId=3426

10. End of WWII

11.  Germany was stripped of its conquests and was partitioned into four zones controlled by the Allied Powers (Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, France)  The city of Berlin was also divided.

13.  The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military trials, held by the Allied forces of World War II.  Most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany.

14.  There were other courts that tried individuals responsible at the camp level.  Gas master  Supervisor of “selection Process”  SS staff at various camps  Trial footage:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcudlm6tPa0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcudlm6tPa0

15. End of WWII

16.  The U.S. occupied Japan from August 1945 to April 1952. (We still have bases in Japan)

17.  Japan basically lost all the territory acquired after 1894.

18.  War crime trials were held. Over 500 military officers committed suicide right after Japan surrendered, and many hundreds more were executed for committing war crimes. Emperor Showa was not declared a war criminal.

19.  A new constitution went into effect in 1947:  The emperor lost all political and military power, and was solely made the symbol of the state.  Universal suffrage was introduced and human rights were guaranteed.  Japan was also forbidden to ever lead a war again or to maintain an army.

20. End of WWII

23.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CiGP8 NvS0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CiGP8 NvS0

24.  http://www.asianholocaust.org/ http://www.asianholocaust.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7yDO XGmtro

25.  http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.ph p?ModuleId=10005143&MediaId=7827 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.ph p?ModuleId=10005143&MediaId=7827