17:2 - World War II

Guiding Question: What were Germany's gains and losses during the early years of the war?

Chapter 17 Section 2: World War II

• Vocabulary
• Critical Thinking (p.346): How did the Great Depression prepare Roosevelt for the war effort?
• Geography Connection (p.347): # 1 & 2
• Reading Progress Check (p.347): What assumptions did Hitler make about invading the Soviet Union?  Do you think the invasion would have gone differently if he had not made those assumptions?
• Reading Progress Check (p.348): Why did the United States stay out of WWII until the Pearl Harbor attack?
• Analyzing Primary Sources (p.348): Why was Hitler so optimistic after he captured the Crimea?
• Critical Thinking (p.349): What Allied strategies helped change the tide of battle in the East?
• Reading Progress Check (p.349): Why was the German assault on Stalingrad a crushing defeat for Germans?
• Lesson 2 Review (p.349): #1, 3, 4, 5

Scenes: "Enemy at the Gates"
The full movie shows the soldiers getting out of the locked railroad cars, being handed rifles (or bullets), etc.  (Currently view on Netflix)