TODAYS LESSON PLAN Lecture over World War II

TODAYS LESSON PLAN • Lecture over World War II • Break up into groups for Wiki discussion • Begin group project

OBJECTIVES • Today you should be able to understand what caused World War 2. • Who was the leaders of the powers. • Understand the leaders on the Allies and Axis powers. • What Europe and Pacific looked like under Nazi and Japanese control. • How the war ended and who won. • Start group projects.

WHY WORLD WAR TWO A lot of things goes into what starts World War Two. Germany, Italy and Japan developed intense nationalist feelings that led to a desire to expand. Japan seized Manchuria from China World War I Great Depression Third Reich is born in Nazi Germany Invasion of Poland

WHEN DID IT START • • • Japan seized Manchuria from China (1931) Italy invasion of Ethiopia (1935) Germany Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1938) Invasion of Poland (September 1, 1939) Great Britain and France declares war (September 3, 1939) • Pearl Harbor (1941)

THE ALLIED LEADERS United States Great Britain Soviet Union

THE AXIS LEADERS Nazi Germany The empire of Japan Italy

EUROPE UNDER NAZI CONTROL 1942

EUROPE 1942 -1945

PACIFIC UNDER JAPAN CONTROL

PACIFIC ALLIED ADVANCES 19421945

THE END OF THE WAR • Italy surrenders on September 8, 1943 and joins the allies. Mussolini executed April 28, 1945 • Germany surrenders on May 7, 1945. Hitler commits suicide • Japan surrenders on September 2, 1945. Tojo hanged on December 23, 1948 for war crimes.

THE TEAMS Team 1 - Brandon, Sarah, Cindy, Cassie, Craig- Battle of Midway Team 2 - Marvin, Denny, Ginny, Mary, Chris- Battle of Britain Team 3 - Cameron, Morgan, Jacob, Barb, Cynthia- Battle of Stalingrad Team 4 - Steve, Vera, Heather, Tyler, Nathan- Battle of Normandy Team 5 - Adam, Danny, Jerry, Emily, Mandy- Battle Leyte Gulf

GROUP WIKI TEAMS

GROUP POWERPOINT Name of the battle: What countries was involved with the battle: Where did the battle take place: When did the battle happen: Details of the battle (ex. troop sizes, troop loses, equipment used, tactics) Who won the battle: How did the battle changed the course of the war: I want every group to answer this question at the end of the power point. “Do you think the United States should have dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan to end the war? Why/Why not.

NEXT LESSON/ AFTER GROUP PRESENTATIONS • The Holocaust • The Bataan Death March • War Crimes Trials

WORK CITED Huges, T. A. (n. d. ). World War II. Retrieved from Britannica: http: //www. britannica. com/event/World-War-II World War 2 in Europe. (1996). Retrieved from The History Place: http: //www. historyplace. com/worldwar 2/timeline/ww 2 time. htm World War II. (n. d. ). Retrieved from History: http: //www. history. com/topics/world-war-ii World War II Facts, information and articles about World War II, 1939 -1945. (n. d. ). Retrieved from History. Net: http: //www. historynet. com/world-war-ii