Date assigned
Thursday, January 3
Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate Lee's Sandlin's essay, "Losing the War," about World War II. Answer the following questions in no less than 2 typed, double-spaced pages:
1) Sandlin says that the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor "a defining moment" in the lives of Americans in 1941, with the assassination of John F. Kennedy similarly defining the lives of Americans in 1963. What has been the defining moment of your life as an American? Ask your parents the same question, and record their answer: what has been the defining moment of their lives as Americans?
2) Consider the way Sandlin portrays American journalism during World War II. Why did journalists have such a difficult time describing the war accurately and truthfully?
3) What happened at the Battle of Midway? Why does Sandlin say it should not have been called a battle?
4) Why does Sandlin say the Allies invaded Italy in 1943?
5) What did the US think would happen when they invaded the Japanese island of Okinawa? What actually happened?
6) Even though the Battle of the Bulge was an Allied victory, Sandlin says that was the moment when many civilians and Allied soldiers "finally lost hope." Why was this the case?
7) Why weren't Germany and Japan more realistic about their situations? Why were both countries so committed to fighting to the bitter end even though it was increasingly obvious they were going to lose?
8) Why do World War II veterans (including Sandlin's father) dislike telling war stories?
Due date
Thursday, January 10, beginning of class.
Thursday, January 3
Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate Lee's Sandlin's essay, "Losing the War," about World War II. Answer the following questions in no less than 2 typed, double-spaced pages:
1) Sandlin says that the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor "a defining moment" in the lives of Americans in 1941, with the assassination of John F. Kennedy similarly defining the lives of Americans in 1963. What has been the defining moment of your life as an American? Ask your parents the same question, and record their answer: what has been the defining moment of their lives as Americans?
2) Consider the way Sandlin portrays American journalism during World War II. Why did journalists have such a difficult time describing the war accurately and truthfully?
3) What happened at the Battle of Midway? Why does Sandlin say it should not have been called a battle?
4) Why does Sandlin say the Allies invaded Italy in 1943?
5) What did the US think would happen when they invaded the Japanese island of Okinawa? What actually happened?
6) Even though the Battle of the Bulge was an Allied victory, Sandlin says that was the moment when many civilians and Allied soldiers "finally lost hope." Why was this the case?
7) Why weren't Germany and Japan more realistic about their situations? Why were both countries so committed to fighting to the bitter end even though it was increasingly obvious they were going to lose?
8) Why do World War II veterans (including Sandlin's father) dislike telling war stories?
Due date
Thursday, January 10, beginning of class.
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