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 * Lesson II (2 class periods): Why did the United States enter World War II? **

** Objectives: ** Students will: · explain that factors that led to the U.S. entry into the war. · explain why Pearl Harbor was the final deciding factor for the U.S. entry into the war. · explain how the war affected the future of the United States. ** Day One: ** [60 minutes] · Teacher will explore students’ personal experience with war by asking about o How students have been affected by war o If they have any family members that have been affected or are still affected by war o If they know anyone that is at war today · Teacher will lead a balanced discussion of the positive and negative effect of war on those involved. This will include economic, social, emotional, political effects. · The class will briefly discuss the timeline they created and determine what questions on the KWL chart they have answered. · Teacher will activate students’ knowledge of World War I and the Great Depression. Students will discuss situations in which they wanted anything that they could not have. If yes, I want to ask them why he/she wanted something that they could not get it. Comparisons will be drawn between this and the thinking of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and how the Great Depression made the decision on war much more difficult. This will lead in to a discussion of the factors that led to the US involvement in World War II. · Students will complete a graphic organizer (see Appendix A) during the discussion of these factors. Discussion will include: o Reasons that the world was at war and the things that each side wanted to accomplish through war. o The Allied and Axis powers and how alliances created rivalries between countries that may have not been upset with other areas upon entry to the war. o How European countries began turning to fascism in an attempt to get out of the economic trouble and how Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain began pushing other countries around during this time. o The course that democratic nations (England, France, and the United States) began taking against the fascist threat. o The United States’ attempt at staying neutral and isolated. o The growing tension between the Japanese and the Americans only fueled the fire for American entry into the war. o The final straw that got the United States into WWII was on the morning of December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Students will view a video that breaks down the Second World War prior to the entry of the U.S., discussing some of the factors for why the U.S. entered (Lou Reda Productions, 2004). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Day Two: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> [60 minutes] · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Teacher will briefly review information from the day before by linking it to the timeline that students created. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">In pairs, students will create brief newspaper articles to go with the newspaper headline, “US Declares War” on December 8, 1941. This article will serve as an assessment of learning for this lesson. The rubric in Appendix B will be given to students and will be used to evaluate their learning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Graphic organizers will be submitted for a completion check.