Today we will start with our letters and hone in on what this WWII assignment entails:
* Take out your 2-3 letters. You have hopefully read these letters closely and possibly more than once.
* Let's go back to the first letter from Iwo Jima (Show Mr. Clark's and Mrs. Carlisto's examples)
* Choose the letter you are committed to.
* Highlight/underline/annotate your letter - ask questions (if this is a personal letter do this on a separate piece of paper.
* Let's come up with 20-30 ideas stemming from the Iwo Jima letter. (groups of 5 / 1 computer each)
* Now look at your letter and try to come up with 10-15 ideas to start.
Homework:
1. Finish 10 options on the google doc spreadsheet (under the Iwo Jima letters)
2. Watch "Civilians at War" from 39:30 to end (Skip 49:55-55:38 & Skip 102:00-end) 16 minutes of total video
Answer the following questions from that 27 minutes of video. (Use a separate sheet of paper. Complete sentences)
1. What happened on Saipen that showed that the Japanese civilians were convinced the American soldiers were brutal?
(2 points)
2. What was a kamikaze flight? (2 points)
3. How did Japanese children on Okinawa destroy tanks? (2 points)
4.What was fascinating about the surrender of Tomika Higa on Okinawa? (at least 5 sentences-5 points)
5. Describe the bombing of Tokyo? What effect did have on Tokyo? (4 points)
6. Describe the effects of the atom bomb on Hiroshima?
(5 sentences - 5 points)
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