Journal Entry #1 Due 23 February 2018

Lyons (ALL)

•    Chapter 3: Rise of Dictators

•    Chapter 5: Blitzkrieg in the East - Sitzkrieg in the West

•    Chapter 7 The Fall of France

•    Chapter 8: Britain Still an Island

Class Discussion (Pick 2)

• Why Study War? (Including Rules of War)
• Legacy of World War I / Causes of World War II
• Rise of Dictators

Videos  (ALL)

•       Appeasement Video
•      Facsism Video
•       All Dictator Videos

Journal Entry #2 Due 23 March 2018

Lyons (ALL)

• Chapter 10: “Operation Barbarossa: Dream of Lebensraum”

• Chapter 13: “Japan Triumphant, December 1941-42”

• Chapter 14: “The Tide Turns in the Pacific”

• Chapter 24: “Island Hopping in the Pacific.”

Class Discussion (Choose 2)

• Blitzkrieg in East; Sitzkrieg in the West - Including War in the West

• Fall of France

• Battle of Britain

• Defending the Blitz

• US Pre-War “Involvement”

Videos (ALL)

• Phony War Video

• "Dunkirk" Movie Trailer

• Battlefield Britain: The Battle of Britain

Journal Entry #3 Due 4 May 2018

Lyons Readings  (ALL)

• Dower Chapter 1
• Chapter 20
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 21

Classroom Discussions (Choose 2)

• US Gets involved in the War: Pearl Harbor
• US Gets Involved in the War: “Day of Infamy” Speech
• Mapping the War in the Pacific
• Patterns of Race War in the Pacific

Videos (ALL)

• Tora, Tora, Tora
• Battle of the Coral Sea  short - Australia
• 20th Century Battlefields: Midway
• Battle of Guadalcanal short
• Flag Raising on Iwo Jima 
• Battle of Okinawa short

Journal Entry #4 Due 8 June 2018

Lyons Readings

•     Chapter 22
•     Chapter 19
•     Chapter 23
•     Chapter 26
•       Aftermath

Classroom Discussions

• Turning the Tide in Europe : Where to Strike First
•       Invasion of North Africa & Italy
•       Home Front
•     Operation Overlord
•     ETO: The Allied Advance - The Push to Defeat the Axis

Videos

•     Ken Burn’s The War: All Homefront clips
•     Band of Brothers: Episode 6: Bastogne

Throughout the semester you will be keeping a journal for this class. This will be the main assessment as far as homework is concerned. It will be evaluated twice per marking period (see course outline for dates) all journal entries will be in standard writing form. Your Journals will include the following:

Lyons Summary & Critique

Lyons Chapter & Title

Summary:

• What is this chapter about? (events, battles, policy decisions)
• Who is involved in this chapter? (important leaders both political & military, other people)
• Why are these events and people important?
• How do the events & people affect the war?

Critique

• How do you feel about how Lyons writes about the subject? (Good, bad, indifferent, why?), what is his point of view? Do you agree? Disagree?

Class Discussion 

Choice two (2) issues / events from class and write about it.

• Summarize the issue / event,
• describe why it is/was important to the overall conflict,
• questions you may have on the issue / event,
• why you chose to write about it, and
• Have we / can we learn from it for today’s world.

Film Critique

Briefly summarize and critique any films / video we have watched in class up to the Journal’s due date.

• What was the film / video about?
• Did it help explain the issue / event it portrayed?
• If a Hollywood production, do you think it was accurate to the actual issues / events?