Pearl+Harbor+and+U.S.+Entrance+to+WWII


 * This Unit is about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. This led to American involvement in World War II with Japan, Germany, and Italy, the development of nuclear weapons, America's emergence as a global superpower, the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and more.**
 * Pearl Harbor was a United States Naval Base in the U.S. territory of Hawaii. Prior to the U.S. involvment in World War II, this was the home base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet**.
 * On the morning of Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a large number of Japanese bombers, fighters, and torpedo planes launched a surprise attack at the naval base. 16 of the ships at the base were sunk or severely damaged (including eight battleships). The attack also cost the lives of over 2400 Americans and injured over 1,000 more.**


 *  Americans were saddened and outraged by these actions. On Monday, December 8th, President Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked for it to declare war on the Empire of Japan. The United States had officially entered World War II. **
 * Pearl Harbor Rubric - This rubric will be used for all the activities in this unit.**

**Pearl Harbor Speech** **Choose a shape for the words to create (I suggest the United States).**
 * First, we will brainstorm by using the** **Tagxedo** **website, where we can make a word cloud using words from the attack and the U.S. response. From this we can make a picture/cloud using the words. As an example, I used the speech given by President Roosevelt the following day, Dec. 8th, 1941.**


 * __Activity #1:__ Use** **VoiceThread** **to record a brief news report on the attack on Pearl Harbor. Try and present it in a style similar to how you might hear it on the radio or on TV. My sample is** **Pearl Harbor Attack**
 * __Activity #2:__ Create a comic using** **Pixton** **on the immediate response to the attack by the U.S., using examples of peoples' reactions, President Franklin's speech to Congress and the nation, etc. Please use four or more panels when working on this comic.**
 * My example:** **The Reaction to Pearl Harbor**


 * __Activity #3:__ Using** **Testmoz****, take the online quiz on the attack at Pearl Harbor.**
 * Use the TestMoz site to create your own sample quiz for the rest of the class to take. You MAY NOT reuse my sample questions!**
 * My sample Quiz. The pass code for the quiz is 1271941. **