Week 26 Activities and Homework

Daily Activities and Homework, 2/16-2/20

M: NO SCHOOL! President’s Day holiday

T: Century Video (Civilians at War)
Japanese Bombing to end of war
?s that accompany the video

W: In class Reading pgs. 770-773
Guided Reading/ Note taking
We Interrupt this Broadcast: Atomic Bomb & Japanese Surrender
New Vocab- Okinawa
Bataan
Kamikazes
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima


Th: Fleeing the Japanese onslaught: One sailor’s courageous tale
Letters to Mr. Schwartz’s family. After reading Mr. Schwartz’s account, students will be
Writing letters to the Mr. Schwartz surviving family. We will be visiting the website for
The USS HOUSTON SURVIVOR’S ASSOCIATION for further details.


F: Begin Hiroshima movie….will continue on Monday, Feb. 23rd.
Intro Journal entries: from the viewpoint of American Soldier, Japanese Citizen, etc.


OBJECTIVES
To explain how Japan expanded its empire before 1942
To identify Midway as the turning point of the war in the Pacific
To understand the strategy of island hoppng and the purpose of invading Iwo Jima and Okinawa
To describe how the use of atomic weapons ended the war

SS STANDARDS
S2, PO4- c. Japanese defeat in Iwo Jima and Okinawa
d. Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
S2, C8, PO2- a. Japanese Imperialism- aggressive search for resources
S1, C8, PO6- b. Battles of the Pacific
c. Development and use of the atomic bomb