1. The politics & the people

2. Introduction  This PowerPoint will introduce you to the people behind World War II  Your responsibility is to determine their background, motivation, and responsibilities to their people.

3. The Allied Powers  Who is pictured here?  What forms of government do they represent?  Was their relationship based on need or ideals? Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA LC-USZ62-7449 DLC

4. Franklin D. Roosevelt  What title did he hold during World War II?  Why did he involve his country in WWII?  What were the outcomes for his country? Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA LC-USZ62-117121 DLC

5. Winston Churchill Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USW33-019093-C DLC (b&w film neg.)  What title did he hold during World War II?  Why did he involve his country in WWII?  What were the outcomes for his country?

6. Joseph Stalin  What title did he hold during World War II?  Why did he involve his country in WWII?  What were the outcomes for his country? www.votefraud.org/ joseph_stalin.jpg

7. The Axis Powers  Who is pictured here?  What forms of government do they represent?  Was their relationship based on need or ideals?

8. Adolf Hitler  What title did he hold during World War II?  Why did he involve his country in WWII?  What were the outcomes for his country? www.ibiblio.org/.../ img/USA-E-Supreme-p176a.jpg

9. Benito Mussolini  What title did he hold during World War II?  Why did he involve his country in WWII?  What were the outcomes for his country? www.maat.it/livello2/ fascismo-manifesto.htm

10. Emperor Hirohito & Hideki Tojo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Toj2o.jpg  What titles did they hold during World War II?  Why did they involve their country in WWII?  What were the outcomes for their country?

11. Your Assignment  Use the provided Internet resources to research one of these world leaders.  Complete the research  Share your learning  Develop questions to ask these leaders regarding their experience/decisions during WWII.

12. Challenge  What connection does Quincy, Illinois have to the end of World War II? http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/world_war_2_photos/images/ww2_163.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tibbets