Unit 8:

Day 56

Learning Target:

SWBAT analyze how the events of World War II lead to change in foreign policy/international

relations.

MWH.4.CX: Contextualize World War II and the Holocaust within local and global economic, political, and social developments from 1919–1950.

This indicator is intended to encourage inquiry into the relationship between World War II and interwar foreign policies, global business cycles, the rise of totalitarian regimes, and postwar alliances. This indicator was also developed to promote inquiry into the relationship between the Holocaust as state-sponsored systematic persecution and interwar totalitarianism, nationalism, economic turmoil, and World War II.

MWH.4.E: Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives during the Age of Imperialism and among countries in world conflicts

Students will read and look at images in the aftermath of WWII.

World War II: After the WarPart 20 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

2. Students will read about the new global order and responsibilities

Great Responsibilities and New Global Power | The National WWII Museum | New OrleansWorld War II transformed the United States from a midlevel global power to the leader of the “free world.” With this rapid rise in power and influence, the United States had to take on new responsibilities, signaling the beginning of the "American era."

3. Have students answer the question “How did World War II change the direction of US international involvement?”