1. Understanding World War II
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WebQuest Description: Helping Understand the Cause and Effects of World War II.
Grade Level: 6-8
Curriculum: Social Studies
Keywords: World,War,Battles,Effects,Holocaust,Propaganda,Interment
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Last Modified: 2014-04-13 15:54:16
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Imagine if you where alive during World War II. It would have been very difficult to understand what exactly was going on.  You
read the newspapers and hear the radio broadcasts, but it is hard to make sense of this war that involves so many countries and
people. The idea behind this web quest is to take you back to that turbulent time and help you understand what was taking place.
The main question you will be asked to find an answer for is: What would it have been like to have been a teenager during World War
II? How would teenagers of today deal with the conflicts of war and friendship? You are going to begin by researching some
resources to learn about life in the United States during World War II. Using the information that you learn you will:1. conduct
reasearch about life on the Home Front and Europe during World War II.2. visit the poster galleries to investigate how the U.S.
Government used wartime posters to rally support and answer questions about the posters, and you will create an original time-
warped poster to be displayed in class.3. Gather various types of information on the 1940's and present this to the class.4. Create a
timeline of at least 10 of the events that you think are the most important of WWII.
It is December 6, 1941. The United States is beginning to emerge from the Great Depression and war is raging in Europe. Every day
you hear the reports of how it is spreading to other parts of the world. You have heard of the Nazi atrocities, but it all seems so far
away. Is war the best thing for the nation? Should the U.S. get involved with such a costly effort?Use the links below to answer the
following questions: 1. List 3 causes of World War II. 2. What were the political conditions in Europe in 1940? What countries were
at war? 3. Why did the United States become involved in the war? What was date that the U. S. entered the war? 4. Who were the
three main AXIS powers? Who were the three main ALLIES? 5. What was the Maginot line? 6. Who were the Big Three (leaders)
who set overall Allied strategy? 7. What was D-Day? 8. Explain what role the following people played in WWII: a. Joseph Stalin
b. Benito Mussolini c. Adolf Hitler d. Franklin D. Roosevelt e. Winston Churchill f. Hideki Tojo g. Dwight D. Eisenhower h.
George Patton i. Harry S. Truman j. Douglas MacArthur
Battles are a huge part of war. Each battle is different from the next. In this section, you are to tell me who was involved in the battles
below, the year the battle took place, the nature of the battle, who won the battle (if any winner at all) and the outcome of the battle. a.
Pearl Harborb. Battle of BritainC. Stalingradd. Doolittle Raide. Battle of the Bulgef. Battle of the Coral Sea g. Iwo Jimah. Okinawai.
Battan Death Marchj. D- Day
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2. Use the links below to learn more about your role. Specifically, look for answers to the following questions: 1)Explain how the role of
women changed during the war. 2)Give an example of how women made a difference on the Home Front. 3)Find a personal account
of a family's experience on the Home Front during WWII and describe it in your own words. 4)How did the war time posters help
mobilize the Home Front for war? 5)What are the posters indicating about living conditions in America during this
time?PropagandaView the web sites on wartime poster art to investigate how the U.S. government used this medium to rally the
support for war efforts.After viewing the posters, select one poster and answer the following questions: 1) Describe the poster. 2)
Does the poster contain a hidden/implied message? What is the desired effect? 3) What emotions do the images convey? What
words are chosen for impact? 4) In what ways does the poster glamorize or villainize war or the people involved? 5) What effect
would this poster have had on people of different ages and backgrounds in the 40's? For example, how would a teenager react to it?
A veteran of World War I? A mother? A doctor? A minister? 6) Design your own time-warped propaganda poster to display in class.
Use the links below to learn more about your role. Specifically, look for answers to the following questions:1) What decsions were
made at the Yalta Conference? Who was involved?2) What is the United Nations? What are some of the major accomplishments of
the U.N? 3) What was the results of the Potsdam meeting?4) Explain how the world map changed after WWII?5) Who came out of
WWII as the SUPERPOWERS?6) What is the importance of the International Montetary Fund and World Bank?7) What were the
results of the Geneva Convention?8) What were the results of the Nuremburg Trials?9) What is the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights- 1948? 10) What was the Marshall Plan?
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