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World War II

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Welcome to your World War II Unit Study! You’ll be taken around the world learning

History, Geography, language arts, character, and even a little

cooking!

*Note: There are links (underlined words in red) that are internet resources you will

need to go to in order to complete some of the lessons.

Please keep that in mind when you print this out!!


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WWII Map Activity Search the Internet and plot all of these points on the map on the next page. This is an excellent way to build

your Internet research skills!

1. Attack on Pearl Harbor

2. Battle of Britain

3. Hitler invades Poland

4. Battle of Bulge

5. Burma

6. D-Day

7. Battle of Stalingrad

8. Holocaust

9. Nagasaki

10. Battle of Midway

11. Battle of Anzio

12.Iwo Jima

13.Evacuation of Dunkirk

14.German Blitzkrieg

15.Battle of Anzio

16.Battle of Attu

17. Battle of Coral Sea

18.Battle of Alamein

19.Hiroshima

20.Operation Barbarossa


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WWII Scavenger Hunt Go to WWII Info and search to answer the following

questions:

1. How many Medals of Honor were awarded during WWII? _________________

2. What was one of the United Kingdom battleships called? _________________

3. What country had the highest amount of deaths? _________________

4. How many heavy bombers were shot down during WWII? _________________

5. What 2 Japanese cities were destroyed by the atomic bomb? ______________________________________

6. How many casualties did the USA have total? ___________________

7. What was the only nation that Germany declared war on? ___________________

8. What was one of the United States battleships called? ___________________

9. What day was the Treaty of Versailles signed? ___________________

10.What day did the Battle of Britain begin? ___________________


http://www.world-war-2.info/

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WWII Timeline Activity Use these 2 timelines (HistoryPlace & WWII for Kids)

to fill in these Key WWII dates:

1/30/1939: ___________________________________

9/1/1939: ____________________________________

9/3/1939: ___________________________________

5/30/1940: __________________________________

6/22/1940: ___________________________________

7/10/1940: ___________________________________

11/5/1940: ___________________________________

5/15/1941: ___________________________________

12/7/1941: ___________________________________

12/19/1941: __________________________________

9/13/1942____________________________________

6/6/1944: ____________________________________

8/4/1944: ____________________________________

12/16/1944: __________________________________

4/12/1945: ___________________________________

4/30/1945: ___________________________________

5/7/1945: _____________________________________

8/6/1945: ____________________________________

8/9/1945: ____________________________________

8/14/1945: ____________________________________


http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/ww2_timeline.php

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Read These Poems & Write Your Own Poem about WWII:


http://www.world-war-2.info/poems/

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Pick out 5 important people of WWII and describe what kind of impact they made during the war. Why are they considered

the most influential people of WWII?

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2. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/content-important-people-of-world-war-ii

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Pick out 5 rescuers of WWII and describe what kind of impact they made during

the war.

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https://jfr.org/rescuer-stories/

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WWII Battles: Pick 3 battles in WWII and write a summary of each one


Battle #1: ______________________

Battle #2: ______________________

Battle #3: ______________________

https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/

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WWII Spelling & Vocabulary **Search through these terms & Write the Definition

of Each Word**

Dictator _____________________________________

War Bonds ____________________________________

Internment Camp ______________________________

Atomic Bomb _________________________________

Concentration Camp ___________________________

Ally _________________________________________

Axis _________________________________________

Nazi _________________________________________

Wehrmacht ___________________________________

Gestapo ______________________________________

Armistice ____________________________________

Appeasement _________________________________

Genocide _____________________________________

Scapegoat ____________________________________

Swastika _____________________________________

Fascism ______________________________________

Convoy ______________________________________

Communism __________________________________

Anti-Semitism ________________________________


https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/1501695

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WWII Word Puzzle


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The 5 W’s of the Holocaust (Who, Where, What, When, Why)


What Was the Holocaust About?

Why is the Holocaust an Important Part of WWII?

Where did the Holocaust Take Place?

