WorldWarIIGroupCenters

Center1:OverallReading
Directions:Thisstationistobecompletelyindependent.Youaretoreadthereadingbelowand
completethetasksandquestionsprovided.

Tasks:
Highlightthemainideas
Circlewordsunknown
Summarizeparagraphsinthemargins

JapansPacificCampaign

(modifiedfromWorldHistory,PatternsofInteractionsTextbook)

SurpriseAttackonPearlHarbor:ByOctober1940,AmericanshadcrackedoneofthecodesthattheJapanese
usedinsendingsecretmessages.Therefore,theywerewellawareofJapaneseplansforSoutheastAsia.If
JapanconqueredEuropeancoloniesthere,itcouldalsothreatentheAmericancontrolledPhilippineIslandsand
Guam.TostoptheJapaneseadvance,theU.SgovernmentsentaidtostrengthenChineseresistance.And
whentheJapaneseoverranFrenchIndochinaVietnam,Cambodia,andLaosin1941,Rooseveltcutoffoil
shipmentstoJapan.
Despiteanoilshortage,theJapanesecontinuedtheirconquests.TheyhopedtocatchtheEuropean
colonialpowersandtheUnitedStatesbysurprise.SotheyplannedmassiveattacksonBritishandDutch
coloniesinSoutheastAsiaandonAmericanoutpostsinthePacificatthesametime,AdmiralIsorokuYamamoto,
Japansgreatestnavalstrategist,alsocalledforanattackontheU.SfleetinHawaii.Itwas,hesaid,adagger
pointedatJapansthroatandmustbedestroyed.
DayofInfamy:EarlyinthemorningofDecember7,1941,AmericansailorsatPearlHarborinHawaiiawoketo
theroarofexplosives.AJapaneseattackwasunderway!U.Smilitaryleadershadknownfromacoded
Japanesemessagethatanattackmightcome.Buttheydidnotknowwhenorwhereitwouldoccur.Within
twohours,theJapanesehadsunkordamaged19ships,including8battleships,mooredinPearlHarbor.More
than2,300Americanwerekilledwithover1,100wounded.NewsoftheattackstunnedtheAmericanpeople.
Thenextday,PresidentRooseveltaddressedCongress.December7,1941,hedeclared,wasadatewhichwill
liveininfamy.CongressquicklyacceptedhisrequestforadeclarationofwaronJapananditsallies.
AlmostatthesametimeofthePearlHarborattack,theJapaneselaunchedbombingraidsontheBritish
colonyofHongKongandAmericancontrolledGuamandWakeIslands.Theyalsolandedaninvasionforcein
Thailand.TheJapanesedriveforaPacificempirewasunderway.
TheAlliesStrikeBack:Afterastringofvictories,theJapaneseseemedunbeatable.Nonetheless,the
AlliesmainlyAmericanandAustralianswereanxioustostrikebackinthePacific.TheUnitedStatesin
particularwantedrevengeforPearlHarbor.InApril1942,sixteenB25bombersunderthecommandof
LieutenantColonelJamesH.DoolittlebombedTokyoandseveralotherJapanesecities.Thebombsdidlittle
damage.Theraid,however,madeanimportantandpsychologicalpointtobothAmericansandJapanese:Japan
wasvulnerabletoattack.
TheAlliesTurntheTide:DoolittlesraidonJapanraisedAmericanmoraleandshooktheconfidenceofsomein
Japan.AsoneJapanesecitizennoted,Westartedtodoubtthatwewereinvincible.Inaddition,some
Japaneseworriedthatdefendingandcontrollingavastempirehadcausedthemtospreadtheirresourcestoo
thin.

Slowly,theAlliesbegantoturnthetideofwar.EarlyinMay1942,anAmericanfleetwithAustralian
supportinterceptedaJapanesestrikeforceheadedforPortMoresbyinNewGuinea.Thiscityhouseda
criticalAlliedairbase.ControloftheairbasewouldputtheJapaneseineasystrikingdistanceofAustralia.
InthebattlethefollowedtheBattleoftheCoralSeabothsidesusedanewkindofnavalwarfare.
Theopposingshipsdidnotfireasingleshot.Infact,theyoftencouldnotseeonanother.Instead,airplanes
takingofffromhugeaircraftcarriersattackedtheyships.TheAlliessufferedmorelossesinshipsandtroops
thandidtheJapanese.However,theBattleoftheCoralSeawassomethingofavictory,fortheAllieshad
stoppedJapanssouthwardadvance.
TheBattleofMidway:JapannexttargetedMidwayIsland,some1,500mileswestofHawaii,thelocationofakey
Americanairfield.ThankstoAlliedcodebreakers,AdmiralChesterNimitz,commanderinchiefoftheU.SPacific
Fleet,knewthatahugeJapaneseforcewasheadingtowardMidway.AdmiralYamamotohimselfwasincommand
oftheJapanesefleet.HehopedthattheattackonMidwaywoulddrawthewholeoftheU.SPacificFleetfrom
PearlHarbortodefendtheisland.
OnJune4,withAmericanforceshiddenbeyondthehorizon,NimitzallowedtheJapanesetobegintheir
assaultontheisland.AsthefirstJapaneseplanesgotintotheair,Americanplanesswoopedintoattackthe
Japanesefleet.ManyJapaneseplaneswerestillonthedecksoftheaircraftcarriers.Thestrategywasa
success.Americanpilotsdestroyed332Japaneseplanes,allfouraircraftcarriers,andonesupportship.
Yamamotoorderedhiscrippledfleettowithdraw.ByJune,1942,thebattlewasover.TheBattleofMidway
turnedthetideofwarinthePacific

Questions:
1. WhymighttheAmericanssendtheirentirePacificFleettodefendMidwayIsland?
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2. WhathappenedonDecember7,1941?
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3. HowwilltheAlliesStrikeBack?
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4. WhatwouldhappenattheBattleofMidway?
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Center2:Vocabulary
Directions:Inyourgroupcompletealloftheactivitiesbelow.Aftercompletingtheactivities
belowusingthewordwall/whiteboardsortthewordspicturesandpeopleintothosecategories
forWorldWarII.

