PEARL HARBOR

There are three bookmarks on favorite places. Use these bookmarks to answer the following questions.

Who? When? Why? Where ? And

How?First base: the answers

When:1941 Where: Hawaii

Who: The Japanese bombed AmericaWhy: America was intimidating/pressuring the Japanese to

modernizeHow: The United States thought that Pearl Harbor was a very

safe place and a Nakajima B5N “Kate” started bombing Hawaii

Who? When? Why? Where ? And

How?Second base: use information from the web pages to support

your answerWho: The Japanese had bombed the American bases in Hawaii

When: It happened 12/7/1941Why: The Japanese had gotten pressured to trade with us and

they had to modernize.Where: It was at Hawaii and the Japanese was after our

military bases because the American soldiers made them trade.

Who? When? Why? Where ? And How? Third base: use information from your

background knowledge about Japan’s experience with the United States

On T.V there was a show that explained about how the Japanese had bombed us and we had pressured them to trade

with us.

Who? When? Why? Where ? And

How?Homerun! Why is it important to understand this event in

history? How can understanding this event help prevent future attacks like this?

Understanding this will prevent future attacks by us learning that you can’t go over to someone's country and take

advantage of them. Also another reason to understand this is so that you know about America/Japan’s crazy history.