World War II Presentation Assignments

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Hopefully, you had a chance to look at these assignments over the weekend. Please take today’s class time to continue to research and prepare to present for 3-5 minutes on our Zoom calls beginning tomorrow and going until we complete them next week. The assignments are below if you need a reminder. The assignments were chosen at random, please be prepared on your day.

I will give you control of the Zoom presentation during your time. You can just speak to the camera, you can lead a discussion, you can share supplementary information by sharing your screen, but I want you to lead the class. I don’t expect you to cover everything in 3 minutes, but I do hope that you will have a good summary and an interesting story or fact from your assignment.

Don’t be too heavy on dates, focus more on larger themes and movements. You will need to turn in any notes that you prepared for your presentation complete with sources. There’s more out there on World War II than you could read or watch during this lockdown. Please let me know if you need assistance.

Tuesday, April 7th

Jack – Hitler invades Russia (Operation Barbarossa) and suffers defeat at Stalingrad.

Asha – What was the Final Solution instead of the Hunger Plan? What is the difference between a concentration camp and a death camp? Why do Jews prefer the word “Shoah” to refer to the Holocaust.

Selasi – Japanese sign a non-aggression agreement with Russia. Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor, America enters the war.

Seth – The Pacific Theater: Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Iwo Jima.

Cecelia – Italy and North African Theater: Erwin Rommel, Allies invade Italy, Mussolini removed by Fascist party, Battle of Monte Cassino.

Wednesday, April 8th

Chase – British religious leaders denounce Jewish mistreatment in October 1942. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and White Rose uprising against Nazis.

Joel – Plans for Operation Overlord. Why Normandy? D-Day, Liberation of Paris.

Kaleb – The Tehran Conference confirms unlikely allies, Russia’s Red Army enters Germany and begins liberating Nazi Camps.

Maria – The plot to kill Hitler with a Bomb and Operation Market Garden both fail.

Dallas – The Battle of the Bulge, George S. Patton’s Third Army, and Eisenhower demands German surrender.

Tuesday, April 14th

Miguel – The fates of the top Nazis, Goring, Himmler, Goebbels, and Hitler as the Reichstag falls then Germany surrenders and the world celebrates V.E. Day.

Caleb – The Manhattan Project, The Trinity test in New Mexico, and the end of the Pacific Theater with destruction and surrender.

Chloe – Germany Divided into 4 parts, Nuremberg Trial, Escape to South America, and stats about WWII overall (such as 100 million dead worldwide).