Curriculum Map Course Title: wwii (hacc: College in the High School) Grade

1. 
   UEQ: How do wars climax and conclude?
   
2. 
   LEQ: How did the war in the African/Mediterranean Theater conclude?
   
3. 
   LEQ: How did the war in the European/Atlantic Theater conclude?
   
4. 
   LEQ: How did the war in the Asian/Pacific Theater conclude?
   
5. 
   LEQ: How did the end of the Home Front impact the American society and its economy?
   

(Assessments; Performance Tasks)

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  Mastery of Mediterranean Sea and Air, Invasion of Sicily and Italy, Assaults vs. German Defensive Lines, Capture of Rome, Death of Mussolini, Italy Joins Allies
  

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  German Failures, Soviets Advances into Germany, Western Allies Advance to Elbe River, RAF and USAAF Air Campaign, Destruction of Berlin, Death of Hitler, Death Camps, Germany Surrenders May 7 and May 8, VE-Day
  

Asian/Pacific Theater

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  Island Hopping, Battle of Okinawa, Blockade, Bombardment, Firestorms, Opertion Ketsu Go, Operation Downfall, Atomic Bombs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Potsdam Declaration, Emperor Hirohito’s Rescript, USS Missouri, Instrument of Surrender, V-J Day
  

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  Occupation Duty, Disarmament, GI Bill, Demobilization, Fear of Another Great Depression, Casualties (KIA, WIA, MIA), POW, Battle Fatigue/PTSD, Marshall Plan