HASS Standards

Overview of the causes and course of World War II

Overview of the causes and course of World War II

Overview of the causes and course of World War II

outlining the contributing factors of World War II (for example, the outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations; the rise of Hitler and Japan’s imperial ambitions)

Overview of the causes and course of World War II

Overview of the causes and course of World War II

identifying key events in the European theatre of war (for example, Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939; the Holocaust 1942–1945; the Russians reaching Berlin in 1945)

Overview of the causes and course of World War II

identifying key events in the Asia-Pacific theatre of war (for example, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941; the fall of Singapore in 1942; the American victory at the Battle of Midway in 1942)

Examination of significant events of World War II including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb

Examination of significant events of World War II including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb

Examination of significant events of World War II including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb

investigating the scale and significance of the Holocaust, using primary sources

Examination of significant events of World War II including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb

Examination of significant events of World War II including the Holocaust and use of the atomic bomb

explaining the race to build the atomic bomb (by Germany, Japan, the US) and why the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki