Road+to+World+War+II+and+It's+Aftermath

UNIT TITLE Road to World War II and Its Aftermath

DESIGNED BY Patricia Compton August 24, 2010

Goal/Purpose of Unit To understand American foreign policy of the 1930’s and 1940’s and how it affected life in the United States During those years. New York State Learning Standards
 * Stage 1 – Desired Results **

Enduring Understandings

Students will understand __that__…… · the US changed its foreign policy from isolationism and neutrality to global involvement · the US became involved in World War II and helped to end the war · American’s lives at home were changed · The Cold War was an aftermath of World War II  · The US endeavored to stop the spread of communism after WWII

Essential Question(s) 1. How did world events change American foreign policy from one of isolationism to a growing commitment to global involvement? 2. What actions did Presidents Roosevelt and Truman take that influenced the outcome of the war? 3. How did World War II change the lives of women, African Americans and Japanese Americans? 4. Why did the US and the Soviet Union change from being allies to enemies? 5. How did US economic aid build its influence in Europe and Asia? 6. How did the fear of communism lead to the violation of civil rights in the US? Knowledge

Students will know…… Key People: · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Harry S. Truman · Adolf Hitler · Joseph Stalin · Joseph McCarthy <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Key Terms: · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Lend-Lease Act · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Manhattan Project · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Rosie the Riveter · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Relocation Camps · //<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Korematsu v. United States // · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Allies/Axis Powers · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Containment · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Iron curtain · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Truman Doctrine · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Marshall Plan · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Cold War · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">NATO · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">38th parallel · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">McCarthyism · <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">propaganda <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Skills

<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Students will be able to…… · Identify the key actions and events that led the US to join World War II  · Analyze political cartoons to identify the issues of the day · Read/interpret maps that identify the effects of the Cold War · Make a poster to show how fear (propaganda) of others has affected civil rights in US History

<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Pre-Assessment · Give students the list of key terms and names and see what they know/remember · Make a What I Know/What I Want to Know chart <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Assessments · Teacher made multiple choice, DBQ, and essay tests · <span style="font-family: "NewCaledonia","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Discuss how the threat of communism during the Cold War affected the <span style="font-family: "NewCaledonia","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">United States in the period from 1945 to 1960 (DBQ) http://www.nysedregents.org/USHistoryGov/20060816exam.pdf · Foreign Policy Since 1900. http://www.nysedregents.org/USHistoryGov/20050127exam.pdf <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Performance Task · Poster (see above)
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Required Materials for Unit:

<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Books US History (Firelight Books [|www.firelightbooks.com]) We the People (US History Text) – People’s Publishing Group <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Web Connections [] (Woman in WWII) [] (The Cold War) [] (McCarthyism) <span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Other

<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Lessons on: · Isolationism/neutrality to Lend-Lease · The Home Front – Women and minorities in WWII · Pearl Harbor · Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki · Japanese American Relocation – //Koramatsu v US// · Truman Doctrine · Marshall Plan · Korean Conflict/Vietnam War as containment · Berlin Airlift · McCarthyism