Wednesday, May 02, 2018

UNIT 12 - 2018 WWII PACIFIC UNIT 
Greetings Earthlings! Due to schedule issues this year, WWII Pacific Unit will focus primarily on the dropping of the atomic bomb. 

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EXTRA CREDIT WWII BBQ ROAD TO WAR -  Due Monday May 7th 

1) ATOMIC BOMB VIDEOS
A) Political Bomb Decision - Focuses more on WHY? - 60 minutes
or 
B) Making of Bomb -  Focuses more on HOW? - 40 minutes

2) A-Bomb DEBATE Info

3) MORE A-Bomb Videos
1) BBC Hiroshima Bomb Documentary (excellent extra documentary)
2) BBC Hiroshima: The Day that Shock the World - Another hour long documentary. This one goes over the step by step, minute to minute lead up and aftermath of dropping the bomb. Lots of good little details.
3) Race for the World's 1st Atomic Bomb - 1,000 Days of Fear - This BBC documentary focuses more on the making of the bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico and the scientists involved with development and dropping of the A-Bomb. 
4) The Bomb - This PBS documentary looks at the Atomic Bomb from WWII and beyond to the world of today. 
5) FOR THE BOMB vs AGAINST THE BOMB - Short Videos providing basics FOR & AGAINST the Bomb
6) White Light / Black Rain --- Entire documentary without subtitles
 7) White Light / Black Rain --- First half with English Subtitles of an excellent documentary on the dropping on the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945 Highly recommend watching the entire thing
8) THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF WWII  --- Part A  /  Part B

4) A-Bomb Essay Notes (& (Power Pt)
 7a) Kevin Lee's Atomic Bomb Study Guide: 
This summarizes some of the big opinions regarding use of the Atomic Bomb.
 7b) Atomic Bomb Sample Essays 

5) APPROVED A-BOMB RESEARCH LINKS
The links below will help students outside of class with their research, development and learning of regarding some of the atomic bomb details. Good essays will make use of the information found at these and other sites. However, be sure to check your sources and information. Try to make sure your information is accurate. If you check 10 sources and 8 sources say the bombing of Hiroshima was on August 6, 1945 and 2 sources say August 5, 1945. Then you can deduce that the bombing was on August 6, 1945. Yet, if you check 1 source and it says August 5, 1945 and you put that in your essay you are NOT going to get a good score. Get the picture? Be sure to check your facts thoroughly for the best accuracy.

1) http://www.doug-long.com/ Good starting point that will take you to other related links. 
a) Who is who and what did they do? This link may be the most helpful for your essay?
b) Who was against dropping the bomb? 
c) Voices of A-Bomb survivors 

2) http://www.dannen.com/decision/ Good info but not as expansive as the website listed above.

3) Wikipedia General Overview











MORE DETAIL ON EACH WEEK DAY STARTS HERE:
MONDAY NIGHT HW BELOW. THERE IS SO SO SO MUCH INFO BELOW. RELAX! STUDENTS SHOULD SPEND 15 MINUTES OF UNINTERRUPTED INFORMATION EXPLORATION & THEN 15 MINUTES TO WRITE 1 PARAGRAPH (SEE MORE BELOW) STUDENTS ARE TO EXPLORE ANY AND ALL TOPICS THAT INTEREST THEM. IF STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO SPEND AS MY TIME AS THEY'D LIKE READING, LEARNING AND THINKING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT MATTER. MR P DOES NOT EXPECT STUDENTS TO EXAMINE EVERY AND ALL INFO. YET, AS A MINIMUM, ALL STUDENTS SHOULD READ:   Pearl Harbor (Short Read) & (Power Pt)


I) PEARL HARBOR
Pre-War Pacific - Students will write 1 quality paragraph on any 1 of the Pre-War Pacific sections below (A, B & C). Using a question from the class brainstorm, students are to select a question to answer using the information below.

 A) What were relations like between US & Japan before Pearl Harbor?) 
B) (PICK ONLY 1: What Americans should be held responsible for the death of over 2,000 soldiers at Pearl Harbor? Could Pearl Harbor (war) have been avoided?, Why are there so many conflicting evidence regarding Pearl Harbor?, etc)
C) What historical side do you believe in and why? Conspiracy YES? or Conspiracy NO?
A) US & JAPANESE RELATIONS - 1852-1941
Citing the information below, write 1 paragraph answering a question you have selected or created (ie What were relations like between US & Japan before Pearl Harbor?) 

