Week 6: The Japanese Invasions & Pearl Harbor

This week we watched several fun videos from the WWII era while we were preparing for our Pearl Harbor simulation.

Charlie Chaplin -- The Lion's Cage   http://youtu.be/79i84xYelZI

Charlie Chaplin -- Factory Work  http://youtu.be/DfGs2Y5WJ14

Abbott & Costello -- 7 X 13 = 28  http://youtu.be/MS2aEfbEi7s

Bugs Bunny's Debut -- A Wild Hare   http://youtu.be/Hcl2QZWHatA

After we finished making paper airplanes and paper boats, we headed outside to the parking lot where Pearl Harbor was located.  We placed our boats and planes and then walked thru the morning of December 7th, 1941 in Pearl Harbor.  We got a little wet as the weather was misty, but we were at the harbor so that made sense.  :-)

We finished up with FDR's speech asking Congress for a Declaration of War on December 8th.  America wasn't the only country the Japanese attacked on the 7th.  They also attacked Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippine Islands, and Wake Island.  They attacked Midway Island the morning of the 8th.

It was interesting to note that the Japanese had initiated formal negotiations for the maintenance of peace in the pacific and there ambassadors were still in Washington DC for that purpose when they attacked Pearl Harbor.

HOMEWORK:

• Make a simple timeline of the important events in WWII
• FINISH READING:  The Hiding Place  by Corrie Ten Boom
• Keep working on the interviews.  You can interview anyone that lived during WWII.
• Keep working on you personal hero projects.  You should have 4-6 of them done by now.

NEXT WEEK:  The Holocaust