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The End of World War II: Pearl Harbor, Japanese Internment Camps, and the Atomic Bomb Lesson PlanThe End of World War II: Pearl Harbor, Japanese Internment Camps, and the Atomic Bomb Lesson Plan
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The End of World War II: Pearl Harbor, Japanese Internment Camps, and the Atomic Bomb

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The end of World War II saw major events that would forever change the global landscape and international relations. Using a fantastic PowerPoint presentation and several primary source documents, your learners will discuss the bombing of Pearl Harbor, use of atomic weapons by the United States, and effects of the war on Japan and Japanese Americans.

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hiroshima, world war ii, the united nations, pearl harbor, nagasaki, japanese-american internment, d-day

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japanese american, hiroshima, united nations, social studies

Classroom Considerations

  • Resource focuses on the end of World War II, so learners should have prior knowledge of this particular war before beginning the lesson

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  • Wealth of reading material and primary/secondary sources (e.g. FDR's address to the nation after Pearl Harbor, "That Damned Fence" poem, reading from Museum of Tolerance)
  • Detailed instruction on how to present each slide of PowerPoint presentation

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  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.9

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