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People to Know
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Vocabulary
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Peardeck™
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Unit Guide

KEY EVENTS

NOTES

VISUAL AIDS

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APPEASEMENT AND THE RISE OF DICTATORS
In the decades following the Great War, powerful dictators are allowed to rise to power.  By the time the nations of the world realize that the power and ambitions of these dictators must be stopped, war has become the only answer.
KEY EVENTS
  • Fascism
  • Rise of Dictators
  • Appeasement
  • Munich Conference
  • Neutrality Acts
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Visual Aids
Ms. Esakov    Ms. Frazier
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Videos

EUROPEAN THEATRE
The worst war in human history begins across the Atlantic as Nazi Germany advances across Europe.  Once again the United States will be pulled into a global war that will redefine its role in the world.
KEY EVENTS
  • Battle of Britain
  • Operation Barbarossa
  • Battle of Stalingrad
  • Operation Overlord
  • Yalta Conference
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Visual Aids
Ms. Esakov    Ms. Frazier
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Videos

PACIFIC THEATRE AND THE BIRTH OF THE ATOMIC AGE
America's entry into World War II began not in Europe, but in the harbor of a Hawaiian port.  As America and the Allies contend with the Nazis in Europe, they must also confront the Japanese Empire's efforts to control the Pacific.
KEY EVENTS
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor
  • Japanese Internment
  • Battle of Midway
  • Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
  • Bombing of Hiroshima​
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Visual Aids
Ms. Esakov    Ms. Frazier
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Videos

HOME FRONT AND THE AFTERMATH
While American forces fight on in Europe and the Pacific, their efforts were supported from home.  After the war, America and the world had to deal with its effects and figure out how to proceed in a postwar world.
KEY EVENTS
  • Selective Service Act
  • War Production Board
  • G.I. Bill
  • Holocaust
  • Nuremberg Trials
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Visual Aids
Ms. Esakov    Ms. Frazier
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Videos