When Did the Holocaust Start and Finish?

Who: Name 5 Influential People of the WWII Holocaust

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Major Events That Occurred


Major Event #1 Major Event #2

Major Event #3 Major Event #4

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Cause & Effect


Cause Effect

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The WWII Plot


What are some events that happened in the Beginning of WWII?

What are some events that happened in the Middle of WWII?

What are some events that happened at the End of WWII?

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WWII Art Project


Find a video on how to draw one of your favorite WWII airplanes and try to draw it

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+draw+a+WWII+airplane

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+draw+a+WWII+airplane

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Anne Frank Diary: Visit this Page to learn about her and write an entry in her

“Kitty” on what a day in her life is like.

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https://kids.kiddle.co/Anne_Frank

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Anne Frank Word Puzzle


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Anne Frank’s Character: Read her biography to answer the following questions.


Based from her biography, list some character traits you think Anne Frank has?

What are some of your favorite Anne Frank quotes? Are they positive or negative and why?

What kinds of challenges did Anne Frank face during WWII?

http://ideonomy.mit.edu/essays/traits.html


https://www.biography.com/people/anne-frank-9300892

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3720.Anne_Frank






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Adolph Hitler’s Character: Read his biography to answer the following questions.


Based on his biography, list some character traits you think Adolf Hitler has.

What are some of Hitler quotes? Are they positive or negative and why?

What kinds of challenges did Hitler face during WWII?

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/30691.Adolf_Hitler

https://www.biography.com/people/adolf-hitler-9340144

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/30691.Adolf_Hitler



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Character Corner: Hitler’s & Anne Frank's Character


Based from the character traits you described of Anne & Hitler in previous pages, who do you think has the best character and why do you think these

traits are important to have?

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Character Corner


This webpage has 8 posters displaying different character traits that survivors of WWII have. Pick

one of the character traits and explain why you think it is the most important

https://jfr.org/resources/

https://jfr.org/resources/

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Food Rationing Cooking Activity

During WWII, many imported food staples such as sugar were rationed. So many families had to make do with what they had. Read this article on Food Rationing in Wartime America and

make the recipe in the article (outlined below).

APPLE BROWN BETTY Ingredients • 5 medium apples • 1 ¼ cups bread crumbs • 4 tablespoons of melted butter or cooking fat • ¼ cup hot water • 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice • 5 tablespoons dark corn syrup • ½ teaspoon salt • ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions 1. Grease a glass or ceramic baking dish and preheat

oven to 350° F. 2. Pare the apples and cut them into thin slices. Toss

the bread crumbs with the melted fat in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the hot water, lemon juice, corn syrup, salt and cinnamon together.

3. Distribute a third of the bread crumb mixture into the bottom of the greased dish and top with half of the sliced apples and half of the liquid. Repeat with another layer of bread crumbs, apples and liquid and top with the remaining bread crumbs. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes.


https://www.history.com/news/food-rationing-in-wartime-america

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BIG List of FREE WWII Unit Studies, Lesson Plans, & More!

1. 13 WWII Lesson Plans (Grades 9-12) 2. Free WWII Lesson Plans from the National WWII

Museum (must register, but it’s still free) 3. 5 WWII Lesson Plans from the WWII Memorial

website. 4. 24 WWII Lesson Plans from Teaching American

History (Grades 5-12) 5. Mr. Donn’s 30 WWII Teacher’s Resources (including

unit studies, lesson plans, games, etc) - For all ages. 6. Scholastic’s 10 Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans

(Grades 4-12) 7. WWII Projects & Activities from Scholastic’s

Teacher Activity Guide. 8. Mr. Sears WWII Unit Plan (Grade 10) 9. 10 Holocaust Lesson Plans from Echoes &

Reflections 10. 18 Holocaust Lesson Plans from the United States

Holocaust Memorial Museum 11. 10 Holocaust Lesson Plans from Education World 12. 20+ Lesson Plans on the Holocaust from Study.com 13. 9 Essential Lessons for Teaching the Holocaust by

