World War Two Period
I. Look at these general resources:
§ A Very Useful Site http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/feros-pg.htm
§ TIMELINES: Associated Press:
http://wire.ap.org/APpackages/20thcentury/timeline.html
--An assignment: Go to the following
site and find a section or document rom 1940 or 1941
that sounds interesting. Download it
and prepare a brief handout (nothing fancy, one
page is enough at most) that you can
share with the other members of the class.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/interwar.htm
Be Prepared to Answer these Questions:
What was a “fireside chat?”
Who were the isolationists?
What were the major lines are argument used to support lend-lease?
What do you know about the four freedoms?
Did FDR use any elevated language? How did FDR use language to influence his audience without leaving them behind?