THE BATTLEFIELD

Pearl Harbor:

1. When, where, and between whom did the battle take place?

2. What do you find unique about this battle?

3. What outcome/result did this battle have on the U.S.?

The Battle of the Bulge:

1. When, where, and between whom did the battle take place?

2. What do you find unique about this battle?

3. What outcome/result did this battle have on the U.S.?

The Secret War:

1. When, where, and between whom did the battle take place?

2. What do you find unique about this battle?

3. What outcome/result did this battle have on the U.S.?

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* Make sure to examine the WW II Timeline as part of your research.
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Extra-Credit: Go to the Special Features section and send an E-Card to one of your classmates and your teacher.  In it, describe the most interesting fact you found in your research.

PSYCHOLOGY OF WAR

Letters bring comfort to fighting men even as they witness unimaginable atrocities that forever change them. The war not only affects the mental state of those involved, but also changes the way that wars are fought and introduces the world's most frightening psychological weapon, the atomic bomb.

1. Provide an overview of the choice/action.... time, place, setting.

2. What choice would you have made or what action would you have suggested... why?

3. What outcome/result did this choice/action have on the war?

The Kamikaze Threat:

1. Provide an overview of the choice/action.... time, place, setting.

2. What choice would you have made or what action would you have suggested... why?

3. What outcome/result did this choice/action have on the war?

* Make sure to examine The Mental Toll section as part of research.

* Make sure to examine the WW II Timeline as part of your research.
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Extra-Credit: Go to the Special Features section and send an E-Card to one of your classmates and your teacher.  In it, describe the most interesting fact you found in your research.

THE HOME FRONT

Initially torn by isolationism and the need for economic recovery, America enters World War II. With the introduction of income taxes, higher wages, large-scale production and massive migration, America will never be the same again.

1. How did American Industries and people support the war?

2. What was the impact on the United States economy?

3. What impact did it have on the war?

Isolationism:

1. Describe the meaning of isolationism as it was applied to the war.

2. What was the impact on the United States economy?

3. What impact did it have on the war?

Financing the War:

1. How did America pay for its war efforts?

2. What was the impact on the United States economy?

3. What impact did it have on the war?

Americans on the Move:

1. How did the war influence where people lived in the United States.

2. What impacts did this cause on different regions of the United States?

3. What impact did it have on the war?

Censorship:

1. How did the war change what people said or wrote about.

2. What impact did this have in the way people communicated?

3. What impact did it have on the war?

* Make sure to examine the WW II Timeline as part of your research.
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Extra-Credit: Go to the Special Features section and send an E-Card to one of your classmates and your teacher.  In it, describe the most interesting fact you found in your research.

SOCIAL ASPECTS

1. How did the war impact African Americans?

2. What impact did African Americans have on the war?

3. What impact did these changes have on American society after the war?

Asian Americans:

1. How did the war impact Asian Americans?

2. What impact did Asian Americans have on the war?

3. What impact did these changes have on American society after the war?

Women:

1. How did the war impact American women?

2. What impact did American women have on the war?

3. What impact did these changes have on American society after the war?

* Make sure to examine the WW II Timeline as part of your research.
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Extra-Credit: Go to the Special Features section and send an E-Card to one of your classmates and your teacher.  In it, describe the most interesting fact you found in your research.