4A) Reading For Notes - "Jigsaw Document" & Worksheet
4B) NOTES - "Long Road to Pearl Harbor" Power Pt for the Lazy Student (be happy)

 B) PEARL HARBOR INFORMATION
Citing the information below, write 1 paragraph (#2) answering a question you have selected or created (ie What Americans should be held responsible for the death of over 2,000 soldiers at Pearl Harbor? Could Pearl Harbor (war) have been avoided?, Why are there so many conflicting evidence regarding Pearl Harbor?, etc.)

 4C) READ - 1 Page Reading on Pearl Harbor to give you the basics
4D) TIMELINE - NPR's Pearl Harbor Timeline - Good simple overview
4E) BASICS INFO - Pearl Harbor Advance-Knowledge Conspiracy Theory
4F) PONDER - "Pearl Harbor Conflicting Evidence" Powerpoint - for class discussion
4G) VIDEO - Pearl Harbor Documentary - Extra for those who want to know more
4H) VIDEO - FDR & Pearl Harbor Documentary - Video considers what US Govt knew prior to Pearl Harbor & if it was caught unaware or secretly welcomed a Japanese attack.
4I)  DBQ - Pearl Harbor - Blame Game for the loss at Pearl Harbor

C) PEARL HARBOR: CONSPIRACY OR NOT?
VIDEO - FDR & Pearl Harbor Documentary - Video considers what US Govt knew prior to Pearl Harbor & if it was caught unaware or secretly welcomed a Japanese attack.

Citing the historians & information below, write 1 paragraph (#3) answering what historical side do you believe in and why?

 4J) PEARL HARBOR CONSPIRACY HISTORIANS Yes! Yes! Yes!
Yes 1) Richard Hill - featured in FDR & Pearl Harbor Documentary above
Yes 2) Robert Stinett (Day of Deceit) also in same documentary with Richard Hill
Yes 3) Robert Leopold - retired US Navy Admiral
Sure 4) Robert Smith Thompson - A Time For War (Book Review)
Yes 5) John Toland - Infamy (sneak peak)  (Book Review)
Yes 6) John Costello - (British Historian) Pacific War (Book Review)

 4K)NO PEARL HARBOR CONSPIRACY HISTORIANS No! No! No!
No 1) Roberta Wohlstetter - Pearl Harbor: Warning & Decision
No 2) Warren Kimball - Basic Opinion & also in FDR & Pearl Harbor Documentary
No 3) David Kennedy (scroll 1/2 down) - also in FDR & Pearl Harbor Documentary
No 4) Thomas Allen - refuting Robert Stinett's claims
No 5) Gordan Prange - At Dawn We Slept (NY Times Book Review) (Another Book Review)

 b) Rise of Japan   (Extra Credit if completed by Wednesday)

KAMIKAZE VIDEO FOOTAGE --- This short video edits actual video footage until a short film to give the viewer an idea of what the intensity, fear and destruction a Kamikaze attack could bring. 

6) Atomic Bomb Video Notes  (Done by WEDNESDAY)
take notes on this video to prove to Mr P you watched the video and also have quality notes to use on essays questions like:
1) Why was the A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima? or Was the dropping of the A-bomb justifiable?  
a) Why was the A-bomb dropped? (basic video all students should watch and take notes on)
b) BBC Hiroshima Bomb Documentary (excellent extra documentary)
c) BBC Hiroshima: The Day that Shock the World - Another hour long documentary. This one goes over the step by step, minute to minute lead up and aftermath of dropping the bomb. Lots of good little details.
d) Race for the World's 1st Atomic Bomb - 1,000 Days of Fear - This BBC documentary focuses more on the making of the bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico and the scientists involved with development and dropping of the A-Bomb. 
e) The Bomb - This PBS documentary looks at the Atomic Bomb from WWII and beyond to the world of today. 
f) FOR THE BOMB vs AGAINST THE BOMB - Short Videos providing basics FOR & AGAINST the Bomb
 7) Atomic Bomb Essay Notes (Word Doc) & (Power Pt)
 7a) Kevin Lee's Atomic Bomb Study Guide: 
This summarizes some of the big opinions regarding use of the Atomic Bomb.
 7b) Atomic Bomb Sample Essays 

