1. The people, places and events that played a part in the start of the Second World War NAME DATE The Unit Organizer BIGGER PICTURE LAST UNIT/Experience CURRENT UNIT NEXT UNIT/Experience UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS is about... UNIT RELATIONSHIPS UNIT SCHEDULEUNIT MAP CURRENT UNIT 1 32 4 5 6 7 8 Unit 3, Pt. 2 Depression & New Deal WORLD WAR II, PT. 1 WORLD WAR II, PT.2 Causes Rise of Dictators 1.What were the conditions of Europe that allowed for the rise of dictators? 2.Who were the dictators of Europe and Asia, and what was their appeal? 3.What were the US active and inactive responses to the events in Europe? 4.What were the events leading to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? 5.What was the US response politically, economically and socially to the attack at Pearl? Compare & Contrast Evaluation & pro/con Characteristics Rise of Dictators Causes U.S. Entry Assessment and Analysis Unit Objectives: 1. Explain whether or not the road to World War II was inevitable 2.Explain the choices and decisions societies face in wartime? 3.Examine how WW II affected American society? 4.Analyze how the role of the U.S. changed in world affairs as a result of World War II U.S. Foreign Policy Response Foreign Policy Response US Entry 8/17/2010

2. NAME DATE The Unit Organizer NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS Expanded Unit Map is about... 9 10 The economic, political and social atmosphere prior to the Second World War World War II, Part 1 Isolationism Neutrality Intervention (limited intervention) (full-scale intervention) “All aid short of war” Rise of Dictators Response by democracies to totalitarian aggression Stalin Hitler Mussolini Hirohito Causes US Entry Events leading to Pearl Harbor…US/Japan relations Attack on Pearl US Response US Foreign Policy Reform Economic, political and social conditions that led to the rise of dictators Facism Totalitarianism Connection : Compare the foreign policies of the US today to those in currently in use today. How has World War II come to define us as a nation? 8/17/2010