Axis Aggressions Leading to WW II + Dark Days for the Allies: Axis Conquests 1939-41 + Ambrose's The Good Fight

Today the 8th Graders:

• Studied the Animated Map of Axis Aggressions Leading to World War II
• Took a Quiz over the Axis Aggressions
• Examined a map and chronology of Dark Days for the Allies: Axis Conquests in Europe & North Africa, 1939-41
• Began reading pp. 4-8 in Stephen E. Ambrose's The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won

Assignments for Thursday--
1. Quiz over Map-Dark Days for the Allies: Axis Conquests, 1939-41

• Be able to identify the 6 Axis Conquests (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9) and the 3 Axis Failures (5, 7, 9).
• Use the maps given you in class, plus the Animated Map-Dark Days for the Allies 1939-41 if it helps.

2. Read pp. 4-8 in Stephen E. Ambrose's The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won