APPROVED ONLINE ATOMIC BOMB RESEARCH LINKS
The links below will help students outside of class with their research, development and learning of regarding some of the atomic bomb details. Good essays will make use of the information found at these and other sites. However, be sure to check your sources and information. Try to make sure your information is accurate. If you check 10 sources and 8 sources say the bombing of Hiroshima was on August 6, 1945 and 2 sources say August 5, 1945. Then you can deduce that the bombing was on August 6, 1945. Yet, if you check 1 source and it says August 5, 1945 and you put that in your essay you are NOT going to get a good score. Get the picture? Be sure to check your facts thoroughly for the best accuracy.
1) http://www.doug-long.com/ Good starting point that will take you to other related links. 
a) Who is who and what did they do? This link may be the most helpful for your essay?
b) Who was against dropping the bomb? 
c) Voices of A-Bomb survivors

2) http://www.dannen.com/decision/ Good info but not as expansive as the website listed above.

3) Wikipedia General Overview

Section B)  WWII PACIFIC (Pick 1 below)
1) Why is it so difficult to get everyone to agree upon history? (Referring to events like Pearl Harbor)

 2) Will Atomic Bombs be used again like it was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Why or why not?

3) Thinking about what you were thinking before the unit and now: Are Atomic Bombs the most "hidden" and/or most "forgotten" threat to mankind today?
Any suggestions for other possible student essay topics? Email Mr P with your essay topic idea. 
 mrpatwest@hotmail.com

 INTERESTING BOOK TALKS & LECTURES
The following are C-SPAN lectures, discussions and book talks on less-discussed, more detailed and higher level historical look at history in the Pacific during WWII.  If you stumble across any other online talks like these, please forward link to Mr P.

1) "Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy" - Eri Hotta

About the Program


Eri Hotta, former research fellow at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo, examines the attack on Pearl Harbor and entry into World War II from the Japanese perspective.  The author recounts the inner deliberations that led to the attack, which included many who wished to avoid war but continue Japan's territorial expansion and a fractured political landscape that included two authorities, the emperor and the civilian government.  Eri Hotta speaks with historian Ian Buruma at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York City.


2) "Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II" --- John Geoghegan


About the Program

John Geoghegan recalls the failed Japanese mission to attack New York City and Washington, D.C. following Pearl Harbor.  The author reports that the Japanese had planned to utilize submarines that were designed as underwater air-craft carriers.  The Sen-Toku or I-400 Class, was built to transport three heavily armed planes and was to travel from Japan to America's east coast, where it would surface and launch a surprise offensive.  John Geoghegan speaks at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, California.

3) White Light / Black Rain --- Entire documentary without subtitles

 White Light / Black Rain --- First half with English Subtitles of an excellent documentary on the dropping on the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945 Highly recommend watching the entire thing.


ESSAY BOMB INFORMATION
ESSAY BUNCH - Here is the online video that explains how to write a 5 paragraph essay. Be sure to follow the basic rules for writing a 5 paragraph essay and avoid having to write your essay over. Mr P is strict with following the essay rules. Good Luck!

 ESSAY VIDEO NOTES - This note-taking worksheet will assist you hi-lite the main points of writing a 5 paragraph essay as you watch the Essay Bunch Instructional Video.

ESSAY GRADING RUBRIC - Click here to see grading scale for how essays are graded

 ESSAY SAMPLES - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Samples of essays from the past.




Kristallnacht Letter Home Assignment

HOLOCAUST TOPICS
1) Get your Holocaust Group Topic Info here

1) Group Drafts 1 of the 8 Stages 

2) HW: Research interesting information about your topic so you can share it with class. Be sure to site your source.

3) (Start with Wikpedia, BBC, pbs.org, npr.org to gather QUALITY info)

4) Answer questions about your group’s stage on the bottom of tan worksheet


GROUP PRESENTATION (180 seconds)

1) Give Definition of Stage (10 seconds)

2) Answer Questions from tan worksheet (60 –90 seconds)

3) Share interesting online facts, information or questions (60 – 90 seconds)

4) Recap – (Define again) –How does this compare to other stages? Address the Essential Question: Why do good people allow bad things to happen? (20-30 seconds)

Holocaust Survivor Testimonies - Mr P is looking for short online videos of Holocaust Testimonies. He especially is looking for video testimonies on each of the 8 Stages of the Holocaust that students find interesting. If you find any short video on any of the 8 stages of the Holocaust, please email Mr P

Thanks

Shoah Foundation has an excellent archive of video testimony. Videos are both short and long. Take a look. Dive into this unique history. Again, share back with Mr P any videos, pictures, and other information you found interesting and think other students will as well. Thanks.











5) Camps
A) Solomon (Sjema) Feigerson escapes, camps & liberation


BBC Documentary: Auschwitz - Nazis and the Final Solution (Part 1 of 3) Contributed by Sandra Long P5 2012

a) American Liberator James Hayes Testimony
b) Gerda & Kurt Klein Liberation Testimony


Why do good people allow bad things to happen? Well, some don't allow bad things to happen. They do something about it. Check out some of the stories below.
9) Resistance & The Righteous
A) Help from Bulgarian Politicians & Orthodox Priest
B) The Righteous: Non-Jews who helped Jews during WWII
C) Saved By Wallenberg - The Swede who saved 100,000 Jews?
D) Yes, 1 person can make a difference!






GENOCIDE TOPICS
1) Genocide Worksheet & World Map (Incomplete but helpful Power Pt)
2) Jenn Welch's Short Genocide Summaries
3) Scroll down at Technical Thompson's Website Link 1 & Link 2 to find great links of Genocide Topics
Scroll down to very bottom of this page to get Genocide Topics if link to Technical Thompson's Website is not working for you.


POST WAR INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS

The India Packet includes post war notes related to Gandhi, Algeria and the Middle East.

India Packet


ESSAY BOMB INFORMATION

ESSAY BUNCH - Here is the online video that explains how to write a 5 paragraph essay. Be sure to follow the basic rules for writing a 5 paragraph essay and avoid having to write your essay over. Mr P is strict with following the essay rules. Good Luck!

ESSAY VIDEO NOTES - This note-taking worksheet will assist you hi-lite the main points of writing a 5 paragraph essay as you watch the Essay Bunch Instructional Video.

ESSAY GRADING RUBRIC - Click here to see grading scale for how essays are graded

ESSAY SAMPLES - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Samples of essays from the past.


PERIOD 5 YEAR BOOK ASSIGNMENT 
Get interview questions here



LOOKING TO STUDY COLD WAR & OTHER TOPICS?
1) Cold War Summaries
2) Cold War Vocab Game (Thanks Danish)
3) India's Post WWII Independence


20th Century Genocide Notes (Assign 3) - Students are expected to find out about other 20th Century Genocide besides the Holocaust. Students can use these links below to obtain information on 20th Century Genocide. Students can go to these sites and others to fill out their Genocide Notesheet and World Map.

GOOD INFORMATION:

A) Main Link A - The History Place: Genocide of the 20th Century Great starting point- High school student friendly info gathering website. This site is good because it will provide students with the 'basics' on 20th Century Genocide.

B) Main Link B - Pledge Peace Union contributed by Mizuho (Period 5 All-Star 2005) Quality overview of Genocide.

C) Main Link C - Genocide Documentation Centre
D) Main Link D - United Human Rights contributed by Mizuho (Period 5 All-Star 2005)

E)Death Tolls for the Man-made Megadeaths of the 20th Century Alphabetical Index (K-Z) - this resource provides many references on death tolls. Be careful you can get lost on this website for hours. Mr P suggests spending time on this website if you develop a strong interest in the subject of Genocide. If you are just looking to complete the Genocide worksheet, students need not use this site.LINKS TO GENOCIDE TOPICS

1) Pol Pot Cambodia - Link A, Link B, Link C, Link D (PBS Frontline Documentary - Pol Pot's Shadow)
2) Guatemala - Link A, Link B, Link C, (Genocide Documentary) (Guatemala Doc- Voice from the Mountain)
8) East Timor - Link A, Link B, Link C, Link D (Pilger's Documentary)
9) Burundi - Link A, Link B, Link C, Link D
10) Stalin's Famine - Link A, Link B, Link C, Link D

11) Know of other Genocides? (Current?)

ASSIST IN THE LEARNING PROCESS! LET MR. P KNOW IF YOU FIND ANY OTHER QUALITY SITES OR INFORMATION ON GENOCIDE.























































































































































































This is Mr P's Favorite WWII Movie Story... from a movie you might NOT expect. It is also Mr P's favorite part of the movie. This is super quality acting... Makes me forget Robert Shaw is an actor and NOT an old grumpy fisherman who was on the Indianapolis during WWII. Ask Mr P to show this scene in class, if there is time. It is super good stuff.

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