Write 2-3 ideas or facts you could use in each paragraph

Prompt: If you were the president, explaining on the radio to to America about why you used an atomic bomb/or not on Japan, how would you describe your decision?

Good Morning Americans…“We are at war…..summarize WWII, the war with Japan, and the U.S. created new weapon developed by scientists in America.

2. Clear statement about what you have decided to do with the bomb…. to Japan

3. Explain your personal, internal ‘debate’ about whether this was the right action.
Give 3-4 reasons for your decision
Present: 2 opposing viewpoints: see Resource Cards

4. Explain your Justification for using this weapon against ‘innocent citizens’. Is this in humane or was it a ‘necessity’ of war? Explain why it was ‘ok’ to bomb Hiroshima….and then Nagasaki.

5. Explain the short term and long term effects of your choice on people and nations.

Conclusion: Explain why you are confident about your choice. Explain why this
Was the best action for Americans.

HW: Atomic Bomb; see text p. 563

HW Read: p. 563 The Atomic bomb Answer ‘Evaluating’
Why was the atomic bomb used against Japan? What were the effects? Killed? Sick? Why was this done??????

D Day; the Normandy Invasion 1944

Read p. 548-549

Describe the challenge and result of D-Day; Who was Winston Churchill; Dwight Eisenhower?

HW: complete reading through 550
Answer Reading Check with three good facts/reasons for the Normandy Invasion; how did Saving Private Ryan depict the invasion? What were the horrors? What were the problems?
How did they succeed? Was it worth it??? Explain

QUIZ FRIDAY; Hitler and the Holocaust

. points each
Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf
How did the Treaty of Versailles and the Depression make Hitler more popular?
Hitlers vision for Germany
nationalism
Anti-semitism
Obedience to authority
Milgram experiments
Youth Pledge to Hitler
Nuremberg Laws
Propaganda 
SS
Kristalnacht 
Holocaust
Genocide
The Final Solution, 1942
Auschwitz
Concentration camp
List 3 Allies and 3Axis powers

20 20 points: Describe the Six Stages of Genocide; provide 2 examples for each