2. Preview Activity: You are the head coach of a high school basketball team. Your team is about to play the top-ranked team, which has last year’s most valuable player (MVP) on its roster. One person picks up the text material and the Notebook Guide. You just found out that half of your team is caught in traffic and will not make it in time for the start of the game. What strategy will you pursue?

3. Preview Activity: Choose one of these strategies. In your notebook, write a paragraph explaining your choice. Play defense, stall, and try to keep the score close in hopes that your other players will arrive soon. Attack the weakest player, even if that allows the MVP to stay rested and remain on offense. Be prepared to share your response with the class.

4. Preview Activity: When the United States entered World War II, the Axis forces were superior in both number and strength, much like the stronger team in the Preview. Military analysts for the United States and its allies had to determine which strategies to pursue to defeat the dominating Axis powers.

5. Notebook: Essential Question: What military strategies did the United States and its allies pursue to defeat the Axis powers in World War II? Key Content Terms: Allies Axis powers Battle of Stalingrad D-Day Holocaust Battle of Midway Battle of Okinawa Manhattan Project

6. Preview Activity: Read Section 1, Introduction Discuss these questions as a class: How was the U.S. unprepared for the Battle of the Atlantic? Upon entering the war, how was the United States like the weaker team in the Preview? If you were the “coach” of the U.S. military, which of the three strategies presented in the Preview would you pursue to safely transport your troops across the Atlantic? Play defense and stall. Attack the opponent’s MVP. Attack the weakest player.