Crash Course Videos on WW II + Chronology of U. S. Neutrality

Today the Grade 8s:

• Finished watching, pausing, and analyzing two Crash Course Videos on World War II
• Analyzed a Chronology of U. S. Neutrality During World War II, focusing on the question, "How neutral was the United States from 1939-1941?"
• They color coded events on the two-page chronology by highlighting as follows:
• Pink = Policies toward Great Britain
• Orange =  Policies for the Western Hemisphere
• Blue = Policies for U. S. Military Preparedness
• Yellow = Policies toward Japan 
• They then analyzed the extent to which the U. S. was neutral with regard to each of the four color-coded policies.

Assignment for Wednesday - Complete the analysis of the Chronology of U. S. Neutrality.