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Ninth graders analyze political cartoons and posters relating to the United States and Japan in the period following World War II. They discuss the positive and negative consequences of the United States occupation of Japan.
Students examine primary and secondary documents about life on the homefront during World War II. In this World War II activity, students research the conditions of daily life in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany during the war. Students write fictional pieces from the perspectives of citizens during the war.
Sixth graders research American propaganda posters from World War II. They conduct Internet research, watch a PowerPoint presentation, and answer worksheet discussion questions and draw a picture of the poster they find interesting.
Seventh graders discover what the war on the homefront looked like. In this World War II lesson, 7th graders analyze World War II posters to determine how the public was involved in the war effort during World War II. Students discuss their impressions.
Students investigate the geography involved with the fighting of World War II while focusing on answering some key questions with information that is found from conducting research. They use a graphic organizer provided in the lesson to organize the information.
Eleventh graders use the internet to read primary source documents from the World War II era. In groups, they research the role of the USO during this time period and watch a recent film. They role play different roles in the USO and write journal entries from the point of view of someone who worked in the USO itself. To end the lesson, they develop proper interview questions to ask someone who did this work and share their responses with the class.
Students complete a web-quest into a day in the life of a World War II soldier. In this webquest activity, students investigate what life was like for soldiers on the front lines during the second World War. They use note taking skills while visiting teacher assigned web sites before sharing what they learned about the topic.
High schoolers examine Japanese internment camps of World War II. In this World War II lesson, students use primary and secondary sources to research the evacuation process and life within the internment camps. High schoolers discuss the racial bias of the act.
Young scholars examine world history by writing an essay in class. In this World War II lesson, students identify the attack on Pearl Harbor, the response from the U.S and the effect it had on Japanese-Americans. Young scholars define Japanese internment and write a five paragraph essay regarding the situation.
Students come up with conflict resolution strategies dealing with World War II. In this history lesson, students learn about the United Nations and conduct internet research to answer questions. Students then take their research and create a way to inform others about conflicts and resolution ideas that may have been effective during that time period.