WWII WebQuest

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The purpose of this webquest is to help you get a feel for World War. The war took place in two arenas, or theaters, the Pacific with Japan, and Europe with Germany. This webquest does not attempt to sugar-coat what happened during this war.  Some of the readings and pictures can be disturbing.  The point is that this was a war where millions of people were injured or killed.  There isn't a way to really soften the realities of war.


 1. Read about the after-effects of World War I  and the  Treaty of Versailles http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm 

This website has stats about how many people were killed, who the Big Three were, and the four areas of the Treaty.  Write 5 important facts from this site.

2.  Go to the following site and scroll through the timeline.  http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm#stpaul 

A. What year did Adolph Hitler become the leader of the National Socialist Nazi Party?  (Hint - look in the 1920's)
B. Go to 1925.  Click on Mein Kampf.  What does Mein Kampf mean?  (Third or fourth paragraph)
C. What is an Aryan, according to Hitler?  (Around the fourth paragraph)
D.. Look at the bottom of the article, when did this book become hugely popular? To answer this, you have to read the article, then go back to the timeline to find out when Hitler became Chancellor.
E. What year did the Nazis hold a book burning? List some authors whose works were destroyed.
F. Scroll down to 1941.  Look at December.  What happened on Dec. 8 and Dec. 11?
G. Scroll to the very end.  Click on the Statistics of World War II.  Which country had the most fatalities?    How many countries were involved in World War II?  

3.Now go to http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/        
A. Where were the camps located?
B.  State 5 facts about the conditions at the camps.
C. Explain in detail what it was like for the children.

4. Go to https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005852  and read through this site.  When you are done exploring write five facts about Nazi book burning.
 
5.Go to the following website.  http://time.com/3494421/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-photos-from-the-ruins/ 
Click on pictures that interest you.  Read the captions under the pictures.  Explain your thoughts on how the Japanese must have felt immediately after the Atomic Bomb was dropped on them.    


6.  Navajo code talkers. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmcode1.html  This site has information about the Navajo code talkers.  Who came up with the idea to use Navajo?  Why?  Why were the code talkers heroes?

 Just an interesting site.  https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/navajo-code-talkers/  This website has a code talker dictionary.  If you are interested in how the code worked, click on this site.

7.  Concentration camps.  http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blmap.htm  This site has a map of all the concentration and extermination camps.
A. What was the camp to the furthest point north?
http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/camps.htm  The site has a lot of links and photos of the camps.  Some are very disturbing and sad.
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005263 You will find more information about the camps at this site.  There is a chart of how many were killed at each camp and how.
B. Which two camps had the highest rate of deaths?  Did you locate them on the map?
http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blchart.htm  This chart shows all the camps, concentration and extermination.
C. What was the difference?
D. How many did the U.S. shut down?

8. D-Day  http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/world/d-day_/newsid_3754000/3754731.stm
A. What was D-Day?
B. Why was it called D-Day (use the link)?
9.  Iwo Jima/ Okinawa Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Go the following link and watch the video.  (You have to suffer through a commercial first.)
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day What is your response?