Pacific Theater  1942-1945

    General MacArthur   escapes the Philippines
                           but promises "I shall return"
Bataan Death March -  Captured Americans were forced to march to prison camps   Look at Power Point of Death March
 

Colonel Jimmy Doolittle

led a group of B-25 bombers                                 to attack and bomb Tokyo

  Jacob DeShazer  one of Doolittle's pilots who was  captured, tortured and later returned as a missionary to Japan

Watch Toykyo Rose: 3 min video:

Island Hopping   strategy used by the U.S. to
  capture an island then use it as a base assault on the next island moving steadily toward Japan.

Pacific Battles
 

Coral Sea    first naval battle in which the enemy ships never saw each other.  Radar

Midway Naval Battle -  the turning point in the
                   battle to control the Pacific

Guadalcanal first real engagement of fighting
                 soldiers heavy losses on both sides   

Leyte Gulf Japan lost almost all of its remaining ships and planes

 Iwo Jima/ Desperate Japanese use suicide "bonzi" tactics to defend the island.

WWII Memorial  Famous photo from the Pulitzer prize-winning photo by news photographer Joe Rosenthal.

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Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.