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=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= E. History E1. Historic Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grade 9-Diploma "World War II 1939-1945" Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influences in the United States and world history including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals, and institutions in the world. b. Analyze major historic eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the United States and world and the implications for the present and future. ||
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Social Studies

//What understandings are desired?//
• The United States did not want to be involved in the war militarily, but was brought into the war when attacked by Japan. • The decisions made by the United States and its allies during WWII had lingering effects after the last battle was fought. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * • Appeasement and the rise of Fascism and Nazism after WWI led the world into a Second World War.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• Why didn't the United States want to enter the war? • Why did the decisions made by the United States and its allies have lingering effects on them and the rest of the world after the war was over? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How did the decision to appease Fascism and Nazism lead to WWII?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
• Key Factual Information: Dec 7, 1941, Hitlers rise to power, V-E Day, V-J Day, June 6, 1944 • Important Events and People: Hitler, Mussolini, FDR, MacArthur, Eisenhower, Stalin Tojo, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Yalta and Potsdam conferences, atomic bombs || • describe the effects decisions made during the war had on the U.S. and rest of the world once the war was over. • make sense of why the world appeased to Fascism and Nazism leading to WWII. • decide what they would do if they were the United States government and had the allies asking for military support in the war before being attacked by Japan. • b. analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the United States and World and implications for the present and future. • consider the reasons the United States didn't want to be involved in the war before being attacked by Japan. • be aware of major events and decisions made during the course of the war which would lead to lingering effects in the future. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * • Vocabulary: Allies, Axis Powers, Fascism, Nazism, A-bomb, appeasement

2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe