After reading a short passage about Japan's involvement in World War II and why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, readers are asked to analyze how the attack effected the attitudes of Americans who previously had not wanted to go to war.

Concepts

pearl harbor, world war ii

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• The exercise can be used as an assessment or to model how to analyze a text

Classroom Considerations

• The exercise assumes readers have some knowledge of World War II
• Designed to address Common Core standards

Pros

• An answer key is included

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.6.3 RI.7.3 RI.8.3