Virginia SOL USII.6

SOL Standard (Skills Cluster)

The student will apply history and social science skills to understand the major causes and events of World War II and the effects of America’s role by explaining the rise and spread of fascism and totalitarianism internationally and the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany; explaining the causes and events that led to American involvement in the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor; locating and describing the major events and turning points of the war in Europe including, but not limited to the allied invasion of Italy, the invasion of Normandy (D-Day), the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Berlin; locating and describing the major events and turning points of the war in the Pacific including, but not limited to the Battle of Iwo Jima, the Battle of Midway, and the Battle of Okinawa; explaining and evaluating the role of key political and military leaders of the Allies and Axis powers including, but not limited to the United States, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, Italy, and Great Britain; identifying the roles and sacrifices of U.S. armed forces, including prisoners of war (POWs), women, and segregated units, as well as other notable heroics including, but not limited to the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the Navajo Code Talkers, and the Bedford Boys; evaluating the effects of the war on the home front including, but not limited to women in the workforce, the incarceration of Japanese Americans, rationing, conservation, and war bonds; examining the causes and consequences of the Holocaust including, but not limited to Jewish life before the Holocaust, antisemitism, the rise of the Nazi Party, Nuremberg Laws, persecution of Jews and other targeted groups, resistance efforts, the United States’ response, and the Nuremberg Trials; and describing the events that led to the surrender of the Axis powers and America’s role in the Allied victory including, but not limited to the Manhattan Project, as well as events that shaped post-war peace.

Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science