This week will focus on the Pacific Theater of WWII and the strategy needed to defeat Japan. We will learn about the development and use of the first (and second) Atomic Bomb, and what its use and the end of the war means for the world! Your Castle Learning assignment this week will be a reading and writing assignment where you will complete a reading on the "Manhattan Project" and you will respond to a writing prompt. You can begin this assignment by logging into your Castle Learning account starting Tuesday morning, it is due Friday (4/24) by Midnight.
Monday April, 20th & Tuesday April 21st:
Below is a copy of the class notes for you to print out or write into your notebook. Listen to the narrated version first, and than go through the PowerPoint on your own to copy all answers.
Monday April, 20th & Tuesday April 21st:
Below is a copy of the class notes for you to print out or write into your notebook. Listen to the narrated version first, and than go through the PowerPoint on your own to copy all answers.
Wednesday April 22nd:
The Philippines, General MacArthur, and the Bataan Death March. Watch Bataan Death March Survivor Lester Tenny's account of the Bataan Death March. Read Douglas MacArthur "I Shall Return" and answer the questions that follow using the video and reading.
The Philippines, General MacArthur, and the Bataan Death March. Watch Bataan Death March Survivor Lester Tenny's account of the Bataan Death March. Read Douglas MacArthur "I Shall Return" and answer the questions that follow using the video and reading.
Thursday April 23rd:
View attached reading and PowerPoint Slideshow on the Holocaust and The Nuremberg Trials to the questions.
View attached reading and PowerPoint Slideshow on the Holocaust and The Nuremberg Trials to the questions.