In Class: Let's finish WWII by summarizing the following moments of the war and explain what they meant...
1. Dec. 7, 1941 -- Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor...US then gets involved and the "giant is awoken"...
2. Jun 6, 1944 -- D-Day: Allied forces invade Normandy, France and liberate France from Nazi control...
D-Day Actual Footage
D-Day History Channel
3. Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945 -- Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki...New type of warfare introduced and the war immediately ends on the Asian Front...
Atomic Bomb Test Footage...
It would be an understatement to say that many things changed after World War II. Like World War I, much of Europe was destroyed by the fighting and bombings that had taken place over the years. Borders needed to be redrawn. Reparations needed to be paid. New governments needed to be created/elected. The world was in shambles. Africa, Asia, and Europe were rattled and some parts of these continents rendered useless. Many countries in the western part of Europe returned to the same governments and borders they had prior to the war...
What Death Looked Like After World War II...
Introduce the United Nations!
HW: None!
Day 2
In Class: The United Nations continued...
1. What is the United Nations?
2. What does the United Nations do?
3. What are the goals of the United Nations?
4. What are some global issues of the United Nations?
HW: None!
Day 3 -- Headed to the Center for Civil and Human Rights -- Civil and Human Rights Homework Assignment due Monday, March 25.
Day 4 -- No Classes -- Purim!