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KEY LEARNING OF THIS UNIT
The rise of dictatorships in the 1930’s led to World War II. The United States played a major role in the war, fighting in Europe,
Africa and Asia. Afterwards, the United States emerged as a global superpower, abandoned isolationism, and began building
alliances around the world.
UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Was this generation of Americans really the “Greatest Generation” and how did they influence America’s influence globally?
CONCEPT
In the 1930’s, global economic problems
brought dictators to power in Europe and
Japan.
LEQ
What were the significant events,
people, vocabulary, maps, and
timeline of World War 2 events?
2. How do I create a World War 2
amusement park or gameboard or
production interview?
3. Who were the Allies and Axis
Powers in World War II?
VOCABULARY
Allies, Axis Powers, Rome/Berlin/Tokyo Axis
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LEQ
What caused the rise of totalitarian
governments in Europe and Asia?
What were the types of governments
of the Axis Powers and how did it
effect life in their country?
How did the leaders of the Axis
powers rise to power?
CONCEPT
The shadow of World War I loomed large in
the minds of European leaders in the late
1930’s. Although Nazi Germany appeared
increasingly aggressive, Britain, France and the
United States wanted to avoid another bloody
conflict. Efforts to negotiate peaceful
agreements with Nazi Germany failed.
LEQ
1. How did countries appease Hitler
and his actions?
2. Do you think appeasement works
when trying to bargain with an
enemy?
3. What was the success of the
Blitzkrieg early in the war?
CONCEPT
As World War II began, the United States
remained officially neutral but aided Great
Britain considerably in its fight against
Germany. In the Pacific, Japan’s territorial
expansion led to growing tensions with the
United States, which peaked when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor.
LEQ
1. What were the causes and effects of
FDR’s “Quarantine Speech”
concerning the Panay Incident,
Finnish Interlude, Robin Moor
Sinking, aid to Russia, Economic
Crackdown on Japan, and Last Ditch
Negotiations with Japan?
VOCABULARY
Treaty of Versailles, Rhineland, Sudetenland,
Munich Conference, appeasement, Anschluss,
blitzkrieg, Neville Chamberlain, “peace in our
time,” German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact,
Molotov, Ribbentrop
LEQ
1. What is the importance Dunkirk, the
Battle of Britain, and Operation
Barbarossa?
2. Should America stay neutral or get
involved in World War II?
VOCABULARY
Quarantine speech, Panay Incident, Robin
Moor, Hideki Tojo, Reuben James
VOCABULARY
Communism, Fascism, Nazism, Capitalism,
Militarism, Hirohito, Fransicso Franco, Adolf
Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Josef Stalin, Winston
Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Brown shirts,
Black shirts, SS, Big Lie, Purge, USSR, Lenin,
collectives, Five Year Plans, “show trials”, Il
duce, Der Fuhrer, Manchuria, Rape of Nanking
VOCABULARY
Maginot Line, Dunkirk, sitzkreig, Operation
Dynamo, Luftwaffe, Herman Goering, RAF,
“we shall never surrender,” “this is our finest
hour,” “never in human history do we our so
much to so few,” Winston Churchill, the blitz,
“carpet bombimg, Operation Barbarossa, “wolf
packs,” Enigma
LEQ
How did Hitler rise to power?
What are the main countries or
Europe, Africa, and Asia involved in
World War II?
LEQ
What were the arguments for and
against U.S. isolationism and
internationalism in the 1930’s?
2. How did America slowly move
towards war by providing aid to the
Allies?
3. What were FDR’s “Four Freedoms”?
Do you agree with these freedoms at
any cost?
VOCABULARY
Nye Report, Neutrality Acts 1935,1936,1937,
and 1939, Lend Least Act, Destroyers for Bases
Deal, Four Freedoms, FDR, Spanish Civil War,
Guernica, League of Nations, America First
Committee, Atlantic Charter, Hemispheric
Defense zone,
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VOCABULARY
Der Furher, Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Big Lie,
propaganda, Goebbels, National Socialist
German Workers Party, anti-semitism, “master
race,” Aryan, Mein Kampf, Reichstag
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LEQ
What caused tensions between Japan
and the United States during the
1930’s?
2. Compare Japanese and American
viewpoints towards one another and
the harsh propaganda towards each
other.
3. What were the different
interpretations concerning who was
more responsible for the Pearl Harbor
attacks? What can we learn from
these interpretations?
VOCABULARY
Hirohito, Pearl Harbor, U.S.S. Arizona, Henry
Stimson, Walter C. Short, Husband Kimmel,
George C. Marshall, tora tora tora, “a day
which will live in infamy,” December 7, 1941,
“awakened a sleeping giant,” battleship row,
Hideki Tojo, Operation Magic, General
Douglas MacArthur, Doolittle’s Raid, Bataan
Death March
LEQ
1. What was the historical significance
and consequences of the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor?
