INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORLD WAR II FOLDABLE Neatness and creativity count as part of your grade on this foldable. The foldable does not have a lot of extra room in some places so be sure to place your information carefully. 1. Glue # 1-7 with lines on the bottom left of the front. Find the map of Europe with areas numbered on it. Glue this to the middle left front side of the foldable. 2. Glue # 1-9 with lines on the bottom right of the front. Find the map of Asia with areas numbered on it. Glue this to the middle right front side of the foldable. 3. Over top of each map, write BATTLES. 4. Open the foldable and on the top left inside column, write EUROPEAN THEATER. Label the top right inside column: PACIFIC THEATER. 5. On the inside middle section, glue the European map and the Asia map (without numbers). Use maps in your text on page 492, 499 and 508 to color in the following on both maps: a. Color the Axis Powers. c. Color the areas controlled by the Axis Powers in 1942. b. Color Vichy France. d. Color the Allied Powers (not occupied by Axis forces) Create a key below the two maps. 6. Below the key for the two maps, write in the middle inside column, North African Theater. Below the title, write the following: Two Reasons Why the Axis Powers Wanted to Control North Africa. Write in your answer: Control of the Suez Canal, Capture Middle Eastern oil. Then write the name of the major battle: El Alamein, and its description: Turning point in North Africa, Defeat of the Afrika Corps. 7. Match the following battles to their descriptions found below. Then write the name of the battle (numbered and underlined) and in the correct order of occurrence and its description under European Theater on the inside left column. 1. Invasion of Poland 3. Stalingrad 5. Battle of the Bulge 2. Battle of Britain 4. Normandy 6. Germany surrenders Last German offensive Operation Overlord Start of WWII D-day; June 6, 1944 Blitzkrieg tactics May 8, 1945 Turning point in France VE Day German army destroyed after a long siege Attempt of make Britain surrender without an invasion Turning point in the USSR RAF vs. Luftwaffe
8. Match the following battles to their descriptions found below. Then write the name of the battle (numbered and underlined) and in the correct order of occurrence and its description under Pacific Theater on the inside right column. 1. Pearl Harbor 4. Guadalcanal 8. Hiroshima 2. Bataan Death March 5. Leyte Gulf 9. Japan surrenders 3. Midway 6 & 7. Iwo Jima and Okinawa All carrier naval battle 6 months of fighting with heavy causalities Aug. 15, 1945 Turning point in the Pacific Start of Island hopping campaign VJ Day 1 st island to be retaken from Japan Defeat of Japanese navy makes it possible for the US army to invade the Philippines Last islands to be retaken from Japan 1 st city to be hit with an atomic bomb Used as landing fields for planes to constantly bomb Japan Aug. 6, 1945 Forced march to Japanese prison camps in the Philippines Dec. 7, 1941 Thousands of US and Filipino defenders die a date which will live in infamy U.S. enters WWII 9. Write on the back of the foldable: Terms to Know and define these terms. Be sure to relate them to the battles in WWII. Blitzkrieg, Blitz, Luftwaffe, RAF, VE Day, Island Hopping, VJ Day, Africa Corps 10. Go back to the front of your foldable. Use the list of battles you identified inside your foldable and identify them by the numbers labeling them on the maps. Also, write the year the battle took place. 11. Final step!! You must have at least 10 illustrations on your foldable. The illustration must pertain to the information closest to it. You may use the illustrations provided to you or you may draw or create your own.
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THEATERS OF WORLD WAR II European theater Pacific theater North African theater Two reasons why the axis powers wanted to control north africa Terms to know BATTLES BATTLES