MODERN WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
(RETURN TO SECOND SEMESTER)
UNIT 9 : WORLD WAR 2
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UNIT 9: RESOURCES
UNIT 9: ENRICHMENT
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CORE CURRICULUM STANDARDS
GVC'S
OVERVIEW:
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
- After learning about the rise of militarism and dictators in Europe and the Pacific, students will be able to identify militaristic, political, and economic events following WWI that contributed to their rise in power.
- Students will be able to describe reasons for dictators' rise to power leading up to WW2.
- After a lesson on appeasement prior to WW2, students will be able to define appeasement and evaluate why the policy of appeasement failed.
- Students will analyze the effects of appeasement as a strategy of diplomacy to avoid war.
- After learning about the rise of Allied leaders, students will be able to identify and describe their accomplishments and contributions to the war.
- Students will analyze the rise of allied forces and describe their position of wanting to avoid a repeat of WW1.
- After an overview of the major battles of WW2, students will be able to outline and describe the major battles of WW2.
- Students will study the events and battles that took place during World War II.
- After analyzing sources on the major battles of WW2, students will be able to evaluate the significance of major battles and determine the turning points in the war.
- Students will study the battles and events that took place during WWII, with a focus on DDay, Midway and Pearl Harbor.
- After learning about the U.S. home front during WW2, students will design a commemorative plaque for one of the minority groups and discuss the contributions of each minority group with their peers.
- Students will learn what life was like for Americans on the homefront during World War II.
- After learning about the atomic bomb and the end of WW2, students will be able to identify and describe events surrounding the use of atomic bombs against Japan to end WW2 and the consequences of that decision.
- Students will examine the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their long term impact on the world.
- After learning about the Holocaust, students will analyze the Holocaust, the Allies’ response to the Holocaust, and war crimes.
- After a lesson on the Holocaust, students will be able to understand the repercussions of the genocide and connect its effects to reality.
- Students will be able to identify and describe genocides throughout history and evaluate the limitations of the UN's definition of genocide.