Unidad CLIL Segunda Guerra Mundial

CLIL DIDACTIC UNIT SECOND WORLD WAR

María Martínez Braga

INTRODUCTION

The following unit is a CLIL unit addressed to 4th ESO students in which content and language are integrated to develop a way of learning English through History. I have chosen the topic of the Second World War, which is included in the curriculum of secondary education. I follow a mixed communicative approach that combines the topic-based approach (WWII provides the context for the whole unit) with a task-based approach (students learn through doing).

As the Second World War is a very important topic in universal history, I consider it very useful in order to learn the historical contents and also the English language. In my opinion, learning a language could be more interesting if we learn some content of whatever type too.

This didactic unit is divided into 9 sessions and it is expected to be developed at the end of the second term. It is designed for 20-25 students and it could be adapted if there were more students. In case there were less students, it would be better because the activities could be done more easily and faster. Each session lasts 55 minutes and students are expected to have two sessions per week.

The first session is an introductory session of the topic, in which students analyze the previous events to the Second World War in order to understand why it took place. Students will discuss what they know about WWII and they will do reading and listening comprehension. In the second session students will learn the causes of WWII through reading and listening tasks as well as vocabulary activities. In sessions 3 and 4 students will learn the first stage of the development of WWII, from 1939 to 1941.

There will be listening and reading tasks as information resources and writing and speaking activities where they will have to develop their ideas and thoughts as well as interpret the information given to them. In sessions 5 and 6 students will learn about the second stage of the development of WWII, from 1941 to 1945. All the information will be given to them by reading and listening comprehension tasks using written texts and videos. They will have to order the information in order to develop clear ideas of what happened in WWII. The seventh session will be about the consequences of WWII and students will also have to develop their technological competence as well as their

reading and listening skills. The eighth session will be some kind of researching lesson in which students will have to use TICS to find information about some key concepts of WWII. Finally in the last lesson students will present the final task to the teacher and the classmates : a glogster about one key concept / person of WWII.

SESSION 1: An introduction to WWII Activity 1 (pre-reading): In groups of four people discuss the following question and write your conclusions down on a paper to share them with the rest of the class: What do you know about World War II? Activity 2 (reading): Read the text and determine whether the following statements are true or false and correct those that are wrong.

INTRODUCTION The instability created in Europe by the First World War (1914-18) set the stage for another international conflict–World War II–which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating. Rising to power in an economically and politically unstable Germany, Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi Party) rearmed the nation and signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan to further his ambitions of world domination. Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and World War II had begun. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war. Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler’s diabolical “Final Solution,” now known as the Holocaust.

LEADING UP TO WORLD WAR II The devastation of the Great War (as World War I was known at the time) had greatly destabilized Europe, and in many respects World War II grew out of issues left unresolved by that earlier conflict. In particular, political and economic instability in Germany, and lingering resentment over the harsh terms imposed by the Versailles Treaty, fueled the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi) Party.

After becoming Reich Chancellor in 1933, Hitler swiftly consolidated power, anointing himself Führer (supreme leader) in 1934. Obsessed with the idea of the superiority of the “pure” German race, which he called “Aryan,” Hitler believed that war was the only way to gain the necessary “Lebensraum,” or living space, for that race to expand. In the mid-1930s, he began the rearmament of Germany, secretly and in violation of the Versailles Treaty. After signing alliances with Italy and Japan against the Soviet Union, Hitler sent troops to occupy Austria in 1938 and the following year annexed Czechoslovakia. Hitler’s open aggression went unchecked, as the United States and Soviet Union were concentrated on internal politics at the time, and neither France nor Britain (the two other nations most devastated by the Great War) were eager for confrontation. 

The instability in Europe after WWI set WWII.

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Hitler did not violate the Versailles Treaty.

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Hitler named himself Führer in 1933.

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We now say Holocaust when we refer to the "Final Solution".

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France and England helped Germany with the invasion of Poland.

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Activity 3 (vocabulary): Find a synonym in the text for each of the words below: - world (line 9) - killed (line 10) - supported (line 16) - enthusiastic (line 26)

Activity 4 (listening): Click here and you'll see: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-iihistory/videos/did-wwi-lead-towwii?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Did WWI Lead to WWII? World War II began 21 years after the end of World War I, but many historians believe that the two wars were part of one vast global conflict.

1.Watch the video and take some notes.

2. Write a summary using the notes you have taken (homework).

SESSION 2: The causes of WWII Activity 1 (listening) Click here and you'll see: http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=34627 Watch this video about the causes of WWII and answer the following questions: 1. Which causes are mentioned in the video?

2. Which ideologies does the video talk about?

3. How did Germany violate the Treaty of Versailles?

4. Why did England and France let Hitler take a piece of Czechoslovakia?

Activity 2 (reading) Read the following text about the causes of WWII.

CAUSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR The treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers. Because Germany had lost the war, the treaty was very harsh against Germany. Germany was forced to "accept the responsibility" of the war damages suffered by the Allies. The treaty required that Germany pay a huge sum of money called reparations. The problem with the treaty is that it left the German economy in ruins. People were starving and the government was in chaos.

Japanese Expansion In the period before World War II, Japan was growing rapidly. However, as an island nation they did not have the land or the natural resources to sustain their growth.

Japan began to look to grow their empire in order to gain new resources. They invaded Manchuria in 1931 and China in 1937.

Fascism With the economic turmoil left behind by World War 1, some countries were taken over by dictators who formed powerful fascist governments. The first fascist government was Spain which was ruled by the dictator Franco. Then Mussolini took control of Italy. These dictators wanted to expand their empires and began to look for new lands to conquer. Italy invaded and took over Ethiopia in 1935. Adolf Hitler would emulate Mussolini in his takeover of Germany.

Hitler and the Nazi Party In Germany, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power. The Germans were desperate for someone to turn around their economy and restore their national pride.

Hitler offered them hope. In 1934, Hitler was proclaimed the "Fuhrer" (leader) and became dictator of Germany. Hitler resented the restrictions put on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles. While talking about peace, Hitler began to rearm Germany. He allied Germany with Mussolini and Italy. Then Hitler looked to restore Germany to power by expanding his empire. He first took over Austria in 1938. When the League of Nations did nothing to stop him, Hitler became bolder and took over Czechoslovakia in 1939.

Appeasement After World War 1, the nations of Europe were weary and did not want another war. When countries such as Italy and Germany became aggressive and began to take over their neighbors and build up their armies, countries such as Britain and France hoped to keep peace through "appeasement." This meant that they tried to make Germany and Hitler happy rather than try to stop him. They hoped that by meeting his demands he would be satisfied and there wouldn't be any war. Unfortunately, the policy of appeasement backfired. It only made Hitler bolder. It also gave him time to build up his army.

Great Depression The period before World War II was a time of great economic suffering

throughout the world called the Great Depression. Many people were out of work and struggling to survive. This created unstable governments and worldwide turmoil that helped lead to World War II. Are the following statements true or false? Justify your answer: 1. The period before World War II was a time of great economic power.

2. Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles.

3. When WWI ended, the Allies had to pay a huge sum of money to Germany because of all the damages suffered in the war.

4. The nations of Europe really wanted another war after WWI.

Activity 3 (vocabulary) Match the following words taken from the text with their meanings below. 

Harsh

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Starve

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Growth

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Sustain

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Pride

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Ally

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Backfire

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Bold

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Struggle

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Turmoil

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to join (yourself) with another person, group, etc., in order to get or give support.

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the process of growing

o

a state of confusion or disorder

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severe or cruel : not kind

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a feeling that you respect yourself and deserve to be respected by other people

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to try very hard to do, achieve, or deal with something that is difficult or that causes problems

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to suffer or die from lack of food : to suffer extreme hunger

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not afraid of danger or difficult situations

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to have the opposite result of what was desired or expected

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to provide what is needed for (something or someone) to exist, continue, etc.

SESSION 3: The development of WWII (First stage) Activity 1 (pre-reading activity) Look at the map below. It shows the German annexations just before WWII. What do you think it is going to happen? Discuss in pairs.

Activity 2 (reading activity) Read the following text about the beginning of WWII and answer the questions.

OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II (1939) In late August 1939, Hitler and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin signed the GermanSoviet Nonaggression Pact, which incited a frenzy of worry in London and Paris. Hitler had long planned an invasion of Poland, a nation to which Great Britain and France had guaranteed military support if it was attacked by Germany. The pact with Stalin meant that Hitler would not face a war on two fronts once he invaded Poland, and would have Soviet assistance in conquering and dividing the nation itself. On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. On September 17, Soviet troops invaded Poland from the east. Under attack from both sides, Poland fell quickly, and by early 1940 Germany and the Soviet Union had divided control over the nation, according to a secret protocol appended to the Nonaggression Pact. Stalin’s forces then moved to occupy the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and defeated a resistant Finland in the Russo-Finish War. During the six months following the invasion of Poland, the lack of action on the part of

Germany and the Allies in the west led to talk in the news media of a “phony war.� At sea, however, the British and German navies faced off in heated battle, and lethal German U-boat submarines struck at merchant shipping bound for Britain, sinking more than 100 vessels in the first four months of World War II. 1. What was the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?

2. What do you think a phony war means?

Activity 3 (vocabulary) Look for synonyms in the text for the following words: - deliriousness (line 2) - look toward (line 5) - warm (line 16) - ready (line 17) - ship (line 18)

Activity 4 (listening) Watch the following video about the rise of Nazism and take some notes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2YEUhHFMHY

Activity 5 (writing) For homework write a short summary about the rise of Nazism using the information you have heard on the video.

SESSION 4: The development of WWII (First stage)

Activity 1 (reading) Read the text below and answer the questions.

WORLD WAR II IN THE WEST (1940-41)

On April 9, 1940, Germany simultaneously invaded Norway and occupied Denmark, and the war began in earnest. On May 10, German forces swept through Belgium and the Netherlands in what became known as “blitzkrieg,” or lightning war.

Three days later, Hitler’s troops crossed the Meuse River and struck French forces at Sedan, located at the northern end of the Maginot Line, an elaborate chain of fortifications constructed after World War I and considered an impenetrable defensive barrier. In fact, the Germans broke through the line with their tanks and planes and continued to the rear, rendering it useless. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was evacuated by sea from Dunkirk in late May, while in the south French forces mounted a doomed resistance. With France on the verge of collapse, Benito Mussolini of Italy put his Pact of Steel with Hitler into action, and Italy declared war against France and Britain on June 10.

On June 14, German forces entered Paris; a new government formed by Marshal Philippe Petain (France’s hero of World War I) requested an armistice two nights later.

France was subsequently divided into two zones, one under German military occupation and the other under Petain’s government, installed at Vichy. Hitler now turned his attention to Britain, which had the defensive advantage of being separated from the Continent by the English Channel. To pave the way for an amphibious invasion (dubbed Operation Sea Lion), German planes bombed Britain extensively throughout the summer of 1940, including night raids on London and other industrial centers that caused heavy civilian casualties and damage. The Royal Air Force (RAF) eventually defeated the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) in the Battle of Britain, and Hitler postponed his plans to invade. With Britain’s defensive resources pushed to the limit, Prime Minister Winston Churchill began receiving crucial aid from the U.S. under the LendLease Act, passed by Congress in early 1941.

2. Who did Italy fight with?

3. Explain the situation in France in June 1940.

4. Did the Operation Sea Lion succeed?

Activity 2 (reading) Make a timeline about the events which took place in the west between 1940 and 1941.

Activity 3 (pre-listening)

What do you know about Fascism? Discuss in groups of four and then share your ideas with the rest of the class.

Activity 4 (listening) Watch the following video about the rise of Fascism in Italy and make some comparisons with Nazism in Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7lw30qKFLw

Activity 5 (post-listening) Do you know other country in which Fascism ruled in that time? Discuss with your partner.

SESSION 5: The development of WWII (Second stage)

Activity 1 (reading) Read the following text and answer the questions below.

OPERATION BARBAROSSA (1941-42) By early 1941, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria had joined the Axis, and German troops overran Yugoslavia and Greece that April. Hitler’s conquest of the Balkans was a precursor for his real objective: an invasion of the Soviet Union, whose vast territory would give the German master race the “Lebensraum” it needed. The other half of Hitler’s strategy was the extermination of the Jews from throughout German-occupied Europe. Plans for the “Final Solution” were introduced around the time of the Soviet offensive, and over the next three years more than 4 million Jews would perish in the death camps established in occupied Poland.

On June 22, 1941, Hitler ordered the invasion of the Soviet Union, codenamed Operation Barbarossa. Though Soviet tanks and aircraft greatly outnumbered the Germans’, their air technology was largely obsolete, and the impact of the surprise invasion helped Germans get within 200 miles of Moscow by mid-July. Arguments

between Hitler and his commanders delayed the next German advance until October, when it was stalled by a Soviet counteroffensive and the onset of harsh winter weather.

WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC (1941-43) With Britain facing Germany in Europe, the United States was the only nation capable of combating Japanese aggression, which by late 1941 included an expansion of its ongoing war with China and the seizure of European colonial holdings in the Far East.

On December 7, 1941, 360 Japanese aircraft attacked the major U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, taking the Americans completely by surprise and claiming the lives of more than 2,300 troops. The attack on Pearl Harbor served to unify American public opinion in favor of entering World War II, and on December 8 Congress declared war on Japan with only one dissenting vote. Germany and the other Axis Powers promptly declared war on the United States.

After a long string of Japanese victories, the U.S. Pacific Fleet won the Battle of Midway in June 1942, which proved to be a turning point in the war. On Guadalcanal, one of the southern Solomon Islands, the Allies also had success against Japanese forces in a series of battles from August 1942 to February 1943, helping turn the tide further in the Pacific. In mid-1943, Allied naval forces began an aggressive counterattack against Japan, involving a series of amphibious assaults on key Japanese-held islands in the Pacific. This “island-hopping� strategy proved successful, and Allied forces moved closer to their ultimate goal of invading the Japanese homeland.

1. What was Operation Barbarossa?

2. Which three new important countries entered the war in 1941-1942? Who did they fight with?

3. Why did the USA enter the war?

Activity 2 (post-reading) Complete the following chart with the information given to you until now.

Who fought in WWII? THE ALLIES

THE AXIS POWERS

Activity 3 (pre-listening) Why do you think Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941? Discuss in groups of three.

Activity 4 (listening) Watch the following video about the history of the attack on Pearl Harbor and explain in your own words why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor (homework). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdIR7_B3JA

SESSION 6: The development of WWII (Second stage) Activity 1 (pre-reading) Make a timeline with the main events of WWII until the attack on Pearl Harbor.

How do you think WWII ended? Discuss in pairs

Activity 2 (reading) Read the following text and match the words with the definitions below.

TOWARD ALLIED VICTORY IN WORLD WAR II (1943-45) In North Africa, British and American forces had defeated the Italians and Germans by 1943. An Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy followed, and Mussolini’s government fell in July 1943, though Allied fighting against the Germans in Italy would continue until 1945.

On World War II’s Eastern Front, a Soviet counteroffensive launched in November 1942 ended the bloody Battle of Stalingrad, which had seen some of the fiercest combat of the war. The approach of winter, along with dwindling food and medical supplies, spelled the end for German troops there, and the last of them surrendered on January 31, 1943.

On June 6, 1944–celebrated as “D-Day”–the Allied began a massive invasion of Europe, landing 156,000 British, Canadian and American soldiers on the beaches of Normandy, France. In response, Hitler poured all the remaining strength of his army into Western Europe, ensuring Germany’s defeat in the east. Soviet troops soon advanced into Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania, while Hitler gathered his forces to drive the Americans and British back from Germany in the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944-January 1945), the last major German offensive of the war. An intensive aerial bombardment in February 1945 preceded the Allied land invasion of Germany, and by the time Germany formally surrendered on May 8, Soviet forces had occupied much of the country. Hitler was already dead, having committed suicide on April 30 in his Berlin bunker.

