Hot & Cold: World War II & Its Aftermath

Unit 7 Social Studies

Belief & Ideals

• The student will use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization, voluntary exchange, productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events.

GPS: SS5E1 (a)• You will describe opportunity costs and

their relationship to decision-making across time (such as decisions to ration goods during WWII).

The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.

GPS: SS5H6 (b)

• Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific

-Pearl Harbor-Iwo Jima-D-Day-VE Day-VJ Day-The Holocaust

Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific

Pearl Harbor

Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific

• Iwo Jima

Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific

• D-Day

Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific

• VE Day

Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific

• VJ Day

Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific

• The Holocaust

The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.

GPS: SS5H6 (f)

Can you explain the U.S. role in the formation of the United Nations?

The student will discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War. SS5H7 (b)

• Can you explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift?

The student will discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War. SS5H7 (b)

• Can you explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Korean War?

The student will discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War. SS5H7 (b)

• Can you explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

Conflict & Change• The student will explain the reasons for America’s

involvement in World War II. GPS: SS5H6 (a)

Can you describe Germany’s aggression in Europe and Japan’s aggression in Asia?

The student will locate important places in the United States. SS5G1 (b)

• Locate important man-made place ofPearl Harbor, HI (Google Earth)

The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.

GPS: SS5H6 (c.)

• Why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.

GPS: SS5H6 (e)

• Can you tell about the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African Americans

The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.

GPS: SS5H6 (e)

• “Rosie the Riveter” • The Tuskegee Airmen

The student will discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War. SS5H7 (a)

• Can you explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain”?

The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments

between 1950-1975 SS5H8 (a)

• Can you discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Individuals, Groups, & Institutions

• The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II. GPS: SS5H6 (d)

• Identify: Roosevelt Stalin

Churchill Hirohito Truman Mussolini Hitler

Individuals GPS: SS5H6 (d)

• IdentifyRoosevelt

U.S. President

Individuals GPS: SS5H6 (d)

• Identify: Stalin

Individuals GPS: SS5H6 (d)

• Identify: Churchill

U.K. Prime Minister

Individuals GPS: SS5H6 (d)

• Identify: Hirohito

Emperor of Japan

Individuals GPS: SS5H6 (d)

• Identify: Truman

U.S. President

Individuals GPS: SS5H6 (d)

• Identify: Mussolini

Prime Minister of Italy

Individuals GPS: SS5H6 (d)

• Identify: Hitler

Nazi German Leader

The student will discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War. SS5H7 (c)

• Individuals: Identify Joseph MacCarthy

American Politician

The student will discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War. SS5H7 (c)

• Individuals: Identify Nikita Khrushchev

First Secretary of Soviet Union

The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.

GPS: SS5H6 (e)

• How did rationing change America?

Technological Innovation

• What advancements in technology made a big change in business and production during the events of World War II?