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

Brief Summary of WW II + Axis Aggressions Leading to World War II

Today the Eighthies:

• Continued reading, analyzing, and discussing A Brief Summary of World War II--Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 (Map)
• Continued focusing on the Axis Aggressions Leading to World War II
• Viewed the brief video of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's return Germany with the Munich Agreement, signed on my mother's 12th birthday (30 September 1939)

• Began finding pictures illustrating the Axis Aggressions Leading to World War II and attaching them to the chart of the Aggressions

Assignments

For Wednesday - Finish finding and attaching pictures illustrating the Axis Aggressions

For Thursday - Quiz over the Brief Summary of World War II


For Future Reference:

Animated Map-Axis Aggressions Leading to World War II