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Tuesday 3/5/13

Tuesday 3/5/13. RAP If you were interned as an “enemy alien” would you want to fight for your country? Why? Today: SWBAT describe the involvement of minorities in WWII by taking notes on a video and readings, along with creating a placard for one minority group during WWII. Presentations.

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Tuesday 3/5/13

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  1. Tuesday 3/5/13 RAP If you were interned as an “enemy alien” would you want to fight for your country? Why? Today: SWBAT describe the involvement of minorities in WWII by taking notes on a video and readings, along with creating a placard for one minority group during WWII.

  2. Presentations • CE • Battles

  3. The Military in Arizona • Arizona Book • Please begin reading on page 226. • As you read, take notes and respond to the following statement: • Name one way the military changed Arizona. • Stop reading at the sentence “Seventeen Phoenicians served as WASPs (Women’s Airforce Service Pilots).” on page 228.

  4. The Military in Arizona • Continue reading on page 228. • As you read, take notes and respond to the following question: • How did WWII impact the minorities living in Arizona? • Please stop reading on page 230 at “The Wartime Economy”.

  5. The Wartime Economy • Continue reading the section beginning on page 230 titled “The Wartime Economy.” • As you read, take notes and respond to the following questions: • Name two ways WWII impacted Arizona’s economy. Which groups benefitted from the changes? • Stop reading on page 231 at “Social and Political Challenges.”

  6. Social and Political Challenges • Continue reading the section beginning on page 231 titled “Social and Political Challenges.” • As you read, please respond to the following question: • How did WWII affect the local communities in Arizona? • Stop reading on page 233 at the paragraph that begins “The CGC marked…”

  7. Social and Political Challenges • Continue reading on page 233 at the paragraph that begins “The CGC marked…” • As you read, please respond to the following question: • Name one political group that developed as a result of WWII. What impact did that group have on Arizona? • Stop reading at the end of page 235.

  8. Ira Hayes • Please open your book to page 245 • Read about Ira Hayes and add notes to your minority units in WWII.

  9. Conclusion Please compose a 1 paragraph summary of the important points from the reading. Keep the paragraph in your notes, as it will be checked during the note-check on Friday.

  10. Minority poster • Each group will get one reading on a unit, group of people, etc. from WWII that they will present to class through a poster on Friday. • Take notes on the reading • Be able to explain to class: • Who they are • Why they are important • Significance in WWII • Create a poster to present to class on Friday. • Title • Who • Why important during WWII • Other important or interesting information • Find pictures online or create your own illustration

  11. Minority Units in WWII • Today you will read, take notes on, watch, and create a poster on one group reading. • As you watch the video on Minority Units please take notes on the following: • Tuskegee Airmen • 332nd – Red tail Fighter group • Dorie Miller –Pearl Harbor—(Cuba Gooding Jr.) • Alcan Highway • Normandy Invasion –Red Ball Express • 6888th Postal Battalion—women • 92nd Infantry—Italian Campaign • Japanese Americans- 100th Infantry • 442nd Combat Unit • Military Intelligence – Pacific Theater • Navajo Code Talkers • Ira Hayes

  12. Friday 3/8/13 • RAP • What was the Double V campaign? • How would you have felt fighting in WWII if you were a minority? Explain. • Today: • --Navajo Code Talkers activity

  13. Minority groups WWII • 442nd Regiment –Japanese Americans • Most decorated unit of WWII • Hispanic Americans —most decorated minority group during WWII • 761st Tank Division— black tank division who helped push Patton’s 4th infantry through Belgium into Germany—first to meet up with Russians (Ukraine) • Tuskegee Airmen – protected military on the ground…instrumental in many getting through tough areas. • Double V campaign- Victory in WWII and Victory at home. • Navajo Code Talkers-created a code that was unbroken by the Japanese during WWII. Code was classified until 1968; they did not receive the congressional medal of honor until 1992—over 50 years after service. • WAC, WAVES– women who were part of the army and navy during WWII. Worked in administrative fields. • WASP – service pilots—took targets, equipment to bases. Were not acknowledged as part of the military.

  14. Please pick one minority group that we have discussed and create a placard honoring them. • There are notes on the front table to help you. • I will give extra credit to the best one of each group. (20 minutes) • Read Ch. 16 and answer questions on the note sheet.

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