Testing Schedule
Monday 12/14 1st and 3rd period exams 2nd and 4th regular day Tuesday 12/15 5th and 7th period exams 6th and 8th regular day Wednesday12/16 2nd and 4th period exams 1st and 3rd regular day Thursday 12/17 6th and 8th period exams 5th and 7th regular day Fri 12/18 1/2 day with C Day classes all classes 20 minutes |
This map shows the Axis Powers' greatest extent of control. In late 1941, the German invasion of the Soviet Union had stalled due to overextended supply lines and freezing temperatures
11/30 (Mon) or 12/1 (Tues)
assign 1940s Presentation topics (mastery grade) read Pp. 227-238 from text (understanding grade) 12/2 C day (Wed) makeup day 12/3 (Thur) or 12/4 (Fri) volunteer WW2 Presentations read Pp. 239-248 (understanding grade) 12/7 (Mon) or 12/8 (Tues) required WW2 Presentations semester review topics 12/9 C Day (Wed) makeup day 12/11 (Fri) final day for WW2 pages semester review topics (engagement grade) |
This map shows the Japanese Empire at its greatest extent. Following the US victory at the Battle of Midway in June of 1942, the Japanese Empire continued to lose territory until the Empire's surrender in August of 1945
(4:36) video on the reasons behind the rise of the Japanese military before 1941
Imperial Japan, Benito Mussolini's Italy and
Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany were the called the Axis Powers in World War Two |
The US Supports Isolationist Foreign Policy
not a member of League of Nations high tariffs on foreign imports immigration quotas Neutrality Acts Exemptions to Isolationism cash and carry sales to United Kingdom "Quarantine" Speech (to isolate Japan) Flying Tigers in China (fighting Japanese) Lend-Lease Act (to send supplies to UK) Atlantic Charter (to justify possible US entry into war) Long video (17:35) on the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor |
The Flying Tigers were American pilots flying in the Republic of China Air Force against Japanese targets.
Japan and China began fighting the 2nd Sino-Japanese War in July of 1937. Some historians argue that this date is the real start of World War Two The US Enters the War
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor US Navy attacked on December 7, 1941 US declares war on the Empire of Japan Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declare war on the US |
Life On America's Homefront
Rationing and the sale of war bonds Victory Gardens aided in growing food Office of War Information & Propaganda Women join the workforce Tuskegee Airmen Internment of Japanese Americas President Roosevelt made Executive Order Korematsu vs. US |
US Propaganda poster promoting Victory Gardens
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The War in Europe
The Nazi Government murdered millions of people through a policy of genocide June 6th 1944 Allies cross the English Channel and invade France Spring of 1945 the Allies (US, British) attack Germany from the West; the Soviets attacking Germany from the east May 1945 Germany surrenders ending the war in Europe |
The US Invasion of Normandy, France in 1944 (D-Day)
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War in the Pacific
Bataan Death March (1942) Navajo Code Talkers Battle of Midway (1943) Atomic Bombs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945) |