Mr. Owens
History Teacher
WWII
1) Students will analyze the causes of WWII
2) Students will explain fighting in each theater of war
3) Students will analyze the legitimacy of the Atomic Bomb
Monday 03/21-03/23 CAASP Schedule
Warm-up: Faces of War Churchill
Objective: Students will examine the impact of the Holocaust on the Jewish population in Europe
1) Axis Advance
2) WWII in Color Battle of the Atlantic
Faces of War FDR
3) Read "The Atlantic Conference"
Thursday 03/24
Warm-up: Faces of war-Emperor Hirohito
Objective: Students will explain the reasons for Japanese expansion
1) Axis Advance "The Pacific"
2) Annotate Baatan Death March Reading
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Monday 03/28
Warm-up: Faces of war- Audie Murphy
Objective: Students will explain which battle was the turning point in the European Theater.
1) Allied Victories Lecture
2) WWII in Color Road to Berlin
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Wednesday 03/30
Warm-up: Faces of war- Georgy Zhukov
Objective: Students will understand the island hopping campaign
1) Museum Curator Project Intro and Work Time
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Thursday 03/31
Warm-up: Faces of war-Douglas McArthur
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Objective: Students will determine which battle was the major turning point in the Pacific.
1) Victory in the Pacific
2) Comparing Comics
Wednesday 04/06
Warm-Up: Faces of War- Henry Stimson
Objective: Students will compare the outcome of conventional warfare against atomic warfare
1) Conventional vs Atomic
2) Allied Bombings Primary Sources
Thursday 04/07
Warm-Up: Faces of War-Paul Tibbets and Robert Oppenheimer
Objective: Students will analyze the legitimacy of America's decision to drop the Atomic Bomb
1) Atomic Argument
2) Greatest Events of WWII-Hiroshima (Netflix)
Monday 04/11
Warm-Up:None
Objective: Students will examine the origins of the Cold War
1) Cold War Intro+Timeline of events
2) Project Work Time
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Wednesday
Warm-up- None
Objective: Students will illustrate content knowledge and research skills by creating a WWII museum project.
1) Museum Project Work Time
2) Test Prep
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Thursday 04/13
Warm-Up: Turn in packets
1) Take WWII Test....
Or Take the Online Course from Hillsdale College. You must answer all of the questions in the packet and take the exam. You do not need to watch the first video in the series. Only watch: Air, Water, Fire, Earth, People, Ends.
All Responses must be hand written!
Take a photo of your final exam score.
2) Museum Project Due