2. How does the attack on Pearl Harbor
relate to the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
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VOCABULARY
Hirohito, Pearl Harbor, U.S.S. Arizona, Henry
Stimson, Walter C. Short, Husband Kimmel,
George C. Marshall, tora tora tora, “a day
which will live in infamy,” December 7, 1941,
“awakened a sleeping giant,” battleship row,
Hideki Tojo, Operation Magic
CONCEPT
The early battles of the war on both fronts
required changes in strategy from all sides.
After the British and American troops won
victories in North Africa and Italy, Allies
leaders made plans for the invasion and
ultimate destruction of Germany with goals to
create a peaceful post war world.
LEQ
1. What was the Second Front
Controversy and who should the
United States focus more of their
efforts?
CONCEPT
Fierce fighting in the Pacific theater by the
United States through island hopping
eventually gained the unconditional surrender
of the Japanese through the use of atomic
bombs.
VOCABULARY
Review of previous vocabulary terms
VOCABULARY
Chester Nimitz, Douglas MacArthur, Admiral
Halsey, “I shall return,” Battle of the Coral Sea,
Battle of Midway, Admiral Yamamoto, U.S.S.
Yorktown, U.S.S. Lexington, Battle of Tarawa,
Okinawa, Iwo Jima, kamikaze, island hopping,
Battle of Guadalcanal, Mt. Suribachi
LEQ
1. Should the United States have
dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?
Were there any other options?
2. What were the major consequences
as a result of the atomic bomb?
3. How did the battles of Iwo Jima and
Okinawa influence the decision to
drop the atomic bomb?
VOCABULARY
“Little Boy,” “Fat Man,” “Enola Gay,” Bock’s
Car,” Hiroshima, Nagasaki, August 6, 1914,
August 9, 1945, Manhattan Project, Enrico
Fermi, Albert Einstein, Oppenheimer, V-J Day,
napalm, General Curtis LeMay, Harry S.
Truman, Operation Olympic
LEQ
1. Which significant person involved in
World War II should be inducted into
the World War II Hall of Fame?
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LEQ
How were the battles of El Alamein
and Stalingrad turning point battles in
1942?
What are the experiences and
preparations of the typical American
G.I.
VOCABULARY
El Alamein, Bernard Montgomery, Erwin
Rommel, Desert Fox, Afrika Corps, Kasserine
Pass, Operation Husky, Operation Torch,
George Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Battle
of Stalingrad, Molotov cocktails, convoy
system
LEQ
1. How did the Allies prepare for the
invasion of Fortress Europe? Were
they successful?
2. Why do you think this day is
considered one of the most important
days in World/American history?
VOCABULARY
Strategic bombing, carpet bombing, D-Day,
hedgerow, Casablanca Conference, Fortress
Europe, June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord,
Double Cross, Operation Fortitude, French
Resistance
LEQ
1. What were the factors leading up to
the Battle of the Bulge and the major
results?
2. What was the importance of the “Big
Three” conferences (Teheran, Yalta,
Potsdam, and U.N.)?
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LEQ
Why was the Battle of Midway a
major turning point in the Pacific
theater?
How do you evaluate the U.S.
strategy of island hopping?
VOCABULARY
See names on Hall of Fame assignment sheet or
all of the names on the unit planning map
VOCABULARY
Bastogne, Battle of Britain, Omar Bradley,
Teheran Conference, Yalta Conference,
Potsdam Conference, United Nations, V-E Day
CONCEPT
Although women and African Americans
gained new work opportunities, Latinos and
Japanese Americans faced violence in
American cities. To assist with the war effort,
the government controlled wages and prices,
rationed goods, encouraged recycling, and sold
bonds.
LEQ
1. How did Americans treat Japanese
Americans during World War II?
2. Was the Japanese American
treatment a necessary evil in America
during World War II?
3. What were the Zoot Suit Riots?
VOCABULARY
Zoot suit, victory suit, Executive Order 9066,
War Relocation Authority, Korematsu vs. the
United States, Nisei
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LEQ
How did the role of women change
during World War II and how did
they help win World War II?
What was the social change regarding
women being mass employed?
How successful do you feel the
Double V campaign was carried out?
VOCABULARY
“Rosie the Riveter,” disenfranchised, Double V
Campaign, Tuskegee Airmen, Buffalo Soldiers,
WAAC, WAC, WASPS, Oveta Culp Hobby, A
Philip Randolph, Executive Order 8802, March
on Washington,
LEQ
What was the sacrifice that civilians
made during World War II?
2. What was the role of the government
in mobilizing Americans for war?
3. How did American propaganda help
win the war?
VOCABULARY
“arsenal of democracy,” Henry Stimson, Frank
Knox, George C. Marshall, ration, liberty ships,
War Production Board, Office of War
Mobilization, “GI,” Office of Price
Administration, victory gardens
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