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Although at the post war peace talks President Woodrow Wilson wished above all to prevent future wars, the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I, is widely considered to have contributed to the rise to power of the Nazi party in Germany. However, quite a few questions must be answered before we can draw our own conclusion.
Was the Treaty of Versailles an attempt to ensure that Germany would never again pose a military threat?
Did the Treaty, as the Nazis claimed, place an unfair and unnecessary burden on Germany?
Did German politicians exploit the treaty as propaganda to support a German revolution?
We will do our best to answer these questions today and draw our own conclusions.
Image Analysis: What is the main idea of the political cartoon on the left?
Background:
The victorious powers in WWI - The US, France and Great Britain - wanted to make sure that Germany could never again have the economic or military resources to fight a war ever again. The Treaty of Versailles, respectively known as the Treaty of Peace was their attempt at doing just that - permitted Germany from fighting another war. However, it may have also permitted Germany from ever being self-sustaining or even fully developed.
Question: How did The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations from World War I contribute to another World War?
You will work in a group as an Allied or Axis power to analyze a few parts of the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations.
The United States may seem like a country who is far from shy about getting involved in military conflict. However, the US has a history of being isolationist - belief in remaining neutral and uninvolved in world conflict. In fact, before WWII, the US tried very hard to stay out of the conflict. As Great Britain and France were fighting the Nazi's the US attempted to help out in the war without actually declaring war or putting American lives at risk. Lets watch part of John Greene video to learn more.
Connection to Today: Does the US still have a responsibility to "lend-lease"? Many people argue that the US spends way to much money on the rest of the world and does not focus enough on American citizens. Explore the source on how much $ the US really spends on the rest of the world. Support or oppose this policy in the discussion below
After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. The Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland on September 17, 1939.
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D-Day
Dictionary result for D-Day
/ˈdē ˌdā/
noun
Operation Overlord
the day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
"it's D-day at the Websters', as Sally gives Kevin an ultimatum"
Essential Question: How does life on the home front change during wartime?
What changed and had to change?
Statement: To win the war, the U.S. needed 16 million active duty men to be soldiers in the military. The U.S. also needed an all out effort by the men, women, and children back home to support those troops.
Read and present one part of the home front and how it was influenced by the war effort.
Activity 6 How does a nation like the U.S. react in a time of war? Generations of difference!
Unit objective: Why do nations go to war?
How does a nation like the U.S. react in a time of war? Generations of difference!
Directions: There is 4 days worth of information and organizers about the US and how we react to war in the past. Read and answer the organizers of the past as well as predict how your generation will react in the future
It’s super simple, actually. Like, really, mindbogglingly simple. If he had just NOT done this ONE THING, he probably would have won World War II, or at least been able to carve out a German empire that would have lasted for a long time.
Ready?
“Don’t attack Russia.”
That’s literally all there was to it. All he had to do was NOT open up another front that his troops had to fight on, antagonize someone he had an agreement with to NOT fight, and keep on with his original plan.
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Hitler wrote an essay in school, on what Napoleon did wrong. How he shouldn’t have attacked Russia, nor done it when he did. The Russian winter devastated Napoleon. Hitler knew this and wrote about it, pointing out what a failing point it was.
And then he did the exact same thing.
Can you.......
1. Identify the causes of World War II
2. Identify the role the U.S. had in WWII?
3. See how the war changed and influenced everything moving forward
Exit: Name something from the home front that supported the war effort.
Activity 8
US Public Opinion
Essential question:How does life on the home front change during wartime?
Germany and Japan
What rhetoric can you identify about Germany and Hitler and Japan and Tojo?
You will be reading about Betty, a 15 year old girl who has a great story to tell about being a young girl in America during WWII. Start with the tab titled Changes. As you read, focus on the following targets:
In what ways did her life change?
How did the lives of other women change?
What types of jobs did women have during the war?
What did Americans have to do differently, or use more sparingly?
What happened after WWII?
When you are done, find a partner who also read about women in the war. Share your responses and discuss what you learned.
Then, find another partner that read about African Americans in the war and share what you learned with your classmate.
