The Doolittle Raid Primary Source and Image Analysis

Students will read a primary source on the Doolittle Raid of World War 2 (WWII, WW2) as one of America's responses to Pearl Harbor and answer 10 questions of varying levels of difficulty. They will then analyze 3 propaganda posters and 2 political cartoons (prompts provided). Lastly, students can complete 2 creative tasks. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate. 

Sample questions include:
--What was the biggest problem the mission had to overcome?
--Describe the effect the raid had on America.
--Inferring from the text, what was Lawson feeling watching Doolittle's plane start up and take off, and his own imminent take off?  You must write at least 3 sentences.
--Starting with "the two main landing wheels caught..." summarize the rest of Lawson's crash landing memories. You must write at least 4 sentences.

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