Today we did blog discussion.
Maddie and Sidney- Diary of Anne Frank- talked about happenings in her life and the Holocaust
Rhiana-The Bridge on River Qui- story about the British defending a bridge against Germany
Jordan-Devil's Lunatic- story about a girl being taken to a concentration camp
Cari-documentary about an Austrian guy living during WWII
Carly-Boy in Striped Pajamas- story of a boy in Auschwitz
Logan, Taylor Freund, Ashlee- Saving Private Ryan- story about an American operation to save Pvt. Ryan
Tara- Hart's War- movie about African American soldiers in an American company, violence within company, the AA soldiers are scapegoated
Dalton-Big Red One- story about American soldiers who aren't "all about the war"
Collin- Pearl Harbor- romance story set around the Pearl Harbor events
Matt- WWII in HD documentary- talked about invasion of Japan
Kenzie- Band of Brothers- 1st episode, talked about their meeting and going to training
Joe- Miracle of Santa Anna- WWII movie with a whole lot of stuff going on
Some other notes....
*Japan's invasion of China was successful at first, but it turned out a lot like Germany's invasion of Russia
*Young and infant Chinese girls were raped by Japanese soldiers
Quarantine Speech- 1937
*Japan, Italy, Germany, Soviet Union- all peaceful countries should avoid these aggressive countries
Appeasement Policy
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