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e) SWBAT
analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Given an exit card

and doc, SWBAT:
(80% accuracy) 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
for: The Attack on
Pearl Harbor
T-EQ: What were the
underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

Title: The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Date: November 11, 2014

Write down the

Topical Essential Question.

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analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Throughout the 1930s the

Given an exit card
and doc, SWBAT:
Japanese were either planning,
(80% accuracy) 1.
or carrying out, plans to expand
Answer 3 MC
their control and Influence in Asia.
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
The U.S. demanded that Japan withdraw from China and
for: The Attack on
Indochina, and imposed an oil embargo against Japan,
Pearl Harbor

aimed at hurting the Japanese economy.

T-EQ: What were the
underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

TWS What options do you think the Japanese had in the

face of the imposed oil embargo? Explain!

Japan thought that attacking the U.S. in a swift and

powerful attack would stun the U.S., providing Japan with

an opportunity to gain territory with abundant land and
resources to rule the Pacific.

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analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Given an exit card

and doc, SWBAT:
(80% accuracy) 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
for: The Attack on
Pearl Harbor
T-EQ: What were the
underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

In the early 1940s Pearl

Harbor was a major US Naval
base in Hawaii that stationed a
large portion of aircraft
carriers and destroyer ships.

TWS Analyze the images

to the right. Why do you think

Hawaii was so important for
The U.S.? Why do you think
Hawaii posed a threat to Japan?

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analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Given an exit card

and doc, SWBAT:
(80% accuracy) 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
for: The Attack on
Pearl Harbor

The ENTIRE United

States Pacific fleet
was stationed at Pearl
Harbor
the Japanese felt that if

T-EQ: What were the

underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

they could cripple the

Pacific fleet, it would
allow them to move
freely throughout the
Pacific ocean!

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analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Given an exit card

and doc, SWBAT:
(80% accuracy) 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
for: The Attack on
Pearl Harbor
T-EQ: What were the
underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

The attack on Pearl Harbor

included over 180 Japanese
warplanes launched from six
aircraft carriers.

They were able to continue their attack for more

than an hour and a half, with little hindrance from

U.S. antiaircraft guns and planes.
Predict the impact of the attack on the following:
1. American Politics
2. American Economics
3. American Society

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analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Given an exit card

and doc, SWBAT:
(80% accuracy) 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
for: The Attack on
Pearl Harbor
T-EQ: What were the
underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

(1.2.f, 1.3.e) SWBAT

analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Given an exit card

and doc, SWBAT:
(80% accuracy) 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
for: The Attack on
Pearl Harbor
T-EQ: What were the
underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

After the Japanese attack, the President announced

goals to produce 60,000 airplanes in 1942 and
125,000 more in 1943 and 120,000 tanks over the
1942-43 period. By the summer of 1942, the Army
had 1.5 million soldiers, and by the end of the year
its numbers had surged to 5.4 million. At the end of
the war in 1945, the Army had over 8 million officers
and troops.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, The Japanese Admiral

(Yamamoto ) who organized it is said to have stated: "I fear all we
have done is to awaken a sleeping giant."

TWS - Critique the information above. In what way does this

information speak truth to the quote from Yamamoto? Explain!

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analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Given an exit card

and doc, SWBAT:
(80% accuracy) 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
for: The Attack on
Pearl Harbor
T-EQ: What were the
underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

After hearing about the news from Hawaii,

President Roosevelt told his wife Eleanor:
I never wanted to have to fight this war on two fronts, we

havent the Navy to fight in both the Atlantic and the

Pacific so we will have to build up the Navy and the Air
Force and that will mean that we will have to take a good
many defeats before we can have a victory.
TWS - Analyze the information above.

What does this tell you about the Presidents mood about the
upcoming war? Explain!
What does this information tell you about the magnitude of
the challenge that the country faced at this time? Explain!

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analyze and
critique reasons for
the Japanese attack
of Pearl Harbor.

Given an exit card

and doc, SWBAT:
(80% accuracy) 1.
Answer 3 MC
questions 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph
for: The Attack on
Pearl Harbor
T-EQ: What were the
underlining causes that
brought the U.S. into
WWII?
O-EQ: What social,
political, and economic
changes took place in
America during the
Second World War?

The cause for Isolationism in the United States was

destroyed after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Many who supported the Isolationist cause now favored

war.
Isolationist senator Burton Wheeler stated: The only thing
now to do is to lick the hell out of them.