UT Standard 3.2: Students will use primary sources and/or oral histories to analyze the impact of a national/global event such as World War I, the Spanish flu epidemic, the Great Depression, World War II, and Japanese American internment on an individual or community in Utah. (history)

Please watch the 4 videos below on Utahns roles in important events between the years 1900-1945.

Feel free to take notes on things that are SPECIFIC to Utah from the video. (You will not be turning in the notes, but rather they could help you when you do the video submission)

***There were MANY THINGS that happened during this time period, but we are focusing on some things you might not have heard about that have specific ties to Utah.

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World War 1 Nurses.mp4

World War 1, Nurses

FROM HISTORY.COM: World War I, also known as the Great War, started in 1914... lasted until 1918. During the four-year conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers).

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Spanish Flu, 1918.mp4

Spanish Flu Pandemic

FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: The virus infected roughly 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in World War I). In the United States, a quarter of the population caught the virus, 675,000 died, and life expectancy dropped by 12 years.

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CCC Camp.mp4

Great Depression, CCC Camp

FROM THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICES: As part of the New Deal Program, to help lift the United States out of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. The CCC or C’s as it was sometimes known, allowed single men between the ages of 18 and 25 to enlist in work programs to improve America’s public lands, forests, and parks.

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Navajo Code Talkers Short Documentary EXPLORE MODE.mp4

World War 2, Navajo Code Talkers

FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN: During World Wars I and II, hundreds of Native American servicemen from more than twenty tribes used their Indigenous languages to send secret, coded messages enemies could never break. Known as code talkers, these men helped U.S. forces achieve military victory in some of the greatest battles of the twentieth century.

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Once you have watched all four videos, please complete the Google form below.

REMINDER!! You will need a camera for this assignment. (It is like our geographic regions of Utah assignment)

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