Korea: The Forgotten War

Many people skip directly over Korea and move into Vietnam when they think of global conflicts after World War II. In fact, the Korean Conflict (so-called because America never officially declared war on North Korea) is often called the "Forgotten War".

For this week's blog, you are going to watch this video which gives the basic details of the Korean Conflict.

For the comment section, create a Top-10 List of the ten most important facts you learned about this global event. (100 words)

Then, write a 100 word summary answering this question: If the Korean Conflict is so important to the history of the U.S., why is it a "forgotten" war? 

Pearl Harbor: Different Perspectives

As we began to see last week, America was not totally neutral in World War II...even though Congress was passing several Neutrality Acts!

Of course, we can all point to the single event that completely brought us into the war-the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

For this week's blog, please read each of the following eyewitness accounts of this day:

1) American View

2) Japanese View

3) White House View

4) Watch this newsreel from the 1940s with footage from Pearl Harbor

For the comment section, write 200 words on this event. Be sure to include information from both an American AND Japanese perspective.