Week 8: The Allied Leaders

General Paige taught the first part of class today.  She shared a little bit about the hairstyles of the 40's.

She also presented "The Big Three" of the Allied leaders -- Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt.  The lesson ended with a guessing game of who said which quote.  Here's some links to the quotes:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/franklin_d_roosevelt.html

 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/winston_churchill.html

 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/joseph_stalin.html

 

Then we did a document study of a speech that Winston Churchill gave at Harrow School in 1941.  There were several great points of discussion in the speech, but I think the class favorite was:

"Never give in.  Never give in.  Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.  Never yield to force.  Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

Another favorite was: 

"You cannot tell from appearances how things will go.  Sometimes imagination makes things out far worse than they are; yet without imagination not much can be done."

HOMEWORK:

• Keep working on your interviews.
• Keep working on your personal Hero Project
• We're discussing the book Hiroshima by John Hersey in two weeks.
• We're discussing Flags of our Fathers next week if you didn't already finish that one.
• Get started on your biography book.

Next Week:  The Pacific Theater