WEEK: 23 DATE: UNIT: The World Wars

Weekly Topic World War II
Classtime	The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won p 4-21 this week Kingfisher History 2004/1999 p 412-14 1993 p 688-89, 692-94 (Start of World War II) Story of the World, Vol. 4 Ch 27 (Civil War…Invasion) sect “Rebuilding the Fatherland” Usborne History 2000 UILE p 370-71 (Europe at War)	A History of US War,Peace& All That Jazz(9) “Pearl Harbor” “Taking Sides” “World War” A Child’s Story of America p 166-172 (Overview of World War II) Story of the World, Vol. 4 Ch 28 (Second World War) sect 1 “Three-Year War”	A History of US War,Peace& All That Jazz(9) “A Two-Front War” “Forgetting the Constitution” Kingfisher History 2004/1999 p 410-11 1993 p 686-87 (China and Japan at War) Story of the World, Vol. 4 Ch 25 (Armies in China) (both sections) Usborne History 2000 UILE p 364 (The People’s Republic)
Readers K-2	Anna’s Goat
3+	Spider Sparrow		.
5+	Land of the Morning
Family Read Aloud	The Winged Watchman p 1-50	or We Were There at the Normandy Invasion p 1-40
Map/Timeline	Maps: The Good Fight p 8,9 (9/1939) WWII begins Europe (For more events, refer to the front cover of The Good Fight.)	Map: The 3 Axis Powers The 3 Allied Powers (12/7/1941) Pearl Harbor	Map: Japanese Expansion during WWII (1937) Japan launches full scale invasion of China
Writing Ideas	Oral History suggestion: Interview people who lived at the time of Pearl Harbor. What were they doing that day? What did they feel? How did their life change?	Grammar: Name the countries who were on our side in WWII. What were they called? Who were the enemy countries and what were they called?	Logic: Was America justified in joining WWII? Why? Would we have been justified in joining before Pearl Harbor? Why or why not?
Optional Fiction and Resources	World War II Adv 3+-5+ (McGowen)	Christian Heroes Series for 5+ Gladys Alward: The Adventure of a Lifetime Flight of the Fugitives 3+ (Trailblazers: Gladys Alward)	This week, watch the movie “The Sound of Music”