In fourth period today, we will investigate what America was like in the days of sharecropping and Jim Crow. Please go to the following website to begin our journey back in time.

http://curriculum.new-albany.k12.oh.us/mkerschner/documents/Webquest.pdf

Summer of My German Soldier Pre-Reading Activity

Hello, 3rd period! In preparation for reading Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene, you will need to gather some background information on World War II, the Nazi party, and American culture during this time period. Below, you will find your guiding questions. Good luck!

Summer of My German Soldier Web Quest

Your task is to experience and express the patriotic feelings that the United States was feeling during World War II. There are a few websites that you may find useful:

• History Place
• Ames Historical Society
• Archives.gov (See the posters at Powers of Persuasion)

1. What were the beliefs of the Nazi Party?

2. Why and when did the United States enter into WWII?

3. What is rationing? (State 3 items they had to ration)

4. Review the U.S. propaganda posters. What messages are they trying to send to Americans at the time?

5. What was the United States government's rationale for "isolating" the Japanese-Americans?

Read Franklin Roosevelt's "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" speech. As you read through FDR's speech, find at least 3 phrases that might explain why the US government chose to imprison Japanese-Americans.

Answer the following questions.

1. When the United States entered the war, who was the President at that time. (first, middle and last name)

2. Nazi is a nickname. What does NAZI stand for?

3. What is an Aryan?

4. What happened at Pearl Harbor?

5. List at least 5 adjectives that describe Adolf Hitler.

6. What does anti-Semitic mean?

7. What is an Aryan?