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Pearl Harbor & U.S. Enters World War II Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

Pearl Harbor & U.S. Enters World War II Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

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Pearl Harbor & U.S. Enters World War II Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

Stage the day the U.S. entered WWII through contrasting perspectives on the attack and its aftermath. Students voice policymakers, commanders, and civilians to analyze strategy, unity, and the domestic consequences that followed.

Focus: Students evaluate arguments about risk, surprise, and response using primary excerpts.

Summary: Scenes move from embargo‑era tensions to the attack, the “Infamy” address, declarations of war, and home‑front policy shifts—keeping the emphasis on evidence‑based dialogue.

Script Summary

  • Pre‑attack pressures and embargoes.
  • Yamamoto’s planning and risk calculus.
  • The harbor strike and immediate damage.
  • Public reaction and the end of isolation.
  • Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” address (quoted).
  • Congressional declaration on Japan.
  • Axis declarations widen the conflict.
  • Executive Order 9066 and internment (quoted).
  • Japanese framing and strategic aims.
  • Legacy: unity, intelligence debates, and accountability.

What’s Included

(a single PDF with links to Google Docs/Slides, if print format is preferred you can download from your Google Drive to word/pdf/ppt/etc)

  • Readers Theater script (~9 pages, 10 scenes, ~15 characters, editable Google Doc/PDF)
  • Teacher Guide (10 pages) with scene summaries, primary‑source context, CCSS alignment, discussion questions
  • Student Worksheet deck (25 Google Slides) covering vocabulary, short‑answer, analysis & extension tasks
  • 20‑question self‑grading Google Forms quiz

Skills Addressed

  • Close reading of addresses and declarations.
  • Fluent performance of persuasive and reflective lines.
  • Collaborative debates on strategy and civil liberties.
  • Academic vocabulary: infamy, preemptive, treachery.

The worksheet deepens learning with:

  • 10 text-based comprehension questions
  • 5 higher-order analysis prompts
  • 5 optional research extension questions (use of primary source links)

Primary Sources

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech (Dec. 8, 1941)
  • U.S. Declaration of War on Japan (Dec. 8, 1941)
  • Japanese government declaration of war (Dec. 7, 1941)

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  1. Causes of WWII & Pre-War U.S. [FREE DOWNLOAD]
  2. Pearl Harbor & U.S. Enters World War II
  3. The Pacific & European Theaters World War II
  4. The Holocaust & Genocide in World War II
  5. Tuskegee Airmen and African Americans in WWII
  6. Rosie the Riveter & Social Changes
  7. The Manhattan Project & End of WWII
  8. Postwar & Dawn of Cold War

Standards Alignment

  • CCSS W.11-12.2
  • CCSS SL.11-12.1
  • CCSS SL.11-12.4
  • CCSS L.11-12.4
  • CCSS CCRA.R.2
  • CCSS CCRA.W.2
  • CCSS CCRA.SL.1
  • CCSS CCRA.L.4
  • CCSS RH.11-12.1
  • CCSS RH.11-12.2
  • CCSS RH.11-12.6
  • CCSS RH.11-12.7

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