Sunday, November 29, 2020

WWII Quiz review terms

 Define each of these WWII terms and explain their significance

Anschluss
Appeasement
Totalitarian vs. Democracy
The (London) Blitz/Operation Sea lion   
Operation Barbarossa
Blitzkrieg
Pearl Harbor 
Date of Infamy  December 7,1941
In what 2 parts of the world (theaters )did the US fight World War II?
Which nation was the Arsenal of Democracy?  Why?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Midway
Allies vs. Axis Countries
D-Day
The Battle of the Bulge
Island Hopping
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Big Three at Allied Conferences-
Winston Churchill
FDR
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Tojo Hideki and Emperor Hirohito
Final Solution  /Genocide
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Auschwitz

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Crash Course WWII: A war for resources

 follow this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-2q-QMUIgY 

Food as a weapon:  WWII was not just a battle of good vs. evil. 

1.  19.5 soldiers died in battle in WWII,  what killed 20 million other soldiers?

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2.  Define  autarky- ______________________________________________

    Define the German term lebensraum ___________________________________

3. What did John Green call the "stupidist decision of WWII" by the Germans?  (only the Mongols were  successful with this act)  __________________________________________________ 

4. What shortage occured in  the British colonies of Rhodisa and India during the war? Why?  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Who did the Chinese Nationalist government sell rice to during the war?  Why was that so corrupt?  _______________________________________________________________________________

6. What country had the best fed soldiers during WWII? _________________________

7. What nation had the worst fed soldiers during WWII?  _________________________ 

Bonus question:  Why does John Green believe it is dangerous for a nation to try to be completly self sufficient? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Saturday, November 14, 2020

D-Day rememberences

 D-Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlBx05rTuU



Sunday, November 8, 2020

CP1 31-3, 31-4

 


31(3)  The Global Conflict: Allied Successes 781-786  
1. Identify: genocide, collaborator, reparations
2. Read Geography and History (782) - How long was the Burma Road between Burma and Thailand supposed to take?  How long were British POWs given to build it?  At what cost?
3. Read The Holocaust (783) answer questions 1+2 +3
4. Read Women in Wartime (784).  How do the two pictures show a change in woman's role in wartime?
5. Look at the map on 785.  Why do you think the battles of El Alamein (Egypt), Stalingrad and Leningrad (USSR) are significant?
6. Read the Primary Source on page 786.  What day or event is Werner Pluskat describing?
7. Bullet 6 facts from the section with page numbers or answer questions 3,6,7 on page 786. 

31(4)  Toward Victory 787-790
1. Identify: island hopping, kamikaze
2. What is pictured on page 787?
Read Erwin Rommel's biography on 788.  What led to Rommel's death?  Why did the Nazis kill him?
3. Look at the map on 789.  Why were the battles of Coral Sea and Midway significant?
4. Why do you think the Allies did not attack every Japanese controlled island?  Why do you think the Japanese could not maintain every island?
5. What is pictured on page 790?
6.  Bullet 6 facts from the section with page numbers or answer questions 3,6,7 on page 790.

FDR reading for Honors

 Complete the FDR reading for next week.   

Annotate the reading or list 15 bullet with page numbers from the reading? 
What do you think of FDR?  
What do you think of Eleanor Roosevelt?  What was her political role in FDR's administration?
What do you think of Doris Kearns Goodwin's writing?

 Answer 4 of these 5 questions.

  1. Polio was a transformative experience for FDR according to Eleanor.  Describe the character of FDR before and after his contracting polio.  How did FDR change both physically and psychologically (mentally)?
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  1. How did talks with FDR change his general’s behavior during WWII?  How did FDR use his fireside chats?   Who were these chats directed towards? Why didn’t he give a chat every week?   How many fireside chats did FDR deliver in the 13+ years of his presidency?  ________
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  1. When “Doc Win the War “replaced “Doc New Deal” how did Eleanor react?  Describe the relationship between Franklin and Eleanor.  What was Eleanor’s role in the presidency?    What caused this relationship to change?   Why did some call FDR to “muzzle that wife of yours”?    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2. Actor Gregory Peck cried as a child when he saw FDR?  Why?  What caused Peck to cry and why did he soon laugh?   How did FDR manipulate his public persona?  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  3. How did America react when FDR died in April 1945 one month before VE Day? Why were the people so emotional? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

29-3, 29-4 Red/Yellow Book

 Mark Twain said: Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.  What did he mean?


29(3) The Allies Turn the Tide (939-945) 
1. Identify Rosie the Riveter, D-Day, Yalta Conference 
2. Read Witness history (939) why did WWII become a total war for the US?  
3. Read the infographic (941) identify three new WWII technologies and explain how they were used to win the war. 
4. Read the three biographies on page 944, identify each of the 3 Allied leaders, their country and two facts about the leaders from each reading.
5.  Honors only  Answer questions 3,4,5 on page 945 or list 6 bullets from the section.

Separate homework grade: 
Read D-Day 946-7, answer the three thinking critically questions on page 947

29(4) Victory in Europe and the Pacific (948-951)
 1. Identify VE Day, island hopping, kamikaze, Manhattan Project
2. Answer map skills question #3 on page 949.
3. Draw the shape of the nuclear cloud on page 950.
4. Honors only answer  checkpoint questions 3, 4 on page 851 in complete sentences or bullet 6 facts from the section

Sunday, November 1, 2020

CP1 31-2, 31-2 Due November 6

  


31(1)  Aggression, Appeasement and War (769-774)
1. Define sanction, appeasement, pacifism, Anschluss
2. Look at the map on page 769.  What three continents did the Axis have areas under control?
3. Read the biography of Haile Selassie (770).  What were the years of his rule of Ethiopia?  Who
      interrupted his rule in 1935?
4. Look at the picture on 771.  Who were the two rulers of the Rome-Berlin Axis pictured?
5. Read Global Connections (772) Who was the American writer and what was his book about the
      Spanish Civil War?
6. Look at the map on 773.  Answer question #2+3
7. Answer questions 4+5 on page 774.

31(2) the Global Conflict: Axis Advances (775-780)
1. Identify blitzkrieg, radar, sonar
2. What airplane is pictured  on page 775?  Draw the markings on its wings.
3. Read rationing and New Products (776).  What three products were made because of shortages in
    WWII?  What products did they replace? 
4. Read Surviving the Blitz(777).  What was the blitz and who survived it?
5. Who is pictured on page 779?
6. What is pictured on page 780?  What day did this date of infamy occur?
7. Answer questions 4,5,6 on page 780.

Saving the Children: Sir Nicholas Winton


Watch the video:

https://youtu.be/c0aoifNziKQ


1. What are the characteristics of a hero?

2. What would you do in the face of adversity?

3. What did Nicholas Winton do to save the children?

4. How did he break the law to save children?

5. Why didn't Winton make a big deal of his actions after WWII?

5.