Pearl Harbor
Write On
Grade 5
Learner Expectation
Content Standard: 5.0 History
History involves people, events, and issues.
Students will evaluate evidence to develop
comparative and casual analyses, and to
interpret primary sources. They will construct
sound historical arguments and perspectives
on which informed decisions in contemporary
life can be based.
5.09 Understand America’s role during World
War II.
In this activity you will:
Learn about the events that led up to
Pearl Harbor
Discover the response from the U.S. to
the attack.
Write a paragraph with four facts
learned from this presentation.
Japan Moves into China
Japanhas become friends with
Germany, but a problem for the
United States, as the U.S. tries to
stop Japan from moving into
China’s territory.
Japan
moves
into
Chinese
territory.
Japan’s Representatives
The U.S. ended trade
with Japan.
Japan sent a group of
representatives to
meet with the U.S. in
Washington D.C. to
discuss the problem.
November, 1941
Japan sends its forces to sea,
headed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Play actual
Japan Strikes News Bulletin
On Sunday
morning,
December 7, 1941,
the Japanese
strike the U.S.
military base at
Pearl Harbor.
December 7, 1941
Many of the U.S. military were asleep in
their barracks or on ships.
Japan Attacks (taken from Japanese
aircraft)
The memorial on the site of the sunken
U.S.S. Arizona
U.S.S. Pennsylvania
December 7, 1941
Over 2,000 Americans were killed in
the attacks which came in two
waves.
December 7, 1941
After the attack the
United States
declared war on
Japan.
Listen to President
Roosevelt’s Speech
To Congress
World War II
WWII lasted
almost four
more years.
Several
hundred
thousand more
people died in
the war.
Atomic Bomb
The war ended
after the U.S.
dropped two
nuclear bombs
on Japan.
Atomic Bomb
150,000
Japanese were
killed in the
cities of
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki after
the bombing.
Writing Activity
Write a paragraph with four
facts learned from this
presentation.
Sources
National Geographic: Remembering Pearl
Harbor
Pearl Harbor Facts
Live video feed from Pearl Harbor.
(Requires RealPlayer with G2.)
Pearl Harbor Remembered