Unit+7




 * Unit 7 Cleaning Up a Battered World**

Learning Targets:
 * 1) Be able to differentiate between America's reasons for entering the Second World War by:
 * 2) Analyzing the causes of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
 * 3) Analyzing the effects of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, including the internment of Japanese Americans.
 * 4) Explain the turning points in the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II.
 * 5) Describing how American domestic and foreign policies were affected by the United States involvement in World War II
 * 6) Form a thesis based on the Unit Prompt and create a synopsis of information to support that argument

Unit Prompt: **Was America's role the Second World War different from its role in the First World War?**

Formative Assessment Packet (250 PTS): Step 1: Notes on the Lectures A Review of the Great Depression and FDR's Economic Plan, the **//New// //Deal//**//.// Overview of WWII US Involvement in WWII Step 2: Discussion

(This can also be used for your a study guide for the World War II Section of your exam...) Diagnostic Assessment Packet (100 PTS):


 * 1) Essay Blueprint: [[file:EssayBlueprint.doc]]
 * 2) 750 Word Essay

Summative Assessment (100 PTS): World War II European Theater and Pacific Theater Comparative Review
 * 1) Use the movies, // Flags of Our Fathers // and // Saving Private Ryan ,// compare and contrast the war experience of American Soldiers in Europe and the Pacific to build a comparative overview documentary about how and why American military policymakers approached each campaign differently. The bullet points below will explain more thoroughly how to accomplish this. Remember to weave the characters and their stories of the movies into your project to create interest, but DO NOT overwhelm your information with evidence from the movies. The movies after all are fiction.
 * Create a Table with 3 Columns and 6 rows.
 * On the first row, label one **column** Topics, label the second **column** US European Forces, and the third **column** US Pacific Forces
 * On the extreme left, label the **second row**: resources, the **third row**: soldier training and preparation, the **fourth row**: government support, the **fifth row:** popular support.
 * You may use Excel or its equivalent to create the table.
 * Be sure that you ask if your table is formatted correctly before proceeding to the next step!!
 * In 150 words per Topic, explain, analyze, and evaluate each Topic. Remember to cite your evidence properly. Remember to use evidence for each column from your Formative and Diagnostic Assessments. If you have not conducted your research for your Formative and Diagnostic Assessments with your Summative Assessment, then you need to make the necessary adjustments to those previous assessments // before // continuing.
 * Once the 150 Word Synopses are completed, and the table is filled in, transfer your information into some type of Presentation Medium in order to enhance the "remembering" quality for each of your evidence abstracts that are associated for the Topic. Presentation Mediums: Magazine Article, Weebly, Documentary, "Facebook Profiles" on wartime leaders and military units, "baseball cards" for each type of soldier and his role.
 * "Show and Tell" to the class.