HW Mr. Padilla 1.25.17

Homework: Dear parents/ guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework. 

Collection: World War II Bataan Death March

Option 3: Read the following passage and answer questions below:

Bataan is a province in the Philippines on the island of Luzon.  After bombing Pearl Harbor, Japan quickly began to take over much of Southeast Asia.  After three months of fierce fighting, the Japanese defeated the U.S. and Filipino army on Bataan at the Battle of Bataan.

The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march about 80 miles across… Bataan. The march took place in April of 1942 during World War II. The size of the army …took the Japanese by surprise… They divided the army into smaller groups of 100 to 1000 men, took their weapons, and told them to start marching.

The Death March:  The Japanese did not give the prisoners food or water for three days. As the soldiers became weaker and weaker many of them started to fall behind… Those that fell behind were beaten and killed by the Japanese. Sometimes exhausted (tired) prisoners were driven over by trucks and other army vehicles.

1.       Where is Bataan?

2.       When did the Japanese attack Bataan?

3.       How many prisoners did they capture? When did this happen?

4.       Why did the Japanese  divide the American army?

5.       How did the Japanese treat the prisoners?

Option 2: : Read the following passage and answer questions below:

The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march about 80 miles across… Bataan. The march took place in April of 1942 during World War II. The size of the army …took the Japanese by surprise… They divided the army into smaller groups of 100 to 1000 men, took their weapons, and told them to start marching.

The Death March:  The Japanese did not give the prisoners food or water for three days. As the soldiers became weaker and weaker many of them started to fall behind… Those that fell behind were beaten and killed by the Japanese. Sometimes exhausted (tired) prisoners were driven over by trucks and other army vehicles.

1.         What is the Bataan Dead March? When did it happen?

2.         Why did the Japanese divide the army?

3.         How did the Japanese treat the prisoners?

4.         How were the Nazis and Japanese similar?

Option 1 : Read the following passage and answer questions below:

The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march about 80 miles across… Bataan.

1.      What is the Bataan Dead March?

The march took place in April of 1942 during World War II.

2. When did it happen?

The size of the American  army …took the Japanese by surprise… The Japanese divided the army into smaller groups of 100 to 1000 men, took their weapons, and told them to start marching.

3.      Why did the Japanese divide the American  army?

4. How did they divide the army?

The Japanese did not give the prisoners food or water for three days. As the soldiers … that fell behind were beaten and killed by the Japanese.

5.How did the Japanese treat the prisoners?

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