Concept 8: World at War
(Note: WW I was taught in Grade 7.)
PO 1. Review the rise of totalitarianism in Europe following World War I.
PO 2. Analyze the major causes of World War II:
a. aggressive search for resources by Japan
b. political ideologies of Fascism and Nazism
c. resentment toward the Treaty of Versailles
PO 3. Trace the series of invasions and conquests in the European and Pacific Theaters in World War II.
PO 4. Describe the following events leading to the Allied victory:
a. D-Day Invasion
b. Battle of the Bulge
c. Japanese defeat in Iwo Jima and Okinawa
d. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
PO 5. Describe how racism and intolerance contributed to the Holocaust.
PO 6. Summarize each of the following outcomes of World War II:
a. redrawing of political boundaries in Europe
b. tensions leading to Cold War
c. formation of the United Nations
d. beginning of atomic age
e. rebuilding of Japan
PO 7. Compare the rebuilding of Japan with the rebuilding of Germany following World War II.
PO 8. Describe the following events resulting from World War II:
a. Nuremburg Trial
b. Marshall Plan
c. NATO / Warsaw Pact
d. creation of United Nations
e. creation of Israel
Concept 8: Great Depression and World War II
(Note: The Great Depression was taught in Grade 7 and World War II in Arizona was introduced in Grade 4.))
PO 1. Review the impact of the Great Depression on the United States.
PO 2. Explain how Pearl Harbor led to United States involvement in World War II.
PO 3. Explain the impact of World War II on economic recovery from the Great Depression.
PO 4. Explain how the following factors affected the U.S. home front during World War II:
a. war bond drives
b. war industry
c. women and minorities in the work force
d. rationing
e. internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian -Americans
PO 5. Describe Arizona
's contributions to the war effort:
a. Native American Code Talkers
b. Ira Hayes
c. mining
d. training bases
e. POW and internment
camps
PO 6. Summarize the United States role in the following events:
a. D-day invasion
b. battles of the Pacific
c. development and use of the atomic bomb
d. V-E Day / V-J Day
PO 7. Analyze the following individuals¢â¡Á significance to World War II:
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Dwight Eisenhower
c. George Patton
d. Douglas MacArthur
e. Harry Truman
f. Eleanor Roosevelt
_________________
Monday
ATSOU World War II
Video Guide
Tuesday - Wednesday
PPT to Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor video clip
Roosevelt Close Read
Thursday
Homefront and Video Guidei
Friday
Mobilizing for War PPT
Homefront
George Takei Internment
Notes
(Note: WW I was taught in Grade 7.)
PO 1. Review the rise of totalitarianism in Europe following World War I.
PO 2. Analyze the major causes of World War II:
a. aggressive search for resources by Japan
b. political ideologies of Fascism and Nazism
c. resentment toward the Treaty of Versailles
PO 3. Trace the series of invasions and conquests in the European and Pacific Theaters in World War II.
PO 4. Describe the following events leading to the Allied victory:
a. D-Day Invasion
b. Battle of the Bulge
c. Japanese defeat in Iwo Jima and Okinawa
d. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
PO 5. Describe how racism and intolerance contributed to the Holocaust.
PO 6. Summarize each of the following outcomes of World War II:
a. redrawing of political boundaries in Europe
b. tensions leading to Cold War
c. formation of the United Nations
d. beginning of atomic age
e. rebuilding of Japan
PO 7. Compare the rebuilding of Japan with the rebuilding of Germany following World War II.
PO 8. Describe the following events resulting from World War II:
a. Nuremburg Trial
b. Marshall Plan
c. NATO / Warsaw Pact
d. creation of United Nations
e. creation of Israel
Concept 8: Great Depression and World War II
(Note: The Great Depression was taught in Grade 7 and World War II in Arizona was introduced in Grade 4.))
PO 1. Review the impact of the Great Depression on the United States.
PO 2. Explain how Pearl Harbor led to United States involvement in World War II.
PO 3. Explain the impact of World War II on economic recovery from the Great Depression.
PO 4. Explain how the following factors affected the U.S. home front during World War II:
a. war bond drives
b. war industry
c. women and minorities in the work force
d. rationing
e. internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian -Americans
PO 5. Describe Arizona
's contributions to the war effort:
a. Native American Code Talkers
b. Ira Hayes
c. mining
d. training bases
e. POW and internment
camps
PO 6. Summarize the United States role in the following events:
a. D-day invasion
b. battles of the Pacific
c. development and use of the atomic bomb
d. V-E Day / V-J Day
PO 7. Analyze the following individuals¢â¡Á significance to World War II:
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Dwight Eisenhower
c. George Patton
d. Douglas MacArthur
e. Harry Truman
f. Eleanor Roosevelt
_________________
Monday
ATSOU World War II
Video Guide
Tuesday - Wednesday
PPT to Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor video clip
Roosevelt Close Read
Thursday
Homefront and Video Guidei
Friday
Mobilizing for War PPT
Homefront
George Takei Internment
Notes