We are Teachers 14. 23 Holocaust Lessons & Assessments from Facing

History 15. More Holocaust classroom materials & resources

from Facing History 16. Holocaust Student Activities (K-12)


https://www.pbs.org/thewar/edu_lesson_plan.htm

https://www.ww2classroom.org

http://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/lesson-plans/

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/past-programs/churchill/lessonplans/

https://wars.mrdonn.org/WW2.html

http://www.pntrac.com/t/TUJGRkVGSUJGTEZJSU1CRklGSk1H?url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collections/teaching-content/world-war-ii-teaching-resources/

http://www.pjtra.com/t/TUJGRkVGSUJGTEZJSU1CRklGSk1H?url=http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/

http://sbs.mnsu.edu/socialstudies/studentportfolios/sears_alex_skill_6.pdf

https://echoesandreflections.org/teach/?src=glss

https://www.ushmm.org/educators/lesson-plans

https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson187.shtml

https://study.com/search/text/academy.html?q=WWII#/lessons/Holocaust

https://www.weareteachers.com/9-essential-lessons-for-teaching-the-holocaust/

https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-holocaust-and-human-behavior

https://www.facinghistory.org/topics/holocaust

https://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/activity/activity.htm

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17. Pearl Harbor Social Studies Lesson Plan (Grades 7-12)

18. Pearl Harbor Lesson Plan from Discovery Education (Grades 9-12)

19. Scholastic’s Attack on Pearl Harbor Teaching Guide (Grades 3-8)

20. 5 Lesson Plans on Pearl Harbor from ReadWriteThink (Grades 3-12)

21. Here are 9 video clips on the Attack of Pearl Harbor

22. The Normandy Invasion Lesson Plan from Discovery Education (Grades 9-12)

23. Lesson Plan on D-Day from PBS (Grades 7-12) 24. Educators Resource Guide (Lessons & Activities)

on D-Day from the Smithsonian (Grades 6-12) 25. The Foreign Policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt To The

Entry Into World War II Unit Study from Yale (Grades 9-12)


https://nieonline.com/downloads/chronicles_of_courage/social_studies/Pearl_Harbor.pdf

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/pearl-harbor.cfm

http://www.pjtra.com/t/TUJGRkVGSUJGTEZJSU1CRklGSk1H?url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/attack-pearl-harbor-teaching-guide/

http://www.pjtra.com/t/TUJGRkVGSUJGTEZJSU1CRklGSk1H?url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/attack-pearl-harbor-teaching-guide/

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/pearl-harbor-attacked-japanese-20363.html

https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?1844

https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?1844

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/the-normandy-invasion.cfm

https://www-tc.pbs.org/thewar/downloads/d_day.pdf

https://www.si.edu/sites/default/files/educators_guides_group_sales/d-day_educators.pdf

https://www.si.edu/sites/default/files/educators_guides_group_sales/d-day_educators.pdf

http://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1978/3/78.03.05.x.html

http://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1978/3/78.03.05.x.html

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WWII Scavenger Hunt Answer Sheet Go to WWII Info and search to answer the following

questions:

Questions 1. How many Medals

of Honor were awarded during WWII? ___

2. What was one of the United Kingdom battleships called? ___

3. What country had the highest amount of deaths? ___

4. How many heavy bombers were shot down during WWII? ___

5. What 2 Japanese cities were destroyed by the atomic bomb? ___

6. How many casualties did the USA have total? ___

7. What was the only nation that German declared war on? ___

8. What was one of the United States battleships called? ___

9. What day was the Treaty of Versailles signed? ___

10.What day did the Battle of Britain begin? ___

Answers A. Vanguard B. 12,000 C. July 10, 1940 D. USA E. 29 Million F. Nagasaki & Hiroshima G. 433 H. June 28, 1918 I. Pennsylvania Class J. 413,000


http://www.world-war-2.info/

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