THURSDAY--APRIL 30--LAST DAY OF APRIL!! WOW!

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

CW:
War in the Pacific (1942-45)
interactive map
1942
Battle of Midway
Guadalcanal
1943:
Peleliu--Eugene Sledge's account of the battle
 1944:
Saipan--video clip of civilians committing suicide at Marpi Point
1945:
Feb-March--Iwo Jima
video clip: Firebombing of Tokyo--March 9, 1945
map of Japanese devastation from American bombing
April--June:
Battle of Okinawa: video clips from The War:
kamikaze attacks on the navy; combat on Okinawa (54:00--1:04:48)
video: The Pacific--Okinawa episode

HW:
atomic bomb doc
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US History
EQ:
How did the Cold War impact the United States at home?

CW:
What are some freedoms that we as Americans enjoy?
26:3--The Cold War at Home (OVERHEAD NOTES--USE THEM IF ABSENT!)
GREAT LINK FOR COLD WAR AT HOME INFO
Loyalty Review Boards
(first 18 minutes; then pick up at 22:30 for McCarthy's downfall)
Alger Hiss convicted of perjury
video clip: He May be a Communist
Who's the Communist?
rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy (elected in 1946; re-elected in 1952)
The Rosenbergs
handout: McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, WV--1950
Truman's response to McCarthy telegram 
Declaration of Conscience 
video clip: HUAC and McCarthy
video clip: Edward Murrow's take down of McCarthy

HW
26-4 RG