Directions:

 In this graphic organizer, you, the student, will assess the human costs to the major
countries involved in the armed conflict of World War II. By answering questions from
the provided link to the video, you will gain a better understanding of the price that was
paid by the major countries in terms of human costs by casualties suffered.

 To complete the graphic organizer, the student will answer the questions provided by the
teacher below that can be found within the video links and website links. An
understanding and appreciation of those that sacrificed for their country and future
descendants will come about as students begin to realize the true price of freedom that
was paid for in human capital.
o Graphic organizer must include
 a minimum of the top 3 countries with the highest total death toll.
 from these top 3 countries with the highest total death tolls, include a
minimum of three major events/battles that led to an intensification of the
death toll.
 Why were civilian deaths so enormously disparate compared to military
deaths?
 A personal opinion about what could have led to a de-escalation of the
death toll for the top 3 countries with the highest total death toll, two
sentences minimum.

Video links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwKPFT-RioU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkELWFqGKQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUIhrx--pSY

Website links: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-

resources/research-starters/research-starters-worldwide-deaths-world-war

https://www.historyhit.com/why-did-so-many-people-die-in-world-war-two/
Graphic Organizer:

Major battle/event: Stalingrad,

Leningrad, and Operation Major battle/event: Stalingrad,
Barbarossa. Leningrad, and Operation
Barbarossa.

Soviet Union Germany

Civlians deaths compared to
military resulted in both the
Siege of Leningrad and the
Battle of Stalingrad. Also,
Germay desired "Lebensraum"
(living room) in the east, so it
indiscriminately killed many
Russian citizens as a result.
Reprisals, genocide, faminine,
disease, and forced labor.
Civilian losses could have been
mitigated if Stalin would have allowed
civilians to leave besiged cities such as
Leningrad and Stalingrad. Military
losses could have been assuaged if
better preparations and better
strategy instead of human waves
initiated under Stalin's Order No. 227,
or "Not a Step Back."
Civilian deaths were
disproportionate compared to
military deaths because of
indiscriminate bombing by Allied
forces. Whole cities and towns were
obliterated by bombing campains to
justify stopping the Germany
military.
Besides not starting the Second World War
to begin with, Germany could not have
eagerly invaded the Soviet Union seeking
extra "living room" for its citizenry.
Germany could have mitigated its military
losses by having invested more in armored
vehicles for its infantry; German civilians
realistically could not have avoided dying
unless they moved out of war zones and
strategic bombing areas.

Total deaths of
World War II by
country.

Major battle/event: Yellow River

Flood, Japanese invasions, and
Chinese government's propensity to
China sacrfice its own populace.

Civilian deaths compared to China had no essential way to mitigate its

military deaths are civilian and military losses. Since the
disproportionate due to National Chinese government would
attrocities and war crimes have no problem sacrificing its own
committed against the Chinese population to stop advancing Japanese
people by the Japanese military
to secure land within mainland
troops, Japanese troops would clearly
China. see the Chinese as unworthy of living.
 Scoring Rubric:

Grade 4 3 2 1
Student  Content written  Content written  Content written  Content written in Graphic
will earn in Graphic in Graphic in Graphic Organizer is not correct and
the Organizer is Organizer on the Organizer is does not accentuate the
appropriate correct and whole is correct marginally important information from
grade if highlighted the and correct and assigned part of the website
they meet important predominantly somewhat articles and videos.
these information highlighted the highlighted the  Information included is not c
requisites. from the important important or concise.
assigned information from information  Information is presented in a
website articles the assigned from the unorganized, incomprehensi
and videos. website articles assigned part of and inaccurate fashion.
 Information and videos. the website
included was  Information articles and
clear, concise, included was videos.
and delivered in mostly clear,  Information
an acceptable concise, and included is
fashion. relayed the somewhat clear
 Information is majority of and concise
presented in an important  Information is
organized, information from presented in a
understandable, the website and somewhat
and accurate video links. organized,
way.  Information is understandable,
presented in a and accurate.
chiefly organized,
understandable,
and accurate
way.

Source: https://www.brighthubeducation.com/teaching-middle-school/79815-rubric-for-the-
jigsaw-method-of-teaching/