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World War II At Home and Abroad

World War II At Home and Abroad. As seen through Mrs. Gilstrap’s 5 th Grade Class. In Class We Studied the War by:. Visiting a World War II art gallery in class Interpreting political cartoons Reflecting in our World War II diaries

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World War II At Home and Abroad

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  1. World War IIAt Home and Abroad As seen through Mrs. Gilstrap’s 5th Grade Class

  2. In Class We Studied the War by: • Visiting a World War II art gallery in class • Interpreting political cartoons • Reflecting in our World War II diaries • Reading children’s literature such as Baseball Saved Us and Faithful Elephants to help us better understand the effects of war • Wrote poetry about the Holocaust • Created tableaus of the major events of the war

  3. In the Beginning: • In groups, we made tableaus to explain some of the causes of World War II. • We also made tableaus to depict the event that led to the United State’s involvement – the raid on Pearl Harbor. • In our tableaus, we had to tell what we were. We also had to tell how we felt, what we thought, or what we wondered. Click on the picture to hear how we felt.

  4. Major Events of World War II • In groups, we had to become and “expert” on a certain event of World War II. • We had to write a one or two sentence summary about the event telling why it was important. • Next, we had to create a tableau about the event.

  5. Pearl Harbor

  6. Pearl Harbor Tableau I hope the soldiers get off before I go under. I hope I hit all the ships. I hope the US avenges me. I hope I don’t miss.

  7. Internment Camps

  8. Internment Camps Tableau Will I ever see my family again? Pearl Harbor was all your fault. What is going to happen?

  9. Battle of Midway

  10. Battle of Midway Tableau Where are those Japs? I will defend Japan! They are going to bomb me. I hope that Midway survives.

  11. Battle of Stalingrad

  12. Battle of Stalingrad Tableau Give up you German. OK. I’m done. I surrender. We’ve got the Germans now.

  13. D-Day

  14. D-Day Tableau Surrender! Oh no. An American Soldier. I hope those Germans can’t see me.

  15. Battle of the Bulge

  16. Battle of the Bulge Tableau Germany has lost the war. I don’t have any other choices. Get those Germans. Hail Hitler.

  17. Dropping the Atomic Bomb

  18. Dropping the Atomic Bomb Tableau My city will soon be destroyed. I, the atomic bomb, ended the war. I Surrender! My city is destroyed.

  19. Standards • 5-4.4 Explain the principal events related to the United States’ involvement in World War II-including the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki-and the role of key figures in this involvement such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Adolf Hitler. • 5-4.5 Summarize the political and social impact of World War II, including changes in women’s roles, in attitudes toward Japanese Americans, and in nation-state boundaries and government. • 5-4.6 Summarize key developments in technology, aviation, weaponry, and communication and explain their effect on World War II and the economy of the United States.

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