Unit 5: Crisis and Change
Lesson G: Theaters and Consequences of World War II
Activity 4: Total War - Technological Innovations
World War II, like World War I, was a total war that included many new technological innovations. Use your Student Resource: World War II Timeline Graphic Organizer from the previous lesson to take notes on important dates and national involvement in the years of World War II from 1943 to the end of the war.
Use your resource from the previous lesson or download a new version of the Student Resource: World War II Timeline Graphic Organizer (doc).
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Written Activity - Notebook
Consider the impact of industrial production, political goods, national mobilization, technological innovations, and scientific research on strategies, tactics, and levels of destruction. In your notebook, respond to the following question:
- Did the Axis Powers lose World War II, or did the Allied Powers win it?