You will be reading about African American men who fought bravely for the US even though they experienced racism and discrimination at home. As you read, focus on the following targets:
What is a segregated unit? What is integration?
What jobs did African Americans have at first?
How did African Americans prove themselves in WWII? Provide details
What was the Double V campaign?
When you are done, find a partner who also read about African Americans in the war. Share your responses and discuss what you learned.
Then, find another partner that read about women in the war and share what you learned with your classmate.
9A Internment of the Japanese Violation of the Constitution or protection for the US?
How constitutional were Internment camps for Japanese citizens? Should the US pay reparations and damages to the Japanese that lost lives and property?
Did the Bill of Rights get violated in these questions?
In the months following WWII, the US wanted revenge on Japan. At the same time as the internment of US Japanese citizens was occurring so was a plan to bomb Japan.
In fear that Japanese Americans, 2/3 of which were American citizens, could not be trusted living freely in the US, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Passed Executive Order 9066. The executive order authorized the US military to forcefully uproot Japanese Americans from their homes and force them to migrate to what historians have named internment camps. You will be presented with 2 very different interpretations of what these internment camps were actually like. Remember, 2/3 of the over 100,000 Japanese were America citizens!
Explore the images above. You could expect to see many of these advertisements and posters in newspapers, magazines, billboards, on the side of buses etc. How do you think the average white American thought of Japanese people during the war?
Discussion Questions:
What do you think Japanese Americans did with their homes? Their businesses? Their belongings?
Once the executive Order was repealed, how do you think Japanese Americans were treated when they returned?
Assignment: Letter Home from an Internment Camp You will compose a letter home from the perspective of a Japanese boy or girl, man or woman, living in an internment camp during WWII. Your letter home should address:
How it feels to be an American citizen who was uprooted from their home
How it feels to know that you have Japanese family members fighting for America against Japan
How it feels to look in the newspaper and see Japanese people portrayed the way American propaganda does.
Small group- Read letters out loud to each other and discuss how it would feel.
- Apology and Reparations- Discuss whether you think Japanese Americans should be apologized to and compensated for these WWII camps.
2. Demonstrate how the home front changed to fight the war
3. See how the war changed and influenced everything moving forward.
Activity 11 Following WWI the Allies punished the Axis with the Treaty of Versailles, should they do the same following WWII?
Question: What should the Allies do, rebuild or punish the defeated country?
Rebuilding Germany and Japan/ Rebuilding Iraq
Objectives:
Predict how foreign policy in the 21st century will be similar and different to foreign policy from before and after WWII.
Big question: How did the U.S. become a world leader after WWII?
Inquiry question: Should the U.S. and the Allies spend the money to rebuild nations defeated in wars?
The U.S. does not want to repeat the same mistakes made from the past. An example is how the allies treated Germany after World War I with the Treaty of Versailles and punishment to its people.
Is the U.S. involvement in global conflicts necessary or worth it?
Is War good for the home front?
WWII Assessment: A Hypothetical WWIII
North Korea is becoming more and more aggressive towards the US and has apparently set off a nuclear bomb in the Pacific Ocean.
Russia has annexed the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine and is quietly supporting an anti-western revolution.
Iran is not showing signs of halting its nuclear enrichment programs.
ISIS is gaining territory in the middle East and Africa.
Israel and Palestine continue to fight and kill one another.
On the verge of WWIII, president Barak Obama has asked you, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to put together a report. The president wants to know everything he can about the pros and cons of US involvement in WWII, the last global conflict the US was involved in, to decide if the US should get involved in the current global conflicts. Therefore, it is your job to answer the following questions for the president: Write a paragraph identifying each of the reasons below.
Is US involvement in global conflicts necessary, or worth it?
Identify and explain 2 pros of US involvement in WWII
Identify and explain 2 cons of WWII
Use the past to connect 1 of the cons to how the US interacts financially with the world today
Conclusion: Is US involvement in a global conflict worth it?
2. Is war good for the home front?
Identify and explain 2 positive impacts of WWII on the US home front
Identify and explain 2 negative impacts of WWII on the US home front
Use the past to connect these negative changes to the home front after 9/11
Conclusion: Are changes to the home front good or bad overall?
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