Special Topics: WWII
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Unit Title | Unit 1: The Rise of Dictators | Unit 2: The Outbreak of War and US Involvement | Unit 3: The Early War Years (1941-1943) | Unit 4: The Home Front | Unit 5: The Tide Turns (1944-1945) | Unit 6: The Legacy of WWII |
Time | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 3 weeks | 2 weeks | 4 weeks | 2 weeks |
Understandings | Students will analyze how the events immediately following World War One influenced the rise of European dictators and Asian military juntas.
Students will analyze why the efforts to appease dictator governments failed to prevent the coming of war. | Students will analyze the early phases of the war, particularly with initial campaigns in Poland, France, and England.
Students will analyze the reasons for US neutrality and evaluate the country’s policies towards preserving that neutrality during the war.
Students will analyze the effects of the attacks on Pearl Harbor in shifting the US neutrality to intervention. | Students will analyze the events that transpired during the Pacific War campaign, including island-hopping.
Students will analyze the key events of the Mediterranean campaign from 1942-1944 including key battles such as Monte Cassino, Anzio, and the Gothic Line.
Students will analyze the development of events in the Eastern European Theater of operations including battles such as Stalingrad and Kursk. | Students will analyze the use of propaganda from multiple nations to motivate national support for the war efforts.
Students will evaluate the impact of the war effort on the development of equity for men and women in America and abroad.
| Students will analyze the progress of the war from D-Day to the end of the fighting in Berlin.
Students will analyze the final two years of the Pacific War and explain the significance of the liberation of Japanese prisoner camps in the Pacific.
Students will analyze and evaluate the decision of dropping the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | Students will analyze the causes and impact of the creation of the United Nations.
Students will analyze the causes of the Nuremberg War Crimes as well as the Tokyo War Trials. |
TEKS | STSS.1B, STSS.1C, STSS.1E, STSS.1G, STSS.2A, STSS.2C, STSS.2D, STSS.2E, STSS.2F, STSS.2H, | STSS.1B, STSS.1C. STSS.1E, STSS.2A, STSS.2C, STSS.2D,STSS.2F, STSS.2H, | STSS.1C, STSS.1D, STSS.1E, STSS.2A, STSS.2B, STSS.2D, STSS.2E, STSS.2H, | STSS.1B, STSS.1D, STSS.1E, STSS.2A, STSS.2B, STSS.2C, STSS.2D, STSS.2E, STSS.2F, STSS.2G, STSS.2H | STSS.1B, STSS.1C, STSS.1D, STSS.1E, STSS.1G, STSS.2A, STSS.2B, STSS.2C, STSS.2D, STSS.2E, STSS.2H, | STSS.1B, STSS.1D, STSS.1E, STSS.2B, STSS.2D, STSS.2E, STSS.2F, STSS.2H, |