Transcript January 9th - Spokane Public Schools

JANUARY 7TH
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This day in History:
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1912: US marines invade Honduras
• Learning Target:
• I can understand the United States’
involvement in World War 2 before 1941.
• Opener:
• Brainstorm: What do you know about the
United States involvement in WW2 before
the U.S. entered the fighting?
HITLER’S
AGGRESSION
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From 1936-1938, Hitler
took over:
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Part of France
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Britain and France make
alliance with Poland
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Hitler’s next target
NAZI-SOVIET PACT
• Hitler signs Pact
with Soviet Union
to invade Poland
together and not
fight each other
• Stalin not ready to
fight Germany
INVASION OF POLAND
• September 1,
1939: Germany
invades Poland
• Britain and France
declare war
INVASION OF FRANCE
AND BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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May 1940: Germany
invaded France
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Conquered it in a month
July 1940: Germany
launches massive
bombing campaign
against Britain
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Battle of Britain
Fails
INVASION OF SOVIET
UNION
• After failure against
Britain, Hitler turned
to Soviet Union
• Invaded in June 1941
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Surprise attack
AXIS V. ALLIES
• By Summer 1941:
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Germany & Italy (Axis)
fighting Britain &
Soviet Union (Allies)
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France conquered by
Germany
DEBATE OVER
INVOLVEMENT
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British tried to get the
U.S. involved
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Americans focused on
its own stuff
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Led by Winston
Churchill
Still dealing with Great
Depression
Thought WW1 had
been a mistake
NEUTRALITY
• Congress passed
Neutrality Acts
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1935, 1936, 1937
Keep Americans from
selling stuff to
combatants
MOVES TOWARDS
INVOLVEMENT
• FDR favored Allies,
wanted to help them
• 1939: Congress passed
Neutrality Act that allows
combatants to buy
American goods
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“Cash-and-carry”
MOVES TOWARDS
INVOLVEMENT
• After fall of France,
Britain only one left
fighting Axis
• Report from London
Blitz turned many
against Germans
LEND-LEASE
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FDR pushed Congress to
pass Lend-Lease Act in
1941
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Allowed US to sell, lend
or give weapons to Allies
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Included Soviet Union
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By end of war, US gave
$40 billion under Act
US AND JAPAN
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US concerned over
Japanese expansion and
alliance with Germany
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Fear attack on Philippines
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1940: U.S. declared
embargo
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1941: Japan began
negotiation with U.S. to
end embargo
BIG IDEAS
• The United States remained officially neutral for
the first two years of World War 2.
• The United States supported the Allies by
selling them war material before the U.S.
entered the war.
• By the end of 1941, the United States was on
the brink of war.
WRITING TASK
Evidence Cluster
Body Paragraph Structure
• Topic Sentence
• Evidence #1
• Evidence from document, with sourcing!
• Commentary connecting evidence to topic sentence
• Evidence #2
• Evidence #3
• Concluding sentence
EVIDENCE CLUSTER
Usually two sentences
• Can be longer if more commentary is needed to explain the
evidence
Evidence
• ALWAYS sourced (“As Hitler said in a speech, …” or “In a speech,
Hitler stated….”)
Commentary
• Explains evidence
• How does it connect to your topic sentence?
• How does it prove your point?
WRITING TASK
• Write a topic sentence and one evidence
cluster for a paragraph answering the
question:
• Why did FDR argue that Lend Lease
was necessary?
CLOSURE
• Predict:
• What pushed the United States into
WW2?