January 8This day in History:

◦ 1942: Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)

Learning Target:

◦I can understand the American response to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Opener:

◦Brainstorm: What do you know about the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Ten-Second ShareReview

◦What do you remember (from yesterday) about the situation between the US and Japan during the first 2 years of WW2?

US-Japanese Diplomacy

Fall 1941: US and Japan discuss peaceful solutions to disagreements

Japanese military leaders convinced that war with America is inevitable

Japanese PlanOnly way to beat

US is a surprise attack to destroy the Pacific Fleet◦ Admiral Isokoru

Yamamoto

Snuck aircraft carriers across Pacific

Japanese Plan

“Against an enemy as strong as the United States, I see little hope of success in any ordinary strategy. I can run wild for six months … after that, I have no expectation of success. Therefore, this operation is conceived in desperation- a surprise attack to smite a sleeping giant. We should do our best to decide the fate of the war on the very first day.”

-Admiral Yamamoto

Pearl HarborDecember 7th,

1941

Japanese planes attacked Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Japanese AttacksJapan also simultaneously attacked

British and US colonies in Asia◦ Captured Philippines

Ten-Second SharePredict

◦ How did Americans respond to Pearl Harbor?

War!U.S. declared

war on Japan on December 8th, 1941

Hitler declares war on U.S. in response.

Big Ideas

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor because they felt war with U.S. was inevitable.

The U.S. entered WW2 because of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Closure

Review:

◦Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?