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How Radar Changed the Course of World War II/The Secret of Tuxedo Park

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Title:

How Radar Changed the Course of World War II/The Secret of Tuxedo Park

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/amex30tp-soc-radar/how-radar-changed-the-course-of-world-war-ii-the-secret-of-tuxedo-park/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

Learn how technological innovations developed by MIT’s Radiation Laboratory, or “Rad Lab,” helped tip the balance of World War II to the Allied forces, in this video adapted from The Secret of Tuxedo Park: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, hundreds of scientists and engineers rushed to develop an automated radar device to detect and track an enemy aircraft in flight. Microwave radar systems greatly improved the shooting accuracy of defensive weapons and were used to neutralize the German army’s fearsome V-1 rocket bombs.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 11
United States History II: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

9 ) Describe the significance of major battles, events, and consequences of World War II campaigns, including North Africa, Midway, Normandy, Okinawa, the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, and the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. [A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.k.]

• Locating on a map or globe the major battles of World War II and the extent of the Allied and Axis territorial expansion

• Describing military strategies of World War II, including blitzkrieg, island-hopping, and amphibious landings

• Explaining reasons for and results of dropping atomic bombs on Japan

• Explaining events and consequences of war crimes committed during World War II, including the Holocaust, the Bataan Death March, the Nuremberg Trials, the post-war Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Genocide Convention

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: United States History II: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Explain the impact of key events and battles of WWII on the outcome of the war and the relationships between countries in the post-war world.

Teacher Vocabulary:

WWII campaigns
Midway
Normandy
Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Iwo Jima
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
allied and axis expansion
Blitzkrieg
island-hopping
amphibious landings
atomic bomb
Holocaust
Bataan Death March
Nuremberg Trials
Declaration of Human Rights
Genocide Convention

Knowledge:

Students know:

Major battles, events, and consequences of World War II campaigns.
The location on a map of major battles of WWII and the territorial claims of the different WWII powers.
Military strategies used in WWII.
Reasons for and results of dropping atomic bombs on Japan.
Events, incidents, and consequences of war crimes committed during WWII.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Locate specific points on a map and identify political, social, and geographic changes that occurred during or as a result of a historical event.
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.
Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information related to historical events.
Read and comprehend historical texts independently and proficiently on various topics related to events that led to WWII and the effect of those events on American foreign policy today.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

There were many key events and battles of WWII that had an impact on the outcome of the war, and the relationships between countries in the post-war world.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.11.9 - Define blitzkrieg, genocide, island - hopping, and concentration camps; locate key locations involved in World War II that led to global conflict; identify key events, people, and/or strategies involved in World War II.

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 9-12
Human Geography

3 ) Identify the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.

• Explaining essential aspects of culture, including social structure, languages, belief systems, customs, religion, traditions, art, food, architecture, and technology

Unpacked Content

Strand: Elective

Course Title: Human Geography

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Discuss the essential components that make-up culture and the role culture plays in the human mosaic.
Map major cultural regions of the world.

Teacher Vocabulary:

characteristics
distribution
complexity
cultural
mosaics

Knowledge:

Students know:

How the belief systems, languages, social structure, customs, traditions, art, food, architecture, and technology all shape culture.
The role of popular culture and the impact it has on local culture.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Compare and contrast differing cultures around the world.
Identify the role that belief systems, languages, social structure, customs, traditions, art, food, architecture, and technology have in shaping culture.
Identify major cultural regions of the world.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

There are essential components that make-up culture.
Culture plays an important role in the human mosaic.

Tags:

Allied Axis territorial expansion, Pearl Harbor, World War II

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Ginger Boyd

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How Radar Changed the Course of World War II/The Secret of Tuxedo Park