Essential Questions:
1. Why do countries go to war?
2. When, if ever, is killing justified?
3. How should the dropping of the atomic bombs commemorated in America?
Guiding Questions:
1. Why did America enter World War II?
2. How does the government create support for the war effort?
3. What are the rules or limitations of warfare?
4. How has warfare evolved over time?
5. Is strategic bombing of civilian areas a military necessity or morally unjustified?
6. Why was the German invasion of the Soviet Union arguably Hitler's biggest mistake?
7. How was Operation Overlord a turning point in World War II?
8. How did the Allied powers defeat Germany?
9. Was the dropping of the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of HIroshima and Nagasaki a military necessity or morally unjustified?
10. How should the dropping of the bombs be taught in American schools and museums?
Terms & Names:
Manhattan Project
rationing
Dwight D. Eisenhower
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
internment
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Yalta Conference
FDR
propaganda
Little Boy
Fat Man
unconditional surrender
Potsdam Conference
Joseph Stalin
Clement Atlee
atomic bomb
