World War 2 Introduction
Research:
Discussion: How did Hitler get to power and what made him so popular given all that we currently know about him?
- Who started World War 2?
- Who was fighting who in World War 2?
- What kind of technology was common in World War 2?
- Who won World War 2?
Discussion: How did Hitler get to power and what made him so popular given all that we currently know about him?
5.1
- Define fascism and Communism.
- Do the 3 source questions in the middle of p. 163.
- Summarise the things that made Hitler popular according to the information at the bottom of p. 163
- Do the 3 source questions on p. 164
- What was the policy of Appeasement? Why do you think Britain and France followed this policy? What impact did it have on Hitler? (Aside: how has the appeasement policy impacted the decisions of recent leaders regarding going to war?)
- Do all the source questions on p. 165
- Do the source questions at the bottom of p. 166
Overview of WW2
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Using the information in the timeline to the left: Answer the following questions:
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5.2
- Read the first two paragraphs on page 168. Why were the Japanese bitter with the European powers?
- Answer source questions 1 and 2 in the middle of page 168.
- Pearl Harbour. Using the internet, research the events of Pearl Harbor and find some pictures that show the devastation of the invasion. You should at least find out, why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, how successful they were and the impact this had on the Americans and World War 2.
- Do source questions 1 and 2 in the middle of page 169.
- Do the source question at the bottom of page 170.
- Why did Australia declare war on Japan?
- What was the Brisbane Line?
- What was our belief about Great Britain and their ability to protect us?
5.3
- Find a map that shows you where southern Europe and Northern Africa are. Preferably showing Tobruk, Greece, Crete and Syria.
- Describe the events of Tobruk.
- Do the source questions on page 173.
- What happened to the Australian troops who fought in Greece and Crete?
- What was so significant about Singapore?
- What were the British expecting in terms of an attack from the Japanese? What happened instead?
- Why was the fall of Singapore such a significant event for the Australians?
- What happened at the battle of the Coral Sea and what was the main significance of this?
- What role did Australians play in the Battle of Britain?
5.4 - Kokoda
1. Read the information and do the following source questions:
1. Read the information and do the following source questions:
- Next to the map on p. 178 - refers to source 5.20.
- In the middle of P. 179 - refers to source 5.21.
- The two source questions on p. 180 (top and bottom of page) - refers to sources 5.22, 5.23 and 5.24.
Research Task.
Download the following document and complete as a research task.
Download the following document and complete as a research task.
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5.6
Go to http://ww2australia.gov.au/underattack/sydharbour.html , read the text and answer the following questions:
Go to http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/underattack/airraid.html, read through the text and answer the following questions:
Go to http://ww2australia.gov.au/underattack/sydharbour.html , read the text and answer the following questions:
- What weapons did the Japanese use to attack Sydney Harbour?
- What was the Japanese objective of the attack upon Sydney Harbour?
- What did the Japanese attack achieve?
- What happened to each three of the Japanese Midget Submarines and their motherships?
- How did the Australian Government use the attack on Sydney Harbour to raise money for the war?
- What did the Australians do with the dead bodies of the Japanese submariners? Why did Rear Admiral Muirhead-Gould do this? Why was this controversial with the Australian people?
- How do you think the Japanese attack on Sydney Harbour affected the morale/feelings of the Australian public?
Go to http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/underattack/airraid.html, read through the text and answer the following questions:
- What was the motive for the Japanese attack on Darwin?
- How many ships were sunk and how many damaged in the attack?
- How many people were killed on the attacks from the first day?
- Why did some people 'go bush' or flee south? What does this show you about people's thoughts regarding a Japanese invasion of Australia?
- Why do you think they censored the true extent of the damage and casualties from the rest of the Australian public?
- How many more bombing raids took place on Darwin and why were they less successful?
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5.5 - Prisoners of War
While I know this section should kind of be before 5.6 - it made sense in my head to put it after, so... here it is.
Read through the entirely of chapter 5.5 - its quite short. Answer the following questions:
While I know this section should kind of be before 5.6 - it made sense in my head to put it after, so... here it is.
Read through the entirely of chapter 5.5 - its quite short. Answer the following questions:
- Why were conditions for POW's of the Japanese worse than for the Europeans?
- Roughly what percentage of POW's survived the Japanese camps?
- Do source questions 1 and 3 under Source 5.31 - p. 185.
- From the rest of the information in the chapter, give 5 examples of the inhumane nature of the Japanese treatment of prisoners.
5.8
- Give a general outline of the powers under the National Security Act?
- What was support like for these controls over the lives of Australians?
- Conscription did happen in WW2, but where conscripts could fight was limited to specific areas. List these areas? (For bonus point - explain what conscripts were only allowed to fight in those areas and not further away).
- Why was there less debate about conscription for this war as opposed to WW1?
- Do Source Question 1 under the source 5.46. (p. 195)
- Do Source Question 1 under the source 5.47. (p. 195)
- Make a summarised list of all the things the director of manpower could do after 1943.
- What is rationing and why was it needed in WW2?
- Answer the 4 source questions under the picture - source 5.50.
- Read through the section on censorship and summarise using the key words, what, why and how.