World War II Ends

Take 5! 3/29

How do you think WWII will end?

(Keep in mind how WWI ended with the failed League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles)

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Open Ended

How do you think WWII will end?

Ending &
Effects of
WWII (Beginning
of Cold War)

TO DO:

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SWBAT:

○Understand the impact of WWII on the world and the U.S. specifically
economically, culturally, and socially

⪢Agenda:

○Quizizz Lesson & Paragraph Analysis Assignment

⪢Standards:

○GI Bill

○1950s economic boom

○interstate system

○The Sunbelt

○United Nations

○Partition of Germany

○attitude toward Jews during 1930s & WWII

○Holocaust

○portrayal of WWII in 1940s popular culture (music, fashion, film, comics)

○the “Baby Boom”

○impact of television

○Car culture

○Levittown and suburbanization

○1950s consensus culture

○rock and roll/new music and art
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Yalta Conference (Feb. 1945)

⪢

Big Three (FDR, Churchill,
Stalin) agree that Poland,
Bulgaria, and Romania would
have free elections

⪢

Stalin later reneged on this
promise

⪢

Soviets already were occupying
most of Eastern Europe

Match

Match the following leaders with their country

• Churchill

• FDR

• Stalin

• Hitler

• Hideki Tojo

Great Britain

United States

Soviet Union

Germany

Japan

• Great Britain

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• Japan

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Potsdam Conference (July 1945)

⪢

Truman, Clement Atlee &
Winston Churchill, and Stalin
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Truman distrusted Stalin

○

Didn’t tell him about the
atomic bomb

○

Stalin knew he had it due to
spies
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Initiates Cold War

⪢

Agreed to divide Germany into 4
military zones (Soviet,
American, British, and French)

Labelling

Label the map with the military zones of Germany after the Potsdam Conference

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

France

Great Britain

United States

Berlin

Soviet Union

Drag and Drop

The GI Bill provided opportunities for ​ ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

home loans

schooling

unemployment benefits

healthcare

debt

cars

food

Multiple Choice

What new workforce developed because of access to the GI Bill?

• Blue Collar

• Educated

• Exuberant

• Integrated

Hotspot

Click on the section of the bar graph that shows the baby boom.

Draw

Draw your version of a Levittown

Open Ended

What is the main idea or message of the video?

Multiple Choice

All of the following were reasons for people to move to the Sunbelt EXCEPT...

• Integration

• Lower Taxes

• Warmer Climates

• Jobs

Draw

Circle the area of the U.S. that you think represents the Sunbelt.

Labelling

Place the following labels on the correct states...

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Gained the most population

Lost the most population

Open Ended

What was one positive of the Interstate Highway System?

What was one negative of the Interstate Highway System?

Labelling

Label the images

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Non-Conformity

Conformity

Beatnik

Open Ended

Write a paragraph about the impact of WWII on the United States. (3-5 sentences)