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PPT
Curated OER

Global Conflict

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Examine the effects and interesting facts regarding global conflict during WWI. Topics covered include The Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, the collapse of central powers, and John Pershing. Slides include informative text and images in a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lily's Crossing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to a story, "Lily's Crossing," about life during a World War. After completing worksheets, they compare and contrast characters in the story. Using math skills, students develop a time line of the war, calculate the...
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Organizer
Curated OER

World War 2

For Students 5th - 7th
In this World War 2 instructional activity, students complete this graphic organizer by providing short answers for 8 important dates producing a timeline.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Roosevelt Presidency

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the history of America from 1900-1912. Students explore how past events and philosophies have affected the management of modern-day conflicts. Through research, students write an essay on the handling of the Panama Canal...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From War to Peace

For Teachers 8th - 11th
In this post World War I worksheet, students review a chapter as they write 5 vocabulary terms that match 5 definitions, change 3 false statements into true statements, and explain 2 historical themes regarding this time period in United...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

World War II: Bombs and Peace

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the final events and end of World War II. They examine the community impact of such events as the dropping of the dropping of atomic bombs, and President Roosevelt's death. Students prepare a presentation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Remembering Anne Frank

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the life of Anne Frank. In a class discussion, students discuss the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. They analyze the sacrifices Anne Frank and her family made in order to assist others.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Living Weapon

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore American history, military strategy and scientific discovery near the end of the World War II era. They examine the principles of the Cold War, pacifism, and the desire to keep government programs secret from the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

War Time Propaganda: American Posters of the Great War

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify propaganda related to World War and discuss its impact on society and research issues related to the American war effort between 1914 and 1918.
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Handout
US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Normandy the u.s. Army Campaigns of World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Handout
Other

The Last Days of the War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the account of Nikolai G. Kuznetsov on the end of the war. He was the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, and a participant in the Yalta Conference.
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Graphic
Other

Wwi Image Archive: Photos of the Great War

For Students 9th - 10th
World War I Image Archive offers a geat collection of photographs from World War I. Categorized by topic.
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Website
Other

Liberation of Paris

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information and images about the liberation of Paris during World War II.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: The Stars and Stripes Wwi 1918 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of issues of the U.S. Army Stars and Stripes newspaper from February 1918 to June 1919. You can search by keyword, date range, or specific issue. Available in several formats including TIFF and PDF.
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Website
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Mexican Labor and Wwii: Bracero Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Bracero Program.
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Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit that displays many artifacts and documents relating to the medical experiments done to European Jews by the Nazis.
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PPT
The History Place

The History Place: Auschwitz Today

For Students 9th - 10th
The History Place provides a virtual slide show of photos taken from a walking tour of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.
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Website
Other

North Africa Campaign in Wwii: Supplying Troops

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site on how the Allied troops supplied troops during Operation Torch. Discusses one of the problems that the allies faced with Operation Torch.
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Website
Other

Wwii North Africa Campaign: Erwin Rommel

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography on Erwin Rommel in North Africa, otherwise known as the Desert Fox, the leader of German troops in Africa.
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Activity
Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: The Battle of Stalingrad

For Students 9th - 10th
This site covers the events immediately before, during, and after the Battle of Stalingrad. Not only does it present the facts, it also includes information on the effects of this battle.
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Handout
US Navy

Nhc: D Day, the Normandy Invasion, 6 25 June 1944

For Students 9th - 10th
[Archived Content] This is a collection of resources about the Normandy Invasion during World War II. Included are excellent pictures, reports, exhibits, and a list of ships that were lost or damaged.
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Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Heinrich Himmler

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a biography of Heinrich Himmler. Includes speech delivered in 1943 to SS members. Links to related topics.
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Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief description of the events surrounding the 20's and the Great Depression in the United States.