COURSE:USHistory

UNIT:WorldWarII
DAY/DATE

TOPICS/ACTIVITIES

Wed1/28

Beginning2ndSemester

Name:________________________
Block:________________________

DUE

ReadAmericanVision(AV)pp.
454459,APeoplesHistoryofthe
UnitedStates(Zinn)pp.398400
anddoStepOne.Comereadyto
talkaboutyouranswersinclass!

WhatledtoWWII?
Timeline

Fri1/30

WWII:APeoplesWar?

StepOne

ReadAmericanVision(AV)pp.
466473,YearningtoBreathe
FreehandoutanddoStepTwo.

StepTwo

ReadAVpp.460465,and474
479,Zinnpp.400bottomof405
andbereadyforaquizonStep
Three.

QuizonStep
Three

ReadAVpp.486493,Zinnpp.
406topof408anddoStepFour.
ReadAVpp.494499,Zinnpp.
409bottomof411andbeready
foraquizonStepFive.

SignupforGroups

Mon2/2

Wed2/4

TheHolocaustandUS
Reactions

WarinthePacificand
PearlHarbor

HOMEWORK

Fri2/6
Dropadd
deadline

JapaneseAmerican
Internment

StepFour

Mon2/9
NAAPID

JapaneseAmerican
Internmentcontinued

QuizonStepFive ReadAVpp.500515,andbe
readyforaquizonStep6.

ThegeographyofWWII
Wed2/11
CountDay:
FridaySchedule

Changesonthehomefront

QuizonStepSix

ReadAVpp.518525,Zinnpp.
412416anddoStepSeven.
PleasebringZinnonFriday.

Fri2/13
Monday
Schedule

EntertheAtomicBomb

StepSeven

Finishreadinghandoutsand
prepareforAtomicBombDebate.

Mon2/23

AtomicBombDebate

Workonyourreviewsheet.

Wed2/25

TheendofWWIIand
reviewforWWIITest.

Study,study,study!

BringyourZinnbooktoday!

HappyMidwinterBreak!!

COURSE:USHistory
UNIT:WorldWarII
Fri2/27
Endof3rd
interim

TestonWWII

People&Organizations
FranklinDelanoRoosevelt
EleanorRoosevelt
WinstonChurchill
JosephStalin
VladimirLenin
BenitoMussolini
AdolfHitler
Gestapo
EmperorHirohito
AxisPowers
AlliedPowers
DouglasMacArthur
WAAC/WAC
TuskegeeAirmen

Name:________________________
Block:________________________

Anylatework
fromthisunit

Terms
Isolationism
TreatyofVersailles
Nazism
NeutralityActs
Anschluss
MunichConference
Appeasement
Blitzkrieg
TheRapeofNanjing
Nonaggressionpact
LendLeaseAct
AtlanticCharter
PearlHarbor
NurembergLaws

Places
Europeanpolitical
geography(Axis,Allies)
Asianpoliticalgeography
(Axis,Allies)
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Normandy
Sicily
Stalingrad
Berlin
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Okinawa
KeyDates:

COURSE:USHistory
UNIT:WorldWarII
A.PhilipRandolph
DwightD.Eisenhower
HarryS.Truman
RosietheRiveter
Nissei
Issei
FredKorematsu
NavajoCodeTalkers
HidekiTojo

Name:________________________
Block:________________________

Kristallnacht
TheSt.Louis
ConcentrationCamps
ExterminationCamps
ExecutiveOrder8802
InternmentCamps
WarProductionBoard
DoubleVCampaign
Costpluscontract
BataanDeathMarch
BattleofMidway
BattleofStalingrad
BraceroProgram
Sunbelt
Zootsuitriots
OfficeofPriceAdmin.
rationing
Victorygardens
TehranConference
DDay
VEDay,VJDay
ManhattanProject
UnitedNations
NurembergTrials

1933
Hitlerisappointedprime
minister
Rooseveltbecomes
president
19351937
NeutralityActsPassed
1941
December7Bombing
ofPearlHarbor
U.S.EntryintoWWII
1942
Turningpointinthewar
1945
May7VEDay
August6Hiroshima
August15VJDay

WWIIUnitReviewGuide:

Youonlyhavetoanswerquestionsforhomework(incompletesentencesthatmakeitclear
whatquestionyouareanswering),butImgivingyouthetermsforeachreadingthatyouwill
eventuallyneedtoknowforthetestsoyoucanmakesureyourelearningthemalongtheway
(andsoyouknowwhattofocusonforquizzes).Pleaseturninyourstepsonseparate,clearly
labeledsheetsofpapersoIcangiveyoucreditforyourwork!
StepOne:ReadAmericanVision(AV)pp.454459,APeoplesHistoryoftheUnitedStates(Zinn)pp.
398400andanswerthefollowingquestions:
Terms:JosephStalin,VladimirLenin,BenitoMussolini,AdolfHitler,AxisPowers,Fascism,Nazism,
NeutralityActs,Manchuria

COURSE:USHistory
UNIT:WorldWarII

Name:________________________
Block:________________________

1.

WhateconomicconditionsledtotheriseofdictatorsinItaly,GermanyandJapan?

2.

