Wednesday, January 31, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the most important foreign policy moment of the war and why?
    2. What was the most important domestic policy moment of the war and why?

  2. Finish Japanese Internment Document Analysis
    Using this video and the documents (Canvas), answer the questions

  3. WWII Memorial: A Testament to Freedom Video
    Answer Questions

  4. Finish Essential Questions and Study for Test (Homework)

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the United States change Japan politically?
    2. How did the United States change Japan economically?

  2. Review Essential Question #6

  3. Japanese Internment Document Analysis
    Using this video and the documents (Canvas), answer the questions

Monday, January 29, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the importance of the Yalta Conference?
    2. What was the importance of the Potsdam Conference?

  2. Aftermath of the War
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  3. Review Essential Questions #4 and 5

Friday, January 26, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why were the Navajo chosen to be the “code talkers” in the Pacific?
    2. Why did California see a sharp increase in population during the war?

  2. Wartime Conferences
    Use the information on the paper to answer the questions

  3. Finish Discussing Economic Opportunities and Discrimination
    Take Notes

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What actions could ordinary Americans take to help the support the war effort?
    2. Who were the Tuskegee Airmen and what did they accomplish?

  2. Finish Discussing Heroes in Combat
    Take Notes

  3. Review Essential Question #2

  4. World War II Propaganda Analysis, Part II
    With your partner(s) working on your assigned poster, answer the two questions on the shared Google Doc (Canvas)

  5. Discuss Economic Opportunities and Discrimination
    Take Notes

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did American industry contribute to the war effort?
    2. How did scientists help the war effort?
    3. What is rationing and how did the work during the war?

  2. Clip from America in the 20th Century: World at War Video

  3. Discuss Heroes in Combat
    Take Notes

Monday, January 22, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the Selective Service System and how did it help the United States meet manpower needs?
    2. What jobs did the WAC perform?

  2. Disney's Donald Gets Drafted Cartoon

  3. World War II Quiz

  4. Industry and Rationing
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Friday, January 19, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why did the Allies believe Iwo Jima and Okinawa were a foreshadowing of an invasion of Japan?
    2. Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb?

  2. Americans Join the War Effort
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  3. World War II Propaganda Analysis, Part I
    Use the article (Canvas) to answer the questions

  4. Study for Monday's Quiz (Homework)

Thursday, January 18, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the importance of the Battle of Midway?
    2. What strategy did the United States adopt for fighting Japan?

  2. Finish Discussing Victory Over Japan
    Take Notes

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: World at War Video

  4. Review Essential Question #3

  5. Hiroshima Perspectives Document Analysis
    Use the documents (Canvas) to answer the questions

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Which Allied nation received the “honor” of taking Berlin?
    2. Why did the other Allies allow that to happen?
    3. What was the Bataan Death March?

  2. Finish Discussing Allied Advances in the Pacific
    Take Notes

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: World at War Video

  4. Discuss Victory Over Japan
    Take Notes

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the importance of the Battle of the Bulge?
    2. What were the short and long-term effects of the election of 1944?

  2. Finish Discussing Victory in Europe
    Take Notes

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: World at War Video

  4. Discuss Allied Advances in the Pacific
    Finish Notes

Friday, January 12, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was Operation Fortitude and what were its results?
    2. What were the desired conditions for the D-Day invasion?

  2. Finish Mail Call: D-Day Video
    Answer Questions

  3. Discuss Victory in Europe
    Take Notes

Thursday, January 11, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?
    2. What were the operational codenames for the following invasions?
      1. North Africa
      2. Italy
      3. France

  2. Finish Discussing Allied Advances in Europe
    Take Notes

  3. Review Essential Question #1

  4. Mail Call: D-Day Video
    Answer Questions

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

  1. New Seating Chart

  2. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why was Japan on a collision course with the United States?
    2. How was Pearl Harbor both a success and a failure for Japan?

  3. Discuss Allied Advances in Europe
    Take Notes

  4. Begin work on World War II Unit Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

  1. 2023 in Review Video

  2. Clip from America: The Story of US--The US Enters WWII Video
    Use the maps and your knowledge of World War I to answer the questions

  3. "Day of Infamy" Speech Analysis
    Use FDR's speech to answer the questions

  4. Most Important Event of 2023? (Homework--Due Tomorrow)
    On your own paper, choose what you think was the most important/interesting/news-worthy event in 2023 and at least one paragraph about why you think it was the most important.