World+War+II+and+Early+Cold+War

The Essential Questions:

 * When should the United States go to war?
 * What is required to achieve victory in war?
 * How did America become a superpower?
 * What impact do challenges abroad have on Americans at home?
 * Did America's involvement in World War II and the Cold War move it closer or furher away from its founding ideals?

=**World War II**= Chapters 16 and 17 Vocabulary Activities http://www.quia.com/jg/1133511.html http://www.quia.com/jg/1133528.html http://www.quia.com/jg/1133646.html http://www.quia.com/jg/1133648.html http://www.quia.com/jg/1133630.html http://www.quia.com/jg/1133659.html http://www.quia.com/jg/1133635.html http://www.quia.com/jg/1133669.html http://www.quia.com/jg/1133671.html []
 * 16.1 Dictators Threaten World Peace**
 * 16.2 War in Europe**
 * 16.3 The Holocaust**
 * 16.4 America Moves Toward War**
 * Chapter 16 World War Looms**
 * 17.1 Mobilizing for Defense**
 * 17.2 The War for Europe and North Africa**
 * 17.3 The War in the Pacific**
 * 17.4 The Home Front**
 * Chapter 17 The United States in World War II**

Origins of World War II Graphic Organizer

[|Blank Map of Europe During WWII] [|Blank Map of Europe with Allies Shaded] [|Blank Map of Pacific During WWII]

=**Battles of World War II**=

=World War II Generals Challenge=

=@Early Cold War=

[|Potsdam Declaration Document] [|Potsdam Document Quiz] Chapters 18 Vocabulary Activities
 * 18.1 Origins of the Cold War**
 * 18.2 The Cold War Heats Up**
 * 18.3 The Cold War at Home**

Yalta 1945
Cold War Policies Korean Crisis Cuban Invasion Plan, 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - WWII http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module19/index.html Timeline of WWII http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm National WWII Memorial http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ WWII Documents http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm WWII Links http://history.acusd.edu/gen/ww2_links.html WWII and the Human Experience http://www.fsu.edu/~ww2/ Guts and Glory http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/guts/ WWII Codes and Ciphers http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/ The Second World War Experience Center http://www.war-experience.org/ BBC – World War Two http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/index.shtml Timeline of Events that Led to WWII http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/countdown/countdown_1.shtml Nazi Propaganda Posters http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/nazi_propaganda_gallery.shtml A Hypertext History of World War Two http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ WWII Online Information Resources http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm National Geographic – Remembering Pearl Harbor http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ Department of the Navy – Pearl Harbor http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm U.S.S. Arizona Memorial http://www.nps.gov/usar/ Attack on Pearl Harbor http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pearl.htm Battles and Maps of WWII http://www.onwar.com/maps/wwii/ WWII Battles and Important People http://history.searchbeat.com/ww2battles.htm United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/ Holocaust Research Links http://www.remember.org/ Holocaust History http://www.holocaust-history.org/ Leaders and Battles Database http://www.lbdb.com/Default.cfm Washington Naval Conferences http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1354.html Nine-Power Treaty http://oll.temple.edu/hist249/course/Documents/nine_power_treaty_between_the_united_of_sta.htm Four-Power Treaty http://oll.temple.edu/hist249/course/Documents/four_power_treaty_between_the_united_states.htm Five-Power Treaty http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1355.html Kellogg-Briand Pact http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/kbpact.htm Dawes Plan http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERdawes.htm Good Neighbor Policy http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_037500_goodneighbor.htm Benito Mussolini http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mussolini.html Benito Mussolini: "What is fascism?" 1932 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/mussolini-fascism.html Spanish Civil War http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/spain-overview.html Fascism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism Adolf Hitler http://www.hitler.org/ Enabling Acts - March 1933 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act Nuremberg Laws http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws Nazi Party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party Beer Hall Putsch - Revolution of 1923 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch Mein Kampf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf Gestapo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo Nazi Propaganda http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda#Nazi_Germany Storm Troopers http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=66244 Kristallnacht http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/kristallnacht.html Eugenics - Germany http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/scopenotes/sn28.htm#germany Communism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism Greater East Asia (Japanese) Co-Prosperity Sphere http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/papers/coprospr.htm Japanese Imperialism http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/Dip/IR-410702.html Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Greater%20East%20Asia%20Co-Prosperity%20Sphere Policy of Appeasement http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWappeasement.htm Munich Conference http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/munich1.htm Munich Conference http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Munich-Conference Sudetenland http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERsudetenland.htm Anschluss http://www.linz.at/archiv/nationalsoz/ekapitel3.html Blitzkrieg http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005437 Einsatzgruppen http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/einsatz.html Neutrality Act http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0835328.html Lend-Lease Act http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWlendlease.htm Atlantic Charter http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/atlantic.htm Pearl Harbor http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ Navajo Code Talkers http://www.lapahie.com/NavajoCodeTalker.cfm Battle of El Alamein http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/launch_ani_el_alamein.shtml Battle of Stalingrad http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/hitler_russia_invasion_04.shtml Bataan Death March http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/sfeature/bataan_capture.html Battle of the Coral Sea http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/coralsea/coralsea.htm Battle of Midway http://www.worldwar2history.info/Midway/ Japanese Intelligence and Code-breaking http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/sigint/japintelligence.htm Guadalcanal http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/72-8/72-8.htm Nisei http://www.marauder.org/nisei02.htm Women's Auxiliary Army Corps http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/wac/wac.htm War Production Board - USA http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/W/WarP1rodu.asp WW2 Propaganda Posters - USA http://www.the-forum.com/posters/warpost3.htm USA's WW2 Bonds http://www.state.nh.us/ww2/victory.html Fair Employment Practices Committee http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0818143.html Battle of the Atlantic http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/battle_atlantic_01.shtml D-Day http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/ Battle of the Bulge http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/ Yalta Conference http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWyalta.htm Naval History of WW2 http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignsStartPac.htm Battle of Leyte Gulf http://www.battle-of-leyte-gulf.com/ Battle of Iwo Jima http://www.iwojima.com/ Battle of Okinawa http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/okinawa/default.aspx Manhattan Project http://www.atomicmuseum.com/tour/manhattanproject.cfm The Atomic Bomb Decision http://www.dannen.com/decision/ Nuremberg Trials http://www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/nuremberg/ GI Bill http://www.gibill.va.gov/education/GI_Bill.htm Cold War http://www.coldwar.org/ United Nations http://www.un.org/ Zionism - Formation of Israel http://www.jewfaq.org/israel.htm Nazi Propaganda http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/nazi_propaganda_gallery.shtml British Special Operations Executive (SOE): Tools and Gadgets http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/soe_gallery.shtml Radar and Sonar http://focus.ti.com/docs/apps/catalog/overview/overview.jhtml?templateId=1049&path=templatedata/cm/level1/data/milit_radarsonar_ovw WW2 Maps - Battle Information http://www.onwar.com/maps/wwii/ Interactive Maps - European and Pacific Theaters http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/lessons/ushistory/ww2/ww2maps.htm The Speeches of FDR [|http://millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/diglibrary/prezspeeches/roosevelt/] //Right click on the "Download Audio" links to save the speech files as MP3 files.//
 * Useful Web Links**