Whatwerethemainargumentsoftheisolationistsandtheinternationalists?Whichmakesmore
sensetoyouandwhy?

3.

WhatdoesZinnmeanwhenheasksifWorldWarIIwasaPeoplesWar(carefulhereitsnot
justaboutwhetheralotofpeoplesupporteditornot)?Comereadytodiscussthisoneinclass!

StepTwo:ReadAmericanVision(AV)pp.466473,YearningtoBreatheFreehandoutandanswerthe
followingquestions:
Terms:NurembergLaws,Kristallnacht,Gestapo,theSt.Louis,ConcentrationCamps,Extermination
Camps
1.InadditiontoJews,whatgroupsofpeopledidtheNazistargetforpersecution?
2.HowdidEuropeanandAmericanimmigrationpolicyaffectJewishGermansattemptingtofleethe
Holocaust?
3.WhataresomefactorsthetextbookcitesascontributingtotheHolocaust?Whichdoyoufindmost
plausibleandwhy?
4.ExplaininyourownwordswhathappenedintheSt.Louisaffair.Whathappenedtothepassengers
oftheboatintheend?
StepThree:ReadAVpp.460465,and474479,Zinnpp.400bottomof405andbereadyforaquizon
thefollowingtermsandquestions.
Terms:Anschluss,MunichConference,appeasement,nonagressionpact,blitzkrieg,WinstonChurchill,
BattleofBritain,AmericaFirstCommittee,LendLeaseAct,AtlanticCharter,PearlHarbor
1.

ExplainwaysinwhichWorldWarIIwasaneffectofWorldWarI(forexample,consider
territory,appeasement/reluctanceofnationstogetinvolvedinmilitaryconflict,residual
resentment).

2.

WhydidtheUSofficiallyenterWWII?DoyoubelievethatUSentryintothewarwasinevitable?
Supportyouropinionwithevidence.

3.

WhowerethemembersoftheAlliedandAxisPowersatthetimeofUSentryintothewar?Why
didJapandecidetojointheAxis?

StepFour:ReadAVpp.486493,Zinnpp.406topof408andanswerthefollowingquestions.
Terms:costpluscontracts,SelectiveServiceandTrainingAct,DoubleVcampaign,TuskegeeAirmen,
WomensArmyCorps(WAC),ExecutiveOrder9066,Nisei,Issei
1.

HowdidtheUSgovernmentpersuadecompaniestoconverttowarproduction?

COURSE:USHistory
UNIT:WorldWarII

Name:________________________
Block:________________________

2.

WhatcontradictionsdidAfricanAmericansfaceinthearmyandacrosstheUnitedStateswhile
thenationwasfightingfordemocracyabroad?Howwerepeoplefromotherminoritygroups
treatedinthemilitary?

3.

HowdidthepositionswerewomenallowedtohaveinthearmychangeduringWorldWarII?
Whywasthis?

4.

WhatwasExecutiveOrder9066andwhatweresomeofitseffects?Whatdoyouthinkthat
Zinnsillustrationoftheinternmentcampsascomingcloseto[a]directduplicationofFascism?

StepFive:ReadAVpp.494499,Zinnpp.409bottomof411andbereadyforaquizonbothreadings.
Usethefollowingtermsandquestionstoguideyou.
Terms:BataanDeathMarch,DwightD.Eisenhower,GeneralDouglasMacArthur,BattleofMidway,
NorthAfricaCampaign,convoysystem,BattleofStalingrad,SmithAct
1.

Inwhatwayswas1942amajorpointinthewar?

2.

WhatevidencedoesZinnusetoshowthattherewasoppositiontothewar?

StepSix:ReadAVpp.500515,andbereadyforaquizonthereading...considerthefollowingtoguideyou.
Terms: RosietheRiveter,A.PhilipRandolph,ExecutiveOrder8802,BraceroProgram,GreatMigration,
Zootsuitriots,OfficeofPriceAdministration,Rationing,Victorygardens,warbonds,SmithAct,
CasablancaConference,TehranConference,DDay,Navajocodetalkers,kamikazeattacks

StepSeven:ReadAVpp.518525,Zinnpp.412416andanswerthefollowingquestions.
Terms:BombingofDresdenandFirebombingofTokyo,VEDay,HarryS.Truman,napalm,Hiroshima,
Nagasaki,theManhattanProject,VJDay,UnitedNations,NurembergTrials
1.Lookatthemapsandaccompanyingtableonp.519ofAmericanVision.Whatdoyoufindnotable
orsurprisingaboutthem?Explainwhy.
2.ConsiderthebasicstructureoftheUNasdescribedonpp.524525ofAmericanVision.Whatdo
youthinkofthepermanentstatusofthefiveWWIIvictornationsontheSecurityCouncil?
Explainyourreasoning.Ifyouwantaprompt,returntoZinnsdiscussionofthestructureofthe
UNaroundp.400andrespondtothat.
3.Makeatableoftheargumentsforandagainstdroppingtheatomicbombincludedinbothbooks.
HowdoesZinnrepresentthisdecisiondifferentlythantheauthorsofAmericanVision?Areboth
depictionsvalid?Whichoftheargumentsresoundmostwithyou?