Download WWII Panorama Oral Exam March 2010

WWII Final Knowledge Project
American Studies Winter 2013
This final project is the culminating assessment to our unit on WWII and
the Holocaust. For this project you will work in small groups to answer
thematic questions about WWII. Together with your teammates you will
be responsible for constructing an intelligent and thorough answer to
your assigned research question. Your answer will address and explain
all important events, terms, and people – a list will be provided for you.
Each group is expected to create one written abstract* (1-2 pages double
spaced), a list of the terms defined, as well as a visual. Each abstract will
be carefully written and edited and be distributed to your peers in
preparation for the examination.
The final examination will consist of a written assessment. Each student
will be responsible for their assigned question, one question assigned at
random, and a final comprehensive question.
Detailed expectations for the written abstract and the visual will be
distributed after vacation.
Successful completion of this assignment requires mature collaboration.
We suggest that your group develop an “action plan” for the following
days where you devise a schedule, assign roles, and/or divide terms.
Due dates:
Rough Draft of written abstract:
Day 1: February 28th
Day 2: March 1st
Final Draft:
Day 1: March 8th
Day 2: March 7th
Final written exam and visual due:
Day 1: TBA
Day 2: TBA
*abstract: a concise summary of a large topic that includes all crucial facts and a clear
explanation of their significance
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WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
1. Describe the reasons and beginnings of WWII in Europe prior to
December 1941. Include important people, places, ideas that caused
the war.
Terminology
Student assigned item
Treaty of Versailles
Germany quits League of Nations
Italy Attacks Ethiopia
Francisco Franco in Spain
German Speaking People
Lebensraum
German troops move into the Rhineland
in 1936
Austria annexed
Appeasement /Germany acquires the
Sudetenland
Germany takes the rest of the
Czechoslovakia
Non-Aggression Pact
Germany invades Poland
Blitzkrieg/Erwin Rommel/Maginot Line
France Falls/Vichy government formed
Dunkirk Evacuation
Battle of Britain/ Royal Air Force
Germany Invades USSR
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WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
2. Describe United States involvement in the war in Europe prior to
December 1941.
Terminology
Student assigned item
Neutrality Act of 1935
Neutrality Act of 1936
Neutrality Act of 1937
Cash & Carry
FDR’s Quarantine Speech
Neutrality Act of 1939
Lend Lease program
Destroyers for Bases
USS Greer
USS Reuben James
Atlantic Charter
America First Committe
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WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
3. Describe how Japan marched toward war during the 1930s and
how this march involved the United States by 1941-42. Include
important people, places, ideas that caused our entry into the war.
Terminology
Student assigned item
Manchuria Invaded
USS Panay
US Embargo
Pearl Harbor Attacked/ USS Arizona
USS Enterprise, USS Lexington, USS
Yorktown
Philippines Fall
Bataan Death March
Doolittle Bombs Tokyo
Battle of the Coral Sea *Can be used elsewhere
Battle of Midway *Can be used elsewhere
WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
4. Describe the two sides in the conflict. What alliances were made? Who
were the major players in the alliances? What political factions did
they represent?
Terminology
Student assigned item
Allied Powers US/Great Britain/ USSR
Roosevelt/ Truman /US/ Democracy
Chamberlain, Churchill,
Atlee/GB/Democracy
Stalin/ USSR/ Communism
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
Hitler/Germany/Nazi
Mussolini/ Italy/Fascist
Hirohito/ Japan/Emperor (God like)
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WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
5. What were the strategies employed by the Allies in the European
Theater and Pacific Theater? Who were the commanders of the
Allied effort in both theaters?
Terminology
Student assigned item
General George Marshall
General Dwight Eisenhower
General George Patton/General Bernard
Montgomery
Soviets used a scorched earth policy
Soviets pushed from the East
Allies invaded North Africa
Allies invaded Italy
Allies invaded Normandy/Western
Europe
Island Hopping in the Pacific
General Douglas MacArthur
Admiral Chester Nimitz
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WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
6. Cite one key point or moment in each theater of war that changed the
outcome of the war in favor of the Allies. Explain your reasoning for
your choice.
Terminology
Student assigned item
European Theatre
Allies invade Italy
Invasion of Normandy/ D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Dunkirk Evacuation
Pacific Theatre
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
US Victory Guadalcanal
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle for Iwo Jima
WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
7. Describe the actions of the US Government toward JapaneseAmericans after the attack of December 7, 1941. Be clear using evidence
that explains the rationale and facts as they were known in 1941. Was
this action warranted?
Terminology
Student assigned item
Japanese- Americans
FDR’s Executive Order 9066
West Coast & Hawaii
Racism
Issei Nisei Sansei
General John L. DeWitt
Enemy Alien Control Program
Relocation Camps
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WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
8. How did American civilians respond and help win the war at home?
Give examples
Terminology
Student assigned item
Selective Service Act of 1940
Rationing/ food supplies/ gasoline
Recycling Metal, Rubber
Blackouts
War bonds
Victory gardens
Rosie the Riveter/women working
WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
9. How did the use of new technology change warfare in WWII? What
new technologies were the most important during the war?
Terminology
Student assigned item
V-1 & V-2 rockets
Messerschmitt 262
Nylon
Sonar
Radar
Penicillin
Synthetic Rubber
Manhattan District Project/Atomic Bomb
Albert Einstein
Robert Oppenheimer
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Enola Gay
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
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WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
10. Of the major conferences conducted during WWII by the Allies,
which one was the most important and why?
Terminology
Student assigned item
Atlantic Conference
Aug 1941
Casablanca Conference Jan 1943
Cairo Nov 1943
Teheran Conference Nov 1943 *
Yalta Conference Feb 1945 *
United Nations Conference Apr 1945
Potsdam Conference July 1945
* FDR, Churchill, Stalin together
WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
11. Describe the mechanisms the Nazis put in place to carry out the
Holocaust in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. Please give specific
examples on the US position toward the Holocaust during this time
period.
Terminology
Student assigned item
Holocaust
Nuremburg Laws
Kristallnacht
SS St. Louis
Final Solution
Heinrich Himmler
Schutzstaffel/SS
Concentration Camps/Death Camps
Warsaw Uprising
Dachau
Auschwitz-Birkenau
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WWII Knowledge Groups Winter 2013
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(Team Members)
12. What were the results of victory in August 1945 ending the Second
World War?
Terminology
Student assigned item
V-E Day / V-J Day
Liberation of Death Camps
East & West Germany
Nuremberg Trials
Iron Curtain
Balance of Power shifted
Cold War
13. Of all the items of WWII, which one is the most important piece?
Your answer should show insight and reflection to the totality of the
war.
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World War II Knowledge Groups 2013 Day 1
Question 1
Question 2
Brett, Turner
Longe, Barry
Sayles, Hailey
Schlein, Gabby
Sabourin III, Paul
Jackman, Hannah
Rotax, Melanie
Question 3
Question 4
Rickner, Julie
Martin, Reed
Jipner, Mark
Gracie, Gretchen
Thygesen, Cale
Question 5
Question 6
Reiss, Samantha
Mattison, Gabe
Rozendaal, Louissa
Gervia, Quinn
Bachand, Ian
Bonar, Hannah
Question 7
Question 8
Atkins, Brittany
Moody, Izzy
Thompson, Anna
Charnley, MK
Question 9
Question 10
Driscoll, Samantha
Chandler, Karen
Livingston, Meghan
Kamman, Sawyer
Cousineau, Josh
Question 11
Question 12
Fay, Ashlie
Ford, Trinity
Olivetti, Bakari
Skiffington, Young Joo
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