Dutch East Indies and WWII

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Dutch East Indies and WWII

Lesson plan

Dutch East Indies & WWII	15 min
Break - go sit with your group	5 min
Work on assignments	15 min
Closing	10 min

After this lesson, you'll know...

* how the Dutch East Indies got involved in WWII

* how the Dutch East Indies became Indonesia

Japan as a superpower

1938: second attack on China

Japan was ally of Germany

USA worried - stopped delivering oil

7 Dec 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbour

Internment camps 

Sukarno declaring the Indonesian independence 

17 August 1945

Bersiap

'Be prepared'

Battlecry of independence fighters

27 December 1949: transfer of sovereignty

Take a little break

Infostations

Sit with people with the same number

Do the assignment on the worksheet

Only 1 laptop per group allowed for research

Random people will be asked to tell about your groups findings