We Witnessed the Attack on Pearl Harbor by Ms. Cannady

We Witnessed the Attack on Pearl Harbor:

3. Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? Relive Dec. 7th 1941.

Meet eyewitnesses Margaret Ellen "Johnie" Johnson and Hubert "Dale" Gano.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/eyewits.htm

Both were born in 1916. Each grew up in a small town in Illinois—she in Keywanee, he in Mattoon. In 1936, at the height of the Great Depression, they met at a University of Illinois dance. Johnie graduated in 1938 while Dale — unable to afford his college tuition — left and enlisted in the U.S. Navy.

Read
Meet the Eyewitness: Johnie & Dale Gano Take notes and record questions that you have on padlet.

Did their experience in Pearl Harbor stop Margaret and Hubert Gano from serving their country in the future? Use evidence from the text?

Read Relive the Experience Relive Dec. 6th, 1941 10pm Take notes and record questions that you have on padlet.

Did Dale and Johnie Gano ever think that their lives were in danger because they were stationed at Pearl Harbor? Use evidence from their interview.

Find out by reading an interview with them.

3. Read Pearl Harbor Dec 7th, 1941 3:40am http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/hour/hrtwo.htm Take notes and record questions that you have on padlet.

Imagine you are Lieutenant William Outerbridge, skipper of the destroyer, the Ward. You've just received the following signal from minesweeper Condor: "Sighted submerged submarine on a westerly course, speed nine knots." You have only a few moments to decide what to do. Make a list of the reasons why you should attack and another list of why you shouldn't.

What would happen if you did attack? What would happen if you didn't?

Justify your answers with evidence from the text.

4. Read Pearl Harbor Dec 7th, 1941 6:00am, 6:30am, 7:00am

http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/hour/hrthree.htm

Do you think Pearl Harbor is an easy or difficult area to attack?

Does the distance from Hawaii to Japan play a factor? How does being an island enhance or hinder a country's security?

5. Read Pearl Harbor Dec. 7th 1941 7:30am

http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/hour/hrsix.htm

The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a frightening moment for all Americans, but it was especially scary for people who were living in the area around Pearl Harbor, like Johnie and Dale.

Find out how they felt by checking the interview with our eyewitnesses. Write a journal entry as if you were Johnie or Dale, separated from one another, on the night Pearl Harbor was bombed. How do you feel? Where do you think your family members are?

6. Read Pearl Harbor Dec. 8th 1941 noon

http://teacher.scholastic.com/pearl/hour/hreight.htm

The first few days after Pearl Harbor, many Americans felt insecure, panicky, and angry. With a shock, they realized that the U.S. could be attacked by another country at any moment. Johnie and Dale were happy to be reunited, but how did they feel about what had happened? Were they nervous that they could be attacked again?

Find out by reading their interview. What do you think your reaction would have been once you saw someone you cared for, after the Pearl Harbor attack?

Find out more about Johnie and Dale, and their experiences at Pearl Harbor by reading an interview with them.

This is the link to the Padlet

https://padlet.com/georgiacannady/qgxyesuadx7a

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