FRIDAY--APRIL 24

Honors US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in Europe?

CW:
video clip:
Bataan Death March (from The War)
handout:
1942--a pivotal year in WWII
video clip: Operation Torch
Operation Husky/Mincemeat
Nov. 1943: Tehran Conference
D-Day reading/ Operation Overlord
video clips:
German defenses along the Atlantic Wall in France (from VHS tape)
Operation Fortitude
D-Day clips from The War
video clip: first 15 minutes from Saving Private Ryan

HW:
Text pp. 770-73
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US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in WWII?

CW:
WWII maps
WWII comes to an end--1945:
video clips from The War:
Yalta Conference (Feb. 1945)
Firebombing of Dresden
Iwo Jima
Firebombing of Tokyo; effects of destruction;  Robert McNamara on proportionality  (show whole clip)
Battle of Okinawa
Ketsu Go! (video clip from Victory in the Pacific)
July 16, 1945: Trinity Test
U.S.S. Indianapolis
discussion:
what were some possible alternatives to dropping atomic bombs on Japan?

HW:
Atomic Bomb Docs
26-1 RG