Social Studies - United States History II
Lesson Plans

U.S. II Strand 6: ANOTHER GLOBAL CONFLICT AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE COLD WAR

(Ca. 1930-1950) Possible Guiding Questions to Consider:

• How did decisions that leaders made during World War II change the rules of warfare?
• What arguments were made for employing the tactics of "total war"?
• How do local conflicts escalate to become global conflicts?
• What were the interests and primary objectives of the U.S. in entering into World War II?
• How was the impact of World War II reflected in the culture of the United States home front?
• How did the events of World War II set the stage for the Cold War?
• How did the United States seek to halt the spread of communism in Europe?

U.S. II Standard 6.1:

Students will assess the causes and consequences of America's shift from isolationism to interventionism in the years leading up to World War II.

• American Diplomacy in World War II
  This four-lesson curriculum unit will examine the nature of what Winston Churchill called the "Grand Alliance" between the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union in opposition to the aggression of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

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