Writeasentenceusingeachofthefollowingwordsonthelinesprovided.
Annex____________________________________________________
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Propaganda_________________________________________________
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Final
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Axis
P
ower_________________________________________________
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CompletethefollowingWordConnection/WordSummaries

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Center3:CauseandEffect
Directions:Usethetwodifferentcolorcardsandsortthemintotheircorrectplaces.When
finishedsorting,checkthemwiththeanswerkeyprovided.Aftergettingthemsortedand
copieddowncorrectly,answerthequestionsbelowonthem.

Cause

Effect

BattleofMidway

AttheBattleofStalingrad,Germanywould
haveover90,000troopswhowerestarving
andfrostbittenbythecoldweather

TheAtomicBombswouldbeinvented

Japanwillsurrenderafterthebombingof
HiroshimaandNagasaki

Germansarebeingcontrolledbypropaganda
thatisdistributedbyAdolfHitlerandthe
Nazis

TheAtomicBombswouldbedroppedon
NagasakiandHiroshima

WorldWarIIhasnowofficiallyended.

Questions:
1. Summarizethecauseandeffectsintwosentences.
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2. Placetheeventsonatimelineintheorderthatyouthinktheyhappenedandthenexplain
whyyouthinktheyhappenedinthatorder.

Center4:PrimarySources/Visuals
Directions:Answerallofthequestionsbasedontheresourcesprovidedwithyourgroup.
Reminders!
Answerthequestionsbasedonthecorrect
Resourcesgiven.
Makesuretoanswereverythingincomplete
sentences.
Everyoneinthegroupneedstohelporyou
willworkbyyourselvesfromnowon.
Questions:
1. Whatwillbeusedforthefirsttimeduringthiswar?
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2. Wasthisthemostdestructivewarever?
a. Yes
b. No
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3. Whendidthewaractuallystart?
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4. WhatwouldbethedateandeventthatpeoplethinkwasthestartofWorldWarII?
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5. Describethenewmechanizedtypeofwarthatwouldbecreatedatthistime.
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6. HowwouldGermanyattackGreatBritain?
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7. Whatquote/posterwouldbecreatedduringWorldWarII?
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8. Whywould1941beabigyearintheworld?
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9. Whatdayin1941willliveininfamyandwhy?
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10. WhatdidArgentinadoduringthewar?
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11. Whatwasthehungerplan?
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12. Explainthetopicsnotaskedinthequestionsabovefromthevideo.
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Center5:Timeline
Directions:Putthedatesinchronologicalorderandthenwritethemdownonthetimelinebelow.
Aftercompletingthistaskanswerthequestionsbelow.

Questions:
1. Basedonthetimelineabove,whathappenedfirst?
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2. Whathappenedin1942?
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3. WhatyearwastheBattleofBritain?
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4. WhatyearwouldItalyinvadeEthiopia?
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5. WhywouldItalyinvadeEthiopia?
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6. WhywouldJapanfinallysurrender?
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Center6:NoteTaking
Directions:Fillinthechartbelowbasedonthereadinggivenbysummarizeeachtopic.
JapaneseInternmentCampsintheU.S
Wherewerethey?

Whywouldwehavethem?

Lifeinthecamps?

Aboutthecamps

AtomicBombs
Whereweretheydropped?

Whateffectsdidthebombshaveoneveryoneslives?

Whatdoesthephotographatthebottomofthepage
mean?

Listthreefactsfromthepagenotalreadymentioned
above.

BattleofMidway

TurningpointofthewarinthePacific

AttheBattleofStalingrad,Germanywould
haveover90,000troopswhowerestarving
andfrostbittenbythecoldweather

Germanywillsurrenderduringthisbattle.(notthe
waronlythesinglebattle)

TheAtomicBombswouldbeinvented

TheUnitedStateswouldusethesetolevel
HiroshimaandNagasakiinordertoforceJapanto
surrender.

Japanwillsurrenderafterthebombingof
HiroshimaandNagasaki

WorldWarIIwillofficiallydone.

Germansarebeingcontrolledbypropaganda ThenightofBrokenGlassorKristallnachtwillbe
thatisdistributedbyAdolfHitlerandthe thenightwhenJewishSynagoguesandbusinesses
Nazis
willbedestroyedandburned

TheAtomicBombswouldbedroppedon
NagasakiandHiroshima

Closeto200,000peoplewilldie,theground
temperaturewillrisetoover7,000degrees,
hurricanewindswillstretchover980milesperhr.

WorldWarIIhasnowofficiallyended.

Rebuildingawartornworldwillnowstartandtake
alotofmoneyandtime.


1939GermanyinvadesPoland

1935ItalyinvadesEthiopia

1933AdolfHitlerbecomeChancellorofGermany

June,1942:AlliesdefeatJapaninthebattleofMidway

September,1943:ItalySurrenderstotheAllies

April30,1945:AdolfHitlercommitssuicide

June1940:BattleofBritainwouldtakeplace

September,1945:JapansurrendersendingWW11