in the attack on Pearl Harbor. What were points of conflict? What images and messages do the posters convey? Cooperation? How had Japan’s period modernization paralleled that of the United States? 2. Analytical Writing Analyze the home-front experiences of African-Americans, 2. Multiple Perspectives Japanese-Americans, and Mexican-Americans during World War Have students report on the process of Japanese II. internment. What were the political and sociocultural arguments for and against the process? How did the 3. Critical Reading popular media, particularly in the West, portray the process? Have student’s read (or listen to and follow along to) FDR’s war What were Japanese reactions to internment and its effects? message. What are his reasons for asking Congress to declare war in 1941? Compare and contrast this war message with 3. Sources & Historic Record Woodrow Wilson’s 1917 message. Have students gather and analyze newspaper editorials, magazine articles, political cartoons, etc. on the debate of 4. Public Speaking and Presenting isolation and intervention in the buildup to World War II. Have students gather background information from multiple Ask them to compare and contrast the sentiments at the sources on arguments for and against using the atomic bomb. time to those during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Either as a whole class or in small group clusters have students debate the topic as if it were 1945 and they are part of President Truman’s cabinet. Content Vocabulary Adolph Hitler, Poland 1939 Pacific Front “final solution Isolation, Neutrality Midway Nuremberg Trials Lend-Lease Iwo Jima Rationing Japan, Manchuria Okinawa War Bonds Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 Atomic Bomb Wartime production “Defeat Hitler First” Hiroshima Draft (selective service) “island hopping” Nagasaki Rosie the Riveter North Africa: Tuskegee Airmen “Double V” campaign El Alamein Nisei regiments Internment, Stalingrad Navajo code talkers Korematsu v. United States, Normandy Mexican Americans (non-segregated) reparations D-Day (June 6, 1944) Geneva Convention Propaganda Bataan Death March stereotype Holocaust: Genocide
in the attack on Pearl Harbor. What were points of conflict? Cooperation? How had Japan’s period modernization paralleled that of the United States? 2. Multiple Perspectives Have students report on the process of Japanese internment. What were the political and sociocultural arguments for and against the process? How did the popular media, particularly in the West, portray the process? What were Japanese reactions to internment and its effects? 3. Sources & Historic Record Have students gather and analyze newspaper editorials, magazine articles, political cartoons, etc. on the debate of isolation and intervention in the buildup to World War II. Ask them to compare and contrast the sentiments at the time to those during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. What images and messages do the posters convey? 2. Analytical Writing Analyze the home-front experiences of African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, and Mexican-Americans during World War II. 3. Critical Reading Have student’s read (or listen to and follow along to) FDR’s war message. What are his reasons for asking Congress to declare war in 1941? Compare and contrast this war message with Woodrow Wilson’s 1917 message. 4. Public Speaking and Presenting Have students gather background information from multiple sources on arguments for and against using the atomic bomb. Either as a whole class or in small group clusters have students debate the topic as if it were 1945 and they are part of President Truman’s cabinet. Content Vocabulary Adolph Hitler, Poland 1939 Isolation, Neutrality Lend-Lease Japan, Manchuria Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 “Defeat Hitler First” “island hopping” North Africa: El Alamein Stalingrad Normandy D-Day (June 6, 1944) Pacific Front Midway Iwo Jima Okinawa Atomic Bomb Hiroshima Nagasaki Tuskegee Airmen Nisei regiments Navajo code talkers Mexican Americans (non-segregated) Geneva Convention Bataan Death March Holocaust: Genocide “final solution Nuremberg Trials Rationing War Bonds Wartime production Draft (selective service) Rosie the Riveter “Double V” campaign Internment, Korematsu v. United States, reparations Propaganda stereotype
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