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World War II
Unit Study
Name: ______________ Date: ______________
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Welcome to your World War II Unit Study! You’ll be taken around the world learning
History, Geography, language arts, character, and even a little
cooking!
*Note: There are links (underlined words in red) that are internet resources you will
need to go to in order to complete some of the lessons.
Please keep that in mind when you print this out!!
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WWII Map Activity Search the Internet and plot all of these points on the map on the next page. This is an excellent way to build
your Internet research skills!
1. Attack on Pearl Harbor
2. Battle of Britain
3. Hitler invades Poland
4. Battle of Bulge
5. Burma
6. D-Day
7. Battle of Stalingrad
8. Holocaust
9. Nagasaki
10. Battle of Midway
11. Battle of Anzio
12.Iwo Jima
13.Evacuation of Dunkirk
14.German Blitzkrieg
15.Battle of Anzio
16.Battle of Attu
17. Battle of Coral Sea
18.Battle of Alamein
19.Hiroshima
20.Operation Barbarossa
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WWII Scavenger Hunt Go to WWII Info and search to answer the following
questions:
1. How many Medals of Honor were awarded during WWII? _________________
2. What was one of the United Kingdom battleships called? _________________
3. What country had the highest amount of deaths? _________________
4. How many heavy bombers were shot down during WWII? _________________
5. What 2 Japanese cities were destroyed by the atomic bomb? ______________________________________
6. How many casualties did the USA have total? ___________________
7. What was the only nation that Germany declared war on? ___________________
8. What was one of the United States battleships called? ___________________
9. What day was the Treaty of Versailles signed? ___________________
10.What day did the Battle of Britain begin? ___________________
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WWII Timeline Activity Use these 2 timelines (HistoryPlace & WWII for Kids)
to fill in these Key WWII dates:
1/30/1939: ___________________________________
9/1/1939: ____________________________________
9/3/1939: ___________________________________
5/30/1940: __________________________________
6/22/1940: ___________________________________
7/10/1940: ___________________________________
11/5/1940: ___________________________________
5/15/1941: ___________________________________
12/7/1941: ___________________________________
12/19/1941: __________________________________
9/13/1942____________________________________
6/6/1944: ____________________________________
8/4/1944: ____________________________________
12/16/1944: __________________________________
4/12/1945: ___________________________________
4/30/1945: ___________________________________
5/7/1945: _____________________________________
8/6/1945: ____________________________________
8/9/1945: ____________________________________
8/14/1945: ____________________________________
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Read These Poems & Write Your Own Poem about WWII:
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Pick out 5 important people of WWII and describe what kind of impact they made during the war. Why are they considered
the most influential people of WWII?
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Pick out 5 rescuers of WWII and describe what kind of impact they made during
the war.
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WWII Battles: Pick 3 battles in WWII and write a summary of each one
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Battle #1: ______________________
Battle #2: ______________________
Battle #3: ______________________
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WWII Spelling & Vocabulary **Search through these terms & Write the Definition
of Each Word**
Dictator _____________________________________
War Bonds ____________________________________
Internment Camp ______________________________
Atomic Bomb _________________________________
Concentration Camp ___________________________
Ally _________________________________________
Axis _________________________________________
Nazi _________________________________________
Wehrmacht ___________________________________
Gestapo ______________________________________
Armistice ____________________________________
Appeasement _________________________________
Genocide _____________________________________
Scapegoat ____________________________________
Swastika _____________________________________
Fascism ______________________________________
Convoy ______________________________________
Communism __________________________________
Anti-Semitism ________________________________
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WWII Word Puzzle
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The 5 W’s of the Holocaust (Who, Where, What, When, Why)
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What Was the Holocaust About?
Why is the Holocaust an Important Part of WWII?
Where did the Holocaust Take Place?
When Did the Holocaust Start and Finish?
Who: Name 5 Influential People of the WWII Holocaust
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Major Events That Occurred
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Major Event #1 Major Event #2
Major Event #3 Major Event #4
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Cause & Effect
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Cause Effect
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The WWII Plot
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What are some events that happened in the Beginning of WWII?
What are some events that happened in the Middle of WWII?
What are some events that happened at the End of WWII?
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WWII Art Project
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Find a video on how to draw one of your favorite WWII airplanes and try to draw it
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Anne Frank Diary: Visit this Page to learn about her and write an entry in her
“Kitty” on what a day in her life is like.
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Anne Frank Word Puzzle
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Anne Frank’s Character: Read her biography to answer the following questions.
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Based from her biography, list some character traits you think Anne Frank has?
What are some of your favorite Anne Frank quotes? Are they positive or negative and why?
What kinds of challenges did Anne Frank face during WWII?
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Adolph Hitler’s Character: Read his biography to answer the following questions.
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Based on his biography, list some character traits you think Adolf Hitler has.
What are some of Hitler quotes? Are they positive or negative and why?
What kinds of challenges did Hitler face during WWII?
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Character Corner: Hitler’s & Anne Frank's Character
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Based from the character traits you described of Anne & Hitler in previous pages, who do you think has the best character and why do you think these
traits are important to have?
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Character Corner
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This webpage has 8 posters displaying different character traits that survivors of WWII have. Pick
one of the character traits and explain why you think it is the most important
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Food Rationing Cooking Activity
During WWII, many imported food staples such as sugar were rationed. So many families had to make do with what they had. Read this article on Food Rationing in Wartime America and
make the recipe in the article (outlined below).
APPLE BROWN BETTY Ingredients • 5 medium apples • 1 ¼ cups bread crumbs • 4 tablespoons of melted butter or cooking fat • ¼ cup hot water • 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice • 5 tablespoons dark corn syrup • ½ teaspoon salt • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions 1. Grease a glass or ceramic baking dish and preheat
oven to 350° F. 2. Pare the apples and cut them into thin slices. Toss
the bread crumbs with the melted fat in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the hot water, lemon juice, corn syrup, salt and cinnamon together.
3. Distribute a third of the bread crumb mixture into the bottom of the greased dish and top with half of the sliced apples and half of the liquid. Repeat with another layer of bread crumbs, apples and liquid and top with the remaining bread crumbs. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
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BIG List of FREE WWII Unit Studies, Lesson Plans, & More!
1. 13 WWII Lesson Plans (Grades 9-12) 2. Free WWII Lesson Plans from the National WWII
Museum (must register, but it’s still free) 3. 5 WWII Lesson Plans from the WWII Memorial
website. 4. 24 WWII Lesson Plans from Teaching American
History (Grades 5-12) 5. Mr. Donn’s 30 WWII Teacher’s Resources (including
unit studies, lesson plans, games, etc) - For all ages. 6. Scholastic’s 10 Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans
(Grades 4-12) 7. WWII Projects & Activities from Scholastic’s
Teacher Activity Guide. 8. Mr. Sears WWII Unit Plan (Grade 10) 9. 10 Holocaust Lesson Plans from Echoes &
Reflections 10. 18 Holocaust Lesson Plans from the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum 11. 10 Holocaust Lesson Plans from Education World 12. 20+ Lesson Plans on the Holocaust from Study.com 13. 9 Essential Lessons for Teaching the Holocaust by
We are Teachers 14. 23 Holocaust Lessons & Assessments from Facing
History 15. More Holocaust classroom materials & resources
from Facing History 16. Holocaust Student Activities (K-12)
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17. Pearl Harbor Social Studies Lesson Plan (Grades 7-12)
18. Pearl Harbor Lesson Plan from Discovery Education (Grades 9-12)
19. Scholastic’s Attack on Pearl Harbor Teaching Guide (Grades 3-8)
20. 5 Lesson Plans on Pearl Harbor from ReadWriteThink (Grades 3-12)
21. Here are 9 video clips on the Attack of Pearl Harbor
22. The Normandy Invasion Lesson Plan from Discovery Education (Grades 9-12)
23. Lesson Plan on D-Day from PBS (Grades 7-12) 24. Educators Resource Guide (Lessons & Activities)
on D-Day from the Smithsonian (Grades 6-12) 25. The Foreign Policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt To The
Entry Into World War II Unit Study from Yale (Grades 9-12)
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WWII Scavenger Hunt Answer Sheet Go to WWII Info and search to answer the following
questions:
Questions 1. How many Medals
of Honor were awarded during WWII? ___
2. What was one of the United Kingdom battleships called? ___
3. What country had the highest amount of deaths? ___
4. How many heavy bombers were shot down during WWII? ___
5. What 2 Japanese cities were destroyed by the atomic bomb? ___
6. How many casualties did the USA have total? ___
7. What was the only nation that German declared war on? ___
8. What was one of the United States battleships called? ___
9. What day was the Treaty of Versailles signed? ___
10.What day did the Battle of Britain begin? ___
Answers A. Vanguard B. 12,000 C. July 10, 1940 D. USA E. 29 Million F. Nagasaki & Hiroshima G. 433 H. June 28, 1918 I. Pennsylvania Class J. 413,000
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