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Grade 5 Social Studies · World 5: Another World War · Level 49
Pearl Harbor
Describe the attack, and locate Hawaii.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 49
- Find Hawaii, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At Pearl Harbor, the United States kept a big navy base. Remember this place. It's one of the six you'll need to know.
- Japan wanted to take lands and oil in the Pacific, and it saw the American fleet as the biggest obstacle.
- On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor without warning. More than 2,000 Americans died, and many ships were sunk or damaged.
- President Roosevelt told Congress it was a date of lasting shame. The next day, Congress declared war on Japan. Soon Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.
- Americans had been divided about the war. Now the country came together. Millions of people signed up to serve.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS5H4.b — Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust.
- SS5G1.a — Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; Montgomery, AL.; and Chicago, IL.