15.1: Allies Turn the Tide, 15.2: The Home Front, and 15.3: Victory in Europe and the Pacific

Chapter 15 Section 3: Victory in Europe and the Pacific

• Checkpoint (p.483): On what issues did Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill disagree?
• Checkpoint (p.484): What was the primary objective of the D-Day invasion of Normandy?
• Thinking Critically (p.485): Why do you think a veteran of D-Day would choose to return to a place where so many people died?
• Map Skills (p.486): #2 & 3
• Checkpoint (p.487): What were the results of the Battle of the Bulge?
• Navajo Code Talkers (p.487): What other special ethnic units played a role in the American war effort?
• Map Skills (p.488): #2 & 3
• Checkpoint (p.489): Why was the island-hopping campaign in the Pacific so deadly to both sides?
• Should the United states Drop the Bomb? (p.490): #1, 2, 3
• Checkpoint (p.491): What were the consequences of the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
• Section 3 Assessment (p.491): #3, 4, 5, 6

Navajo Code Talkers:

Untold Stories of the Second World War: The Navajo Code Talkers


http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2014/06/04/arizona-navajo-code-talker-dies-nez/9965201/
Hiroshima Nuclear (atomic) Bomb - USA attack on Japan
  Here's an interesting page on FBI.GOV:
https://vault.fbi.gov/adolf-hitler/adolf-hitler-part-01-of-04/view
Chapter 15 Section 2: The Home Front

• Note Taking (p.473): Chart
• Checkpoint (p.474): How did the war create new opportunities for African Americans?
• Checkpoint (p.476): How did the war affect the location of industries and workers in the United States?
• Federal Spending (p.477): Based on the combined information on the two graphs, approximately how much was spent on national defense in 145?
• Checkpoint (p.478): How did the federal government control resources needed for the war effort?
• Section 2 Assessment (p.478): #2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Can government limit a group's liberties during wartime? (p.479): Discuss what you believe about this section.
• Thinking Critically (p.481): #1 & 2

Web Originals: Ask History: Rosie the Riveter

 

Rosie the Riveter Song

Japanese Internment Camps

Pioneers of Television: George Takei's Life in an Internment Camp

Private Snafu: Victory Garden 

Victory Gardens in World War II

Chapter 15 Section 1: The Allies Turn the Tide

• Checkpoint (p.467): Why did the Allies decide to concentrate on the war in Europe?
• Focus on Geography (p.468): Most supplies for Allied troops in North Africa had to be brought by sea.  According to the map, why would this have posed a problem?
• Checkpoint (p.469): Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a turning point in World War II?
• Checkpoint (p.471): What were the goals of British and American bombing runs over Germany?
• Thinking Critically (p.471): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.472): What impact did the Battle of Midway have on Japanese expansion in the Pacific?
• Section 1 Assessment: #1, 3, 4, 5, 6