World+War+II

Essential Questions:
 * Do Hard times create strong leaders?
 * How can war effect people in different ways?
 * Is Appeasement an effective strategy?
 * Did the end of the war bring peace or more conflict?

Quick Video on the Causes of WWII: Watch it and formulate some ideas on how the war began

**You Ask the Questions activity**:

 * Scan through the four sections of the Chapter
 * Ask three or four questions that you would like answered for each of the sections.
 * Please label you questions by sections

__**Axis** **Aggression**__
 * Where the alliances still the same as in WWI?
 * How did Britain’s appeasement policy work on Germany?
 * Why did Japan Attack the U.S.?

__**The Allied Response**__
 * Did the U.S. feel obligated to be a part of WWII before Pearl Harbor was attacked?
 * Did the alliance between Germany and Russia cause more problems than advantages?
 * What role in propaganda play in WWII?

__**The Holocaust**__
 * Why didn't any other countries step in?
 * How did Germany's Allies react to this?
 * What was the true point/purpose of the Holocaust?

__**End of the war**__
 * Did the recent industrialization in Russia help during WWII?
 * How did D-Day affect the entire war as a whole?
 * Did any country in particular have a large mistake during the war?

**Overview of the War** :
Here is a link to an interactive website on WWI:[|WWII: A Global Perspective] The website is an interactive map that include three topic areas: 1. **North America** A copy of the dialectical journal can be found here..... [|Dialectical journal on WWII Interactive.doc] (Completed)
 * 2 Europe and Africa**
 * 3. Asia**
 * Click on one area of the map at a time.
 * This will open a number of thumbnail images that provide different material
 * Comment on what you see and read and hear in the dialectical journal which is divided by designated map areas

//**Reflective Writing piece**// : Now that you have completed your work with the interactive map and your dialectical journal on what you read, viewed, and heard; it is time to reflect on all that information. The directions to the reflection writing piece are here.....

[|Reflective Writing Piece on Interactive Map on WWII.docx] (Completed)
 * Complete the work in a word document.
 * Print a copy and upload your work to your wiki

Complete the timeline activity located here.... [|opener on time line.doc] =‍ **Section 1: Axis Aggression** :=

Guide Questions: 1. In what ways did Germany expand in the late 1930s? 2. What alliances did Axis nations make in the 1930s? 3. How did the war begin? 4. What were the causes and Japan's attack on the United States?

Section 1 Terms: [|Section 1 Terms.doc]

=Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor:=

=‍ **The Allied Response** := [|FDR's Day of Infamy Speech]

Headlines on WWII: 1939: Is the U.S. truely neutral in this second World War?

1940: German Imperialism strikes Europe, Britian too weak to oppose.

1941: Japanese instigation leads to U.S. entering World War II.

1942: German fortunes drastically decline, is the end in sight?

1943: One of two Dictators fall to Allies.

1945: Millions left dead in the aftermath of WWII.

Battles of WWII