World War II: An Overview

All the foundational information your students need to build their knowledge, interest, and skills upon. Concise information in point form with stunning images and thought-provoking questions. **

I use this lesson as an introduction to my WWII unit: it provides a broad overview of the major events and introduces my students to what we will be studying in this unit.

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This presentation provides an overview of the following topics:

• Rise of the Nazis
• German Expansion
• Blitzkrieg Tactcis
• Fall of France and Battle of Britain
• U.S. & U.S.S.R. entry into the War
• North Africa & Italy
• D-Day
• Pacific Campaign
• Dropping of the Atomic Bomb

Two versions of this lesson!

The first is a Presentation - PowerPoint/Google Slides - for those teachers who know the topic and want to guide their students through the material. This class takes approximately 60-minutes. There are handouts for note taking along with reflection questions included with this presentation.

The second version consists of the information and images on worksheets that the students can read through at their own pace. This is best done if laptops or tablets are available for the class or for online learning. This version comes with more indepth questions that the students can work through at their own pace.

Readings & Questions:

The Impact of Technology on the Battlefield of World War I

Stalin's Five-Year Plans

The New Deal

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

The Battle of Midway

D-Day: The Normandy Landings

Battle of the Bulge

Corresponding Movie Guides

Paris 1919

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