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Thursday 15 December 2016

VIDEO COMPREHENSION: America the Story of Us: World War 2


Part 1 (min 0 – 22)
Vocabulary:
Questions:
1-     Which countries were the Axis Powers?
2-     What was mass-produced?
3-     Why were Japanese planes perfect for a surprise attack?
4-     How far is Japan from Hawaii?
5-     Say two disadvantages the radar had?
6-     Say the date and time Pearl Harbour was attacked?
7-     Why did WW2 mean an impulse for American industry?
8-     Name some reasons why the Jeep was a perfect fit for war.
9-     What does Jeep symbolize?
10- What was best America’s secret weapon? Explain.
11-  (19’) What was the autonomy of the Amercican aircraft B17 Bomber?
12-  (20’55”)Why did the Americans bomb the train facilities of the Germans in occupied France?
13-  (21’30”) What was the Norden Bombsight?


Part 2 (min 22 – 44 )
Vocabulary:  dog tags, shrapnel
Questions:
1-     What proportion of American pilots died in 1943?
2-     What did the Germans use against the American aircraft?
3-     What were the objectives of the American aircraft?
4-     What collateral damages were there?
5-     Black American soldiers , were they segregated? Where? Where not?
6-     What was Operation Overlord? Which American general was in charge of it?
7-     What was the purpose of this operation?
8-     What was the function of barrage balloons?
9-     What date was D-Day?
10- What took place in Alamo Gordo Desert (New Mexico) on July 16th 1945?
11- Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
12- What was the scientists’reaction after the experiment?
13- What was the most important consequence for the USA taking part in this war?


2º Bach Sección· The Arsenal of Democracy · Questions

The Arsenal of Democracy · Questions (An Illustrated History of USA pg 105-108)
1-    How was the international situation in the world in the 1930s?
2-    What did the isolationists in the USA think?
3-    What were the Neutrality acts?
4-    When did the Americans realize they could not be isolated anymore?
5-    What was Roosevelt’s Lend Lease Plan?
6-    What meant a disaster for Japan?
7-    What did Japan’s Prime Minister , Hideki Tojo,  intend to do?
8-    What happended on Dec 7, 1941?
9-    Who were the Issei and the Nisei?Was their iinternment in prison camps fair? Why?
10-                      How did the USA organize the economy for the war?
11-                      What was the Manhattan Project?
12-                      What was Churchill’s idea?
13-                      What happened on June 6, 1944?
14-                      What was the Battle of the Bulge?
15-                      Explain the three-pronged attack?
16-                      What did “island hopping” consist of?
17-                      Why didn’t the Americans invade Japan itself when they were ready for it?

18-                      What was the debate in the USA about dropping the atomic bomb? Explain the two sides.

Wednesday 7 December 2016

3º D • Sección • 2ND Term • PLANNING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE “SKELLIG”- THURSDAYS


Week
DATE
CHAPTERS
1
14 Dec
1-6
2
21 Dec
7-12
3
11 Jan
13-18
4
18 Jan
19-24
5
25 Jan
25-30
6
01 Febr
31-36
7
08 Febr
37-41
8
22Febr
42-46

4º C · 3rd Term · SEQUENCING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE ON THURSDAYS “HOW I LIVE NOW”



Session
DATE
CHAPTERS
1
01 March
1-4
2
08 March
5-8
3
15 March
9-12
4
05  April
13-16
5
12 April
17-20
6
19 April
21-24
7
26 April
25-27
8
09 May
28-29
9
16 May
1-6 final chapters