WWII



Essential Questions:
 * Do Hard times create strong leaders?
 * How can war effect people in different ways?
 * Is Appeasement an effective strategy?
 * Did the end of the war bring peace or more conflict?


 * You Ask the Questions activity**:
 * Scan through the four sections of the Chapter
 * Ask three or four questions that you would like answered for each of the sections.
 * Please label you questions by sections


 * Axis Aggression**
 * **Why didn't the allies try to get control over more land like the Axis?**
 * **Why did the deal with Stalin make to be a secret?**
 * **Why was Poland the first place that Germany attacked?**
 * **What made the Japanese want to pull a sneak attack on the U.S.?**


 * The Allied Response**
 * **Why did the U.S. offer support insted of just joining the war?**
 * **Why didn't the allies try to gain some land like the Axis where?**
 * **What made the Allies decide that they where going to fight back?**


 * The Holocaust**

Here is a link to an interactive website on WWI:[|WWII: A Global Perspective] The website is an interactive map that include three topic areas: 1. **North America**
 * 2 Europe and Africa**
 * 3. Asia**

A copy of the dialectical journal can be found here..... [|Dialectical journal on WWII Interactive site.doc]
 * Click on one area of the map at a time.
 * This will open a number of thumbnail images that provide different material
 * Comment on what you see and read and hear in the dialectical journal which is divided by designated map areas



Headlines on WWII:

1939: Is the U.S. really nutral during the second World War

1940: Germany bullies Denmark into surrendering

1941: Germany falls victum to the Russian Winter, Pearl Harbor Attack now U.S. Will Enter War

1942: Turning Point: The U.S. sea-based aircrafts take down Japanese carriers

1943: Finally: Hitler has been defeted, But Germany fights back and holds back the allies march into Germany , Finally D-Day comences and take place

1945: Millions left dead after the end of World War II, Atomic Wepones Used: Change War Forever