Chapter 26. America in a World At War
World War 1 was supposed to be the War to End All Wars, but the terms of the Treaty of Versailles simply set Europe up for another conflict. The rise of fascism and militarism pulled the world into war. As much as the United States wanted to stay out of the conflict, Pearl Harbor sped up our inevitable declaration of war. The brutal fighting in two theaters of war was finally ended with the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities. World War 2 shifted the balance of power in the world and the United States and the Soviet Union end up as superpowers.
The specific focus of this unit will be on:
A. Fighting a multi-front war
B. Diplomacy, war aims, and wartime conferences
C. The United States as a global power in the Atomic Age
D. Wartime mobilization of the economy
E. Urban migration and demographic changes
F. Women, work, and family during the war
G. Civil liberties and civil rights during wartime
H. War and regional development
I. Expansion of government power
Reading Assignments:
Tuesday - 3/6 RA How World War II Changed the Way Americans Ate ONLINE READING w/ Questions
Wednesday - 3/7 RA War on Two Fronts pp. 704-709
Thursday -3/8 - RA American People in Wartime pp. 709-722
Friday-3/9 - RA Defeat of the Axis pp. 722-731
Monday -3/12 RA The Decision to Use the Bomb.pdf ONLINE READING w/ Questions
Would you like to practice some of the vocabulary from this week's textbook chapter? Here is a quick link:
Brinkley Chapter 26 vocab
Homework Assignments:
Part 1 - Terms: All terms should be underlined and identified in your textbook notes
War on Two Fronts p. 704-709
1. Midway
2. Battle of Guadalcanal
3. Stalingrad
4. America and the Holocaust
5. Anti-Semitism
American People in Wartime pp. 709-722
6. Labor union gains during the war
7. Office of Price Administration [OPA]
8. War Production Board
9. Wartime technology (Radar, ULTRA, etc.)
10. FEPC
11. CORE
12. Navajo "code-talkers”
13. Braceros
14. "Zoot Suit" Riots
15. Rosie the Riveter
16. Wartime Economy
17. Internment Camps
18. Korematsu v. US (1944)
19. Dismantling the New Deal
Defeat of the Axis pp. 722-731
20. D-Day
21. Okinawa
22. J. Robert Oppenheimer
23. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Part 2 - Long Essay Question: Historical Reasoning Skill- Causation
Be sure to use at least three supporting details to support your argument in each body paragraph.
Part 3 - Vocabulary: These words are from the chapter and will be used in context or need to be defined on the weekly chapter quiz. They should be defined on the bottom of the textbook notes.
bolster
bombard
brunt
dispel
incendiary
internment
mistrial
naturalize
periscope
relocation
shortage
unambiguous
empirical
Part 4 - World War 2 Show and Tell
• Each student will be telling a story about what their families were doing during World War 2, how it affected them, if they fought, etc. You can bring in a school appropriate photograph or artifact from World War 2.
Would you like to practice some of the vocabulary from this week's textbook chapter? Here is a quick link:
Brinkley Chapter 26 vocab
Civilians at War Video Guide.pdf
Civilians at War Video Guide.docx
Resources
Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dswenttowar/
Der Giftpilz- the Toadstool German propaganda for children - F. M. Cornford defines it as: "Propaganda is the art of very nearly deceiving one's friends without quite deceiving one's enemies."
Feldmeth Chart on the US involvement in WW2 http://faculty.polytechnic.org//gfeldmeth/chart.ww2.html
Feldmeth Chart on World War II Conferences & Treaties http://faculty.polytechnic.org//gfeldmeth/ww2conferences.html