Unit+8

__ Readings __ : -  Text: Chapters 25 & 26 -  Articles: //Holocaust Stories// -  Book Excerpts: //Day of Deceit// (Lead up to Pearl Harbor) -  Article: //The Atomic Bomb Debate// -  Film: //The Day After// __Themes__: 1. Getting the American people to support & commit to war 2. War propaganda & its short & long-term effects 3. Irony of fighting against racism, while continuing it at home 4. War for the average soldier __Content__: ·  Difficulty of getting Americans to want to commit ·  Events leading to Pearl Harbor ·  Mobilizing American resources ·  The Homefront and continuing social/racial issues ·  The war in Europe and Asia ·  The decision to build & drop the A-bomb and the debate surrounding it   ·   Creation of the United Nations, its purpose, & its limitations ·  Diplomacy during the Cold War ·  Truman’s presidency ·  Anticommunism & McCarthy ·  Cold War society & its fears ·  The Korean War __Projects__: ** Essay Outlines: ** Students are given 5 free response questions from AP exams and must write well-constructed outlines for each, using the steps we have gone over in class. __ Document Based Question __ : 1. Starting in 1945, investigate and explain the impact of the outbreak of the Cold War upon the United States in any two of the following areas: domestic affairs foreign policy military strategy __ Discussions __ : 1. Has war always been started by elites and fought by the poor? 2. Should we judge Japanese internment camps and racial segregation of the armed forces harshly, based on principle, or in relation to Nazi brutality? 3. The art of getting people to hate “them”, and then turning it off after the war. 4. Was dropping the atomic bomb an act of necessity or terrorism? 5. Do the ends ever justify the means? Idealism vs. Pragmatism 6. Do Americans & the government do enough for veterans?
 * Unit 8: World War Two ****è ** ** Cold War (3 weeks) **

__Movies__: **[|Tora! Tora! Tora!]** - The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen. **[|Band of Brothers]****(Mini series) - The story of Easy Company and their mission in WWII.** **[|Saving Private Ryan]****- WWII soldiers are ordered to find & save a stranger, Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines.** **[|Patton]** - The World War II phase of the controversial, American general's career. **[|Flags of Our Fathers]****- Life stories of the 6 men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima.** **The Front** - A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work during the Red Scare, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand. choose between his principles or his family & friends.
 *  [|Guilty By Suspicion] **- A Hollywood director is blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and is forced to