A WORLD AT WAR READING GUIDE
DIRECTIONS: (1) Be a demanding reader as you read “A World At War” Handout and Winston Churchill’s “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”…highlight, underline, take margin notes, and note at least two powerful passages. (2) Complete the following tasks prior to our seminar.
1) Define the following terms (circle in your reading): Axis powers, anti-Semitism, blitzkrieg, Nonaggression Pact of 1939, Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, El Alamein, “Four Freedoms”, D-Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Cold War, United Nations, Marshall Plan
2) How does the author define Fascism? What are its key characteristics? Why did countries turn to Fascism? Describe the influence and impact of Benito Mussolini in Italy.
3) What beliefs characterized the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party)? What similarities and differences existed between the Fascists and Nazis? What led to the rise of Adolf Hitler?
4) Why did the Japanese attack the United States at Pearl Harbor? What was significant about the American intervention in the war? Why did the United States drop atomic bombs on Japan? Did President Truman make the right decision? What was the unintended consequence of the decision?
5) What made World War II different from previous wars?
A WORLD AT WAR READING GUIDE
DIRECTIONS: (1) Be a demanding reader as you read “A World At War” Handout and Winston Churchill’s “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”…highlight, underline, take margin notes, and note at least two powerful passages. (2) Complete the following tasks prior to our seminar.
1) Define the following terms (circle in your reading): Axis powers, anti-Semitism, blitzkrieg, Nonaggression Pact of 1939, Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, El Alamein, “Four Freedoms”, D-Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Cold War, United Nations, Marshall Plan
2) How does the author define Fascism? What are its key characteristics? Why did countries turn to Fascism? Describe the influence and impact of Benito Mussolini in Italy.
3) What beliefs characterized the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party)? What similarities and differences existed between the Fascists and Nazis? What led to the rise of Adolf Hitler?
4) Why did the Japanese attack the United States at Pearl Harbor? What was significant about the American intervention in the war? Why did the United States drop atomic bombs on Japan? Did President Truman make the right decision? What was the unintended consequence of the decision?
5) What made World War II different from previous wars?