Unit 6 World War II: The U.S. in WWII
Click on the links in the list below to see work from this unit
Homework Handouts -- not used in 2014
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America Enters the War
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12-1/12-2Mobilizing for War
The Early Battles
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12-3/12-4/12-5Life on the Home Front / Pushing the Axis Back
The War Ends
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Video: "Civilians at War"Video: "Over the Edge" (The Century: America's Time) To watch it directly on YouTube in full screen, click here.
Or click on the videos below to watch it here. It is in 5 parts. You can get the film sheet in class or download it from the link below. |
"Civilians at War"film sheet:
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"Civilians at War" Part 1 |
"Civilians at War" Part 2 |
"Civilians at War" Part 3 |
"Civilians at War" Part 4 |
"Civilians at War" Part 5
WWII Lecture Part 1
Lecture Title: "The US in World War II" -- This lecture is in several parts. Each part has a screencast video lecture. Go to the Daily Assignments page to see which part of the lecture was presented on which dates.
WWII Part 1 Lecture sheet
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WWII Lecture Part 1, Section 1
Lecture Title: "The US in World War II" -- This is Part 1, Section 1. The rest of the Part 1 lecture will be added as we do it in class. Please note that the video will look clear in the embedded format, but will appear blurry if you go to full screen. To watch a better quality full screen version, please click here.
WWII Lecture Part 1, Sections 2 and 3A1
This is a continuation of the WWII Part 1 Lecture. To watch a better quality full-screen version, click here.
WWII Lecture Part 1, Sections 3A2 - 3B5 (the end of Part 1)
This is a continuation and end of the WWII Part 1 Lecture. To watch a better quality full-screen version, click here.
WWII Lecture Part 2
WWII Lecture Part 2 Sections 4 and 5
Click below to view the lecture. The lecture sheet is here.
WWII Lecture Part 2 Sections 6A-6E
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WWII Lecture Part 2 Sections 6F-7 (end)
Click below to view the lecture. The lecture sheet is here.
Pearl Harbor -- video segment of the attack
Click on the embedded videos below to watch the attack on Pearl Harbor. Or click the links here to watch it in full screen on YouTube:
Part 9 -- start it at 38 secs
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13 -- through FDR's speech at 6 min, 30 secs
Part 9 -- start it at 38 secs
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13 -- through FDR's speech at 6 min, 30 secs
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Guest Speaker links
Click below to read the stories of two previous guest speakers to my classes. Take notes on what you read, noting 10 experiences one or the other (or both if you like) went through during their time in WWII. Then write your own reflections as to what it must have been like to be in WWII (at least one full paragraph).
The Bataan Death March
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In class we watched a film called "The Tragedy of Bataan." The assignment was to take a half page of notes, focusing on information that was troubling, different, or shocking. Then students were to write a response to what they learned, about a paragraph. Write to express how you felt about learning about this atrocity, perhaps considering what it might have been like to live through it or to know that someone you were related to did. For those who missed the film, please go to the following links and read about the events of the Battle of Bataan and the Bataan Death March. Then do the same assignment.
Bataan Death March links: Article with overview about the March Oral History (quotes from men who experienced it) of the Death March |
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Band of Brothers Ep. 7 "Breaking Point"
There are various links to short clips of this episode on YouTube that you can watch, but to make this up, you can also read a story of a tank crew who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. For the story, click here.
The assignment: write a summary listing the experiences they had. Then write your response or reaction to those experiences. It should be at least one page long single-spaced. If you need both days, add 10 questions you’d like to ask the men in that tank crew. Write legibly!
The assignment: write a summary listing the experiences they had. Then write your response or reaction to those experiences. It should be at least one page long single-spaced. If you need both days, add 10 questions you’d like to ask the men in that tank crew. Write legibly!
The Pacific, Ep. 2 -- Guadalcanal
To make this up, you can read a story of a Marine who fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal. For this story, click here.
Scroll down past the picture of Midway Atoll and the Brewster Buffalo (plane). Read the Marine's account of the battle and take 10 bullet notes on his experiences. Write ten questions that you'd like to ask him if you could.
Scroll down past the picture of Midway Atoll and the Brewster Buffalo (plane). Read the Marine's account of the battle and take 10 bullet notes on his experiences. Write ten questions that you'd like to ask him if you could.
Video: "Home Front"
Video "Home Front" To watch it directly on YouTube in full screen, click here.
Or click on the videos below to watch it here. It is in 3 parts. You can get the film sheet in class or download it from the link below.
Or click on the videos below to watch it here. It is in 3 parts. You can get the film sheet in class or download it from the link below.
"Home Front" film sheet
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"Home Front" Part 2 |
"Home Front" Part 3 |
"The Pacific" Ep. 5 -- Peleliu (beach landing)
You can make this up by watching some of the story of Eugene Sledge in the documentary about him, called "Sledgehammer: Old Breed Marine." It's linked here.
Other Readings for making up "The Pacific" notes -- Links to Oral Histories
1. Recollections of Captain Charles B. McVay, III, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) which was sunk by Japanese submarine I-58 on 30 July 1045 near the Philippines. Click here.
2.Recollections of CAPT Ann Bernatitus, NC, USN, (Ret.), recounting her service in the Philippines including Bataan, evacuation from Corregidor on USSSpearfish (SS-190); and service on USS Relief (AH-1) during the Okinawa campaign and the return of American prisoners of war from Japanese-occupied China. Click here.
For more oral history links and instructions, click here.
2.Recollections of CAPT Ann Bernatitus, NC, USN, (Ret.), recounting her service in the Philippines including Bataan, evacuation from Corregidor on USSSpearfish (SS-190); and service on USS Relief (AH-1) during the Okinawa campaign and the return of American prisoners of war from Japanese-occupied China. Click here.
For more oral history links and instructions, click here.
"Home Was a Horse Stall" Reading and QuestionsClick below for the reading and the questions.
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"Home Was a Horse Stall" Reading
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"Home Was a Horse Stall" Questions
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