1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. Despite an initial postwar recession, what caused the economy to recover so rapidly?
   2. What was Truman’s Fair Deal and how was it received in Congress?
   
   
2. American Dream
   Watch the EdPuzzle presentation, answer the appropriate questions within, and take notes, either in the Google Doc or on your own
   
   
3. I Love Lucy--Job Switching Episode

1. Second Semester Course Information
   
   
2. 2020 in Review
   After watching the video, answer the following questions in Google Classroom:
   1. What do you think was the most important/interesting/newsworthy non-COVID event in 2020 (could be from anything--news, entertainment, sports, technology, etc.) and why did you choose it?
   2. How did 2020 and all of its good/bad/ugly make you feel?
   3. What are your hopes and fears for the remaining 50 weeks of 2021?
   
   
3. Postwar Adjustment
   Watch the EdPuzzle presentation, answer the appropriate questions within, and take notes, either in the Google Doc or on your own
   
   
4. Begin work on Postwar America Unit Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. What changes did the United States make to Japan during the occupation?
   2. How did the conferences at Yalta and Potsdam see the war to its conclusion?
   
   
2. World War II Test

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. How did the growth of the defense industry affect population patterns?
   2. Why were Japanese Americans placed in internment camps? How were Japanese Americans compensated for internment?
   
   
2. Aftermath of the War
   Watch the EdPuzzle presentation, answer the appropriate questions within, and take notes, either in the Google Doc or on your own
   
   
3. Finish Essential Questions and Study for Test (Homework)

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. What contributions did women make to the military effort?
   2. What contributions did African-Americans make to the military effort?
   
   
2. Japanese Internment Document Analysis
   Use the video and the documents to fill out the chart
   
   
3. Home Front
   Watch the EdPuzzle presentation, answer the appropriate questions within, and take notes, either in the Google Doc or on your own

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foreshadowing of an invasion of Japan?
   2. Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb?
   
   
2. Mobilizing for Defense
   Watch the EdPuzzle presentation, answer the appropriate questions within, and take notes, either in the Google Doc or on your own
   
   
3. Disney's Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire and Food will Win the War Cartoons

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. What was the importance of the Battle of the Bulge?
   2. How did the war end in Europe?
   
   
2. War in the Pacific
   Watch the EdPuzzle presentation, answer the appropriate questions within, and take notes, either in the Google Doc or on your own

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. How did Roosevelt help the Allies, while trying not to violate the Neutrality Acts?
   2. How was Pearl Harbor both a success and a failure for Japan?
   
   
2. War in Europe
   Watch the EdPuzzle presentation, answer the appropriate questions within, and take notes, either in the Google Doc or on your own
   
   
3. Dear Ma and Pa Letters Document Analysis
   Read letters and answer questions

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. To what extent should government regulate business?
   2. To what extent was the New Deal effective/not effective?
   
   
2. Start of the War
   Watch the EdPuzzle presentation, answer the appropriate questions within, and take notes, either in the Google Doc or on your own
   
   
3. Disney's Donald Gets Drafted Cartoon
   
   
4. Begin work on World War II Unit Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. Why were movies popular during the Depression?
   2. What role did the radio play in American homes during the Depression?
   
   
2. Great Depression and the New Deal Test