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The Manhattan Project
Holocaust and Resistance
Using the archives of the U. S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum, students examine the Nazi bureaucracy and the struggle
of the resistance forces.
The Normandy Invasion
Students research one of the leaders involved in
the Normandy conflict and write a short report on that person. Then
students write a journal entry that the person they
researched might have written at the end of D-Day. Lesson includes
discussion questions, suggested readings, web links, evaluation,
extensions, and vocabulary.
World War II
Through various activities, including the creation of
posters, flow charts, news broadcasts, and resumes of WW II leaders,
students become aware of the groups, leaders, and reasons behind the
outbreak of World War II.
Was the United States Ready For Pearl Harbor?
This lesson asks students
to consider the United States’ level of preparedness for the attack and
to think about what the U.S. could have done to be better prepared.
Students will conclude by writing letters to American military
commanders in the summer of 1941, suggesting what they might do to
prepare for a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Cost of World War II
This lesson can be used to introduce study of World War II. The lesson
introduces topics of cost, scope, and human casualties.
War of the Worlds
Write an editorial, describe a day in the life of an
American, German and Japanese before and after WW II, and create a
positive propaganda poster.
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Language Arts