Section: Unit 5: World War II and the Rise of Fascism | Mr. Zepezauer's 8th Grade Social Studies

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- Select activity World War II Background
  
  World War II Background
- Select activity Video: A Brief Overview of World War II
  
  Video: A Brief Overview of World War II URL
- Select activity Treaty of Versailles, part 1
  
  Treaty of Versailles, part 1 URL
- Select activity Video: 5 Things to Know About Mussolini
  
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- Select activity Video: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
  
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- Select activity Video: Josef Stalin
  
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- Select activity Video: Stalingrad
  
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- Select activity Video:Pearl Harbor
  
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- Select activity Video: Attack on Pearl Harbor
  
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- Select activity Video: Battle of Midway
  
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- Select activity Video: D-Day, A Critical Moment in History
  
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- Select activity Video The Nuremberg Trials
  
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- Select activity Video: Hiroshima
  
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- Select activity Video: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan & NATO
  
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- Select activity Compelling Question:Could a fascist government com...
  
  Compelling Question:
  Could a fascist government come to power in the United States?
- Select activity WWII Timeline: Brittanica
  
  WWII Timeline: Brittanica URL
- Select activity Fascism Definition: Merriam-Webster
  
  Fascism Definition: Merriam-Webster URL
- Select activity Fascism: Wikipedia
  
  Fascism: Wikipedia URL
- Select activity Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism
  
  Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism File
- Select activity World War II: Crash Course World History
  
  World War II: Crash Course World History URL
- Select activity A Day in Auschwitz - Nazi Jewish Holocaust Documentary
  
  A Day in Auschwitz - Nazi Jewish Holocaust Documentary URL
- Select activity Road to World War II Timeline
  
  Road to World War II Timeline URL
- Select activity Supporting Question #1:What did fascism look like ...
  
  Supporting Question #1:
  What did fascism look like in Nazi Germany?
- Select activity Source A: Excerpt from Hitler's Mein Kampf
  
  Source A: Excerpt from Hitler's Mein Kampf File
- Select activity Source B: Excerpt 2 from Mein Kampf
  
  Source B: Excerpt 2 from Mein Kampf File
- Select activity Source C: Nazi Party Platform, 1932
  
  Source C: Nazi Party Platform, 1932 File
- Select activity Source D: Video of Adolf Hitler’s speech to a youth gathering i
  
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- Select activity Slideshow: Hitler's Rise to Power
  
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- Select activity Video: Hitler's Rise to Power
  
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- Select activity Timeline: Hitler's Rise to Power
  
  Timeline: Hitler's Rise to Power URL
- Select activity Supporting Question #2:How did the interpretation ...
  
  Supporting Question #2:
  How did the interpretation of the Constitution promote or restrict support for fascism in the United States?
- Select activity Video: Daily Life in the 1930s
  
  Video: Daily Life in the 1930s URL
- Select activity Pro-Fascist Americans
  
  Pro-Fascist Americans
- Select activity Source A: Excerpts from Henry Ford's "The International Jew"
  
  Source A: Excerpts from Henry Ford's "The International Jew" File
- Select activity Source B: Henry Ford receives Grand Cross Medal
  
  Source B: Henry Ford receives Grand Cross Medal File
- Select activity Source C: German American Bund video & images
  
  Source C: German American Bund video & images File
- Select activity Source D: Is Lindbergh a Nazi? brochure
  
  Source D: Is Lindbergh a Nazi? brochure File
- Select activity Anti-Fascist Americans
  
  Anti-Fascist Americans
- Select activity Source A: Boycotts Are Our Only Weapon (excerpts)
  
  Source A: Boycotts Are Our Only Weapon (excerpts) File
- Select activity Source B. George Messersmith Papers (excerpts)
  
  Source B. George Messersmith Papers (excerpts) File
- Select activity Source C: Christmas Declaration from German-Americans (excerpts)
  
  Source C: Christmas Declaration from German-Americans (excerpts) File
- Select activity Source D; Dangers of American Fascism by Vice President Henry Wallace
  
  Source D; Dangers of American Fascism by Vice President Henry Wallace File
- Select activity 1947 Anti-Fascist Video: Don't Be a Sucker (short version)
  
  1947 Anti-Fascist Video: Don't Be a Sucker (short version) URL
- Select activity 1934 Plot to Overthrow FDR
  
  1934 Plot to Overthrow FDR
- Select activity When the Bankers Plotted to Overthrow FDR
  
  When the Bankers Plotted to Overthrow FDR URL
- Select activity Video: General Butler Bares "Plot" by Fascists
  
  Video: General Butler Bares "Plot" by Fascists URL
- Select activity Wikisource: McComack-Dickstein Committe
  
  Wikisource: McComack-Dickstein Committe URL
- Select activity Source A: Smedley Butler testimony (excerpts)
  
  Source A: Smedley Butler testimony (excerpts) File
- Select activity American Government & Racial Issues
  
  American Government & Racial Issues
- Select activity Terxt of the 14th Amendment
  
  Terxt of the 14th Amendment File
- Select activity Plessy Vs Ferguson, dissenting opinion
  
  Plessy Vs Ferguson, dissenting opinion File
- Select activity Plessy Vs Ferguson, majority opinion
  
  Plessy Vs Ferguson, majority opinion File
- Select activity Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924
  
  Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 File
- Select activity Video: What is the 14th Amendment?
  
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- Select activity Video: Plessy vs. Ferguson
  
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- Select activity American Historama: Plessy vs. Ferguson
  
  American Historama: Plessy vs. Ferguson URL
- Select activity Supporting Question #3:What were race relations li...
  
  Supporting Question #3:
  What were race relations like in 1940s America?
- Select activity The Zoot Suit Riots
  
  The Zoot Suit Riots
- Select activity Video: The Zoot Suit Riots
  
  Video: The Zoot Suit Riots URL
- Select activity Source A: Men's Suits in the 1940s
  
  Source A: Men's Suits in the 1940s File
- Select activity Source B: Newspaper article, June 10, 1943
  
  Source B: Newspaper article, June 10, 1943 File
- Select activity Source C; Zoot Suit Riots Timeline
  
  Source C; Zoot Suit Riots Timeline File
- Select activity Source D: Image bank: the Zoot Suit Riots
  
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- Select activity History.com: Zoot Suit Riots
  
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- Select activity War History Online: Strange Story of the Zoot Suit Riots
  
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- Select activity San Jose Mercury News: Sailors vs. Pachucos
  
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- Select activity Military Segregation
  
  Military Segregation
- Select activity Source A: Video on the Harlem Hellfighters
  
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- Select activity Source B: Excerpt from FDR's “Four Freedoms” speech, 1941
  
  Source B: Excerpt from FDR's “Four Freedoms” speech, 1941 File
- Select activity Source C: 1944 Letter to FDR
  
  Source C: 1944 Letter to FDR File
- Select activity Source D: The Port Chicago Incident
  
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- Select activity Source E: Image Bank on the Port Chicago Incident
  
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- Select activity Video: Port Chicago Explosion Remembered
  
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- Select activity History.com: Port Chicago Disaster
  
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- Select activity East Bay Times: Port Chicago Disaster
  
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- Select activity Racial Reconciliation
  
  Racial Reconciliation
- Select activity Source A: Executive Order 8802
  
  Source A: Executive Order 8802 File
- Select activity Source B: Wartime Propaganda Poster
  
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- Select activity Source C: Executive Order 9982
  
  Source C: Executive Order 9982 File
- Select activity Source D: Audio File: Interview of Mary Bethune McLeod by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1949
  
  Source D: Audio File: Interview of Mary Bethune McLeod by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1949 URL

Unit 5: World War II and the Rise of Fascism

Section outline

World War II Background

Compelling Question:
Could a fascist government come to power in the United States?

Supporting Question #1:
What did fascism look like in Nazi Germany?

Supporting Question #2:
How did the interpretation of the Constitution promote or restrict support for fascism in the United States?

Supporting Question #3:
What were race relations like in 1940s America?

Section outline

World War II Background

Compelling Question: Could a fascist government come to power in the United States?

Supporting Question #1: What did fascism look like in Nazi Germany?

Supporting Question #2: How did the interpretation of the Constitution promote or restrict support for fascism in the United States?

Supporting Question #3: What were race relations like in 1940s America?

Compelling Question:
Could a fascist government come to power in the United States?

Supporting Question #1:
What did fascism look like in Nazi Germany?

Supporting Question #2:
How did the interpretation of the Constitution promote or restrict support for fascism in the United States?

Supporting Question #3:
What were race relations like in 1940s America?