WORLD WAR II ENDS (1945) At the Potsdam Conference of July-August 1945, U.S. President Harry S. Truman (who had taken office after Roosevelt’s death in April), Churchill and Stalin discussed the ongoing war with Japan as well as the peace settlement with Germany. Post-war Germany would be divided into four occupation zones, to be controlled by the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States and France. On the divisive matter of Eastern Europe’s future, Churchill and Truman acquiesced to Stalin, as they needed Soviet cooperation in the war against Japan. Heavy casualties sustained in the campaigns at Iwo Jima (February 1945) and Okinawa (April-June 1945), and fears of the even costlier land invasion of Japan led Truman to authorize the use of a new and devastating weapon–the atomic bomb–on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August. On August 10, the Japanese government issued a statement declaring they would accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, and on September 2, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 

Defeat

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Fierce

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Dwindle

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Surrender

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Casualty

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Weapon

o to become steadily less (steadily = constantemente) o something (such as a gun, knife, club, or bomb) that is used for fighting or attacking someone or for defending yourself when someone is attacking you. o very violent. o to agree to stop fighting, hiding, resisting, etc., because you know that you will not win or succeed. o to win a victory over (someone or something) in a war, contest, game, etc. o a person who is hurt or killed during an accident, war, etc.

Activity 3 (post-reading) Complete the following information about the Victory in Europe using the words given below.

Victory in Europe (VE Day) Berlin, Germany France Netherlands

celebrations Germany

unconditionally

committed suicide Italy

Italy

Europe Mussolini

USSR

The Allied troops fought to push _____________ into a retreat. Allied troops pushed from the West (__________ through the __________ ), the East (___________ ), and the South (_____________ ).

April 27, 1945 - ______________captured; killed the next day .

April 30, 1945 - Hitler realized that all was lost and did not want to suffer Mussolini’s fate; ___________________in his bunker.

May 1,1945 - German forces in ________________ surrender unconditionally.

May 2, 1945 - German forces in _______________________ , surrender to USSR. May 6, 1945 - All remaining German forces surrender _______________

May 8, 1945 - Victory in __________ ; news of the surrender broke in the West; _____________everywhere!

Activity 4 (listening) Watch the following video about the Atomic Bomb that ends WWII and take some notes. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history/videos/atomic-bombends-wwII

Activity 5 (post-listening) Complete the following information about the Victory in Japan with the words given below.

Victory in Japan (VJ Day) Americans invasion

Atomic Bomb Japan

casualties

Little Boy

longer

Fatman Nagasaki

Hiroshima three years

The war in the Pacific lasted___________ than the European war. The______________ had done most of the fighting against the Japanese, and it had taken them_______________ to bring their forces close enough to bomb Japan. The American military had already suffered about a million__________________ , and they calculated that an __________________ of Japan would cost at least a million more. The ___________________ __________________________ would allow the USA to attack Japan with far less American casualties.

August 6, 1945 - atomic bomb “__________________ _____________________ ” dropped on _____________________, Japan.

August 9, 1945 - atomic bomb “__________________ ” dropped on ________________, Japan.

September 2, 1945 - Victory in _____________________ ; Japan surrenders to the USA

SESSION 7: Consequences of WWII Activity 1 (listening) Watch the following video about the consequences of WWII and fill in the gaps.

History of World War II: The Aftermath This war left many countries devastated and influenced generations of life. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we will take a look at the aftermath of World War II.

Ongoing Tensions Between Axis and Allied Countries The atomic bombing of Japan brutally forced that country’s__________, and brought the Second World War to an end. However, the end of battle left much of Europe in ________, both physically and economically. Plus, tensions remained between the Axis and Allied countries for years due to divergent belief systems.

The Holocaust In terms of lives lost, the Second World War was the deadliest ______ in history.

Between 50 and 70 million people were _______, and a large portion of these were__________. The __________ saw an estimated six million European Jews perish at the hands of the ___________, and this comprised over one third of the world’s Jewish population at that time. Many other ______________ groups were also targeted by the Nazis, including Poles, _____________ and disabled peoples.

Changing Borders

Many of those who did ___________ were left without homes. Also, new ___________were drawn throughout Europe and Asia that created a new geopolitical ____________. Europe’s overall weakness led to________________, and countries like India and Pakistan gained independence from the ________ _________. World power shifted from Europe at this point, as well, and to the United States and__________ __________.

Impact on the Soviets In fact, the aftermath of war greatly affected the Soviet Union. It is approximated that over 25 million Soviets died in the battle, and only half of these were military ___________. It eventually took 30 years for the population to return to pre-war numbers.

Iron Curtain and the Cold War Tensions between the Soviets and the Western Allies surfaced, despite the fact they had _____________ together. Even before fighting ended, the suggestion was made that war between the United States and the Soviet Union was unavoidable and that capitalist and communist systems could not ___________. This led to the symbolic Iron Curtain between

Eastern

and Western

Europe.

In

1946,

the

Cold War

between

____________Soviet forces and the Western world began, and was only resolved in 1989.

Germany and Japan Meanwhile, Germany was forced to pay ____________ and to cede territorial gains the country had made during the war. The Germans were also left to rebuild their nation without aid. Things were similarly bleak in Japan, though the Japanese were also struggling with the consequences of the ___________bombings.

The Nuremberg Trials Remaining Nazi leaders were prosecuted by the International Military Tribunal or IMT a few months after fighting ceased in the Nuremberg Trials. Prior to this, the act of waging war had not been punishable by law; however the ___________ and extremity of the Nazis’ actions convinced the Allies to indict those responsible. The ___________ lasted from November 20th, 1945 to October 1st, 1946, and resulted in death ___________ for many of the Nazi elite. Despite criticism of these trials, the IMT itself helped lead to the establishment of the International Criminal Court.

The United Nations One relatively positive outcome of the Second World War was the _______________of the United Nations on October 24th, 1945 in order to maintain____________, enforce international ______________ and protect human rights. In addition, a number of laws were established in the years after World War II that were direct results of the Nazi threat, including rulings against genocide and in favor of human ___________.

Women in the Workforce In terms of the workforce, the presence of women was another effect directly attributed to World War II. Attitudes Towards Racism Public attitudes also changed, especially towards overt racism. Though it did not completely___________, tolerance slowly became more widespread.

A Changed World Due to these many consequences, World War II proved to be the most war in history.

transformative

Activity 2 (listening) Watch the following ESL video and choose the right answer in the quiz. http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz.php?id=23370

Activity 3 (post-listening) What do you think about the Holocaust? Discuss in groups of four.

SESSION 8: A webquest on WWII

Activity 1 What does "Blitzkrieg" or lighting war mean?

Find it out! http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg A German term for “lightning war,� blitzkrieg is a ____________

____________ to

create ______________ among enemy forces through the use of ____________ forces and locally concentrated __________. Its successful execution results in _________ military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of_________. German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with ___________ of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940.

Activity 2 What was de D-Day? Write a short description about it.

When did the Allies liberate France?

Watch the following video: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day/videos It will help you!

Activity 3 Let's

check

what

we

know

about

the

Lebensraum.

Go

here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/hitler_lebensraum_01.shtml and find the right answers.

1.Lebensraum literally means: a) own space b) vital space c) living space 2.This space could only be gained: a) in the east b) in the west c) in the south 3.Ratzel believed that: a) the development of all species, except humans, is determined by the adaptation to geographical circumstances. b) The development of all species, including humans, is determined by the adaptation to geographical circumstances. c) The development of all species, including humans, is determined by the adaptation to social circumstances.

Activity 4

What

was

the

Manhattan

Project?

Click

here:

http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/362098/Manhattan-Project and complete the information chart.

What was it?

How was the atomic bomb created?

Nickname of the bomb First use of it Atomic bombs in WWII Radioactive element used

Activity 5

Do you know what this image stands for?

Click here and discover it! http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/562059/SS Determine whether the following statements are true or false: The SS were the elite corps of the fascist party in Italy They were founded in April 1935 They were dissolute in 1945

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Heinrich Himmler was the head of the SS

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Activity 6 (homework) Look at the following key concepts about WWII: ďƒź Nazism

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 Fascism  D-Day  Battle of Stalingrad  The Allies and The Axis Powers  Blitzkrieg  The Manhattan Project  V-E Day  SS  Marshall Plan  Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact  Anschluss  Appeasement  Postdam Conference  Yalta Conference  Africa Korps  Luftwaffe  Churchil  Stalin  Musolini  Hirohito  Auschwitz  V-J Day  Holocaust

Now choose one of the concepts above as the topic of the gloster you are going to create. Take the following gloster as an example of what you have to do:

Then send the gloster to the teacher and he/she will upload all of them to the classroom blog.

SESSION 9: Glogster presentations

Students will present their glogsters to the whole class.