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Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: World War Ii Conversations [Pdf]
In this lesson, students use photos of people in real-life World War II events as a springboard for composing dialogue between the people in the photographs. Students then work in pairs to create a scene set in World War II and present...
Library of Congress
Loc: Veteran's History Project: The Art of War
The stories of wars told through artwork. The photographs, drawings, cartoons, paintings, etc. tell the stories of World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Picasso and the War Years, 1936 45
Scrolling timeline of the work Picasso produced during World War II shows off a wide range of Picasso's work interspersed with historical photographs of the war and notes about key events occurring at the time. A compelling way to view...
Other
Private Art: Wwii Letters to & From Home
A great site which has the letters of both Pvt. Arthur Pranger and those who wrote to him during World War II. You can click on a day such as May 2, 1943 and will get a letter.
Other
Art Montana: Ben Steele Prisoner of War Chronicles
The story of Ben Steele, an American soldier captured on the Bataan Peninsula and forced on the Bataan Death March. The site links to his drawings with a brief explanation.
US National Archives
Nara: Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art From Wwii
A wonderful site for real U.S. Government propaganda posters from WWII. Provided