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SOCIAL STUDIES
SS40—World War II
Course #:
SS-40
Course Name: World War II
Prerequisites: None
Grade Level:
Level of Difficulty: Average
# of Credits: ½ (One semester)
The following Social Studies performance objectives are integrated throughout the entire course:
SS40 World War II
Students should know and be able to…
Priority Performance Objective
Link to S1C8-PO2 (d.)
Analyze the impact the Treaty of Versailles had on
European nations, with emphasis on Germany.
Linking Performance Objective
Vocabulary/
Knowledge
Suggested Activities
S2C8-PO4 (a.)
Assess the impact of the rise of dictators with
emphasis on the rise of Hitler and Nazism
Analyze the causes and effects of German
militarism and territorial gains
S2C8-PO4 (f.)
Analyze the consequences of the Munich
Conference and appeasement
S2C8-PO4 (C.)
Analyze the impact of the Non-Aggression Pact
Link to S1C8-PO2 (D.), S2C8-PO4 (d.)
Describe the reasons for Japanese imperialism and
militarism
Link to S1C8-PO2 (g.)
Analyze Japan’s strategy and decision to attack
Pearl Harbor
Assess Japan’s territorial gains after Pearl Harbor
Link to S1C8-PO2 (b.)
Describe the United States movement away from
isolationism
Examine the European Theater from 1939-1941, with
emphasis on strategy, major battles, military and political
leaders
Plain text denotes Mesa Public Schools guidelines and/or performance objective.
Bold text denotes exact wording and punctuation from the Arizona Academic Content Standard.
i.e.-(abbreviation for “that is”) precedes a specific list of items in which all of the items should be used; i.e. examples will be used in a testing situation.
e.g.-(abbreviation for “for example”) precedes a list of examples provided as options; other examples may be appropriate but not included; e.g. examples may be used in a testing situation.
Italics denote a repetition of a performance objective (learned in an earlier grade) that is to be applied to grade level content or at a higher level of complexity.
MPS Governing Board Approval, March 10, 2009
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SOCIAL STUDIES
SS40—World War II
SS40 World War II
Students should know and be able to…
Priority Performance Objective
Link to S1C8-PO2
Examine the U.S. entry into the war
Linking Performance Objective
Link to S1C8-PO2 (e.)
Analyze the economic and social impact of WWII
on the home front, with emphasis on women and
minorities, and the use of propaganda
Link to S1C8-PO2 (f.)
Cause and effects of Japanese Internment
Assess the impact of the Manhattan Project
Vocabulary/
Knowledge
Suggested Activities
Service Learning: Students will
interview a WWII veteran and
video tape & record their
responses to present to the
class
Service Learning: Students will
interview a veteran of Japanese
internment and video tape &
record their responses to
present to the class
Link to S1C8-PO2 (h.)
Examine the Nazi’s Final Solution and the Holocaust
Examine the European Theater from 1942-1943, with
emphasis on strategy, major battles, military and political
leaders
Examine the Pacific Theater from 1942-1943, with
emphasis on strategy, major battles, military and political
leaders
Examine the European Theater from 1944-1945, with
emphasis on strategy, major battles, military and political
leaders
Analyze the final battles of the European Theater
Examine the Pacific Theater from 1944-1945, with
emphasis on strategy, major battles, military and political
leaders
Link to S1C8-PO2 (g.)
Analyze the final battles of the Pacific Theater and
the decision to use the atom bomb
Assess the cost of WWII: financially, socially and
geographically for all nations
Link to S1C9-PO1
Examine the United States and Soviet philosophy
in Europe, the beginning of the Cold War including
the Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift and the United
Nations
Plain text denotes Mesa Public Schools guidelines and/or performance objective.
Bold text denotes exact wording and punctuation from the Arizona Academic Content Standard.
i.e.-(abbreviation for “that is”) precedes a specific list of items in which all of the items should be used; i.e. examples will be used in a testing situation.
e.g.-(abbreviation for “for example”) precedes a list of examples provided as options; other examples may be appropriate but not included; e.g. examples may be used in a testing situation.
Italics denote a repetition of a performance objective (learned in an earlier grade) that is to be applied to grade level content or at a higher level of complexity.
MPS Governing Board Approval, March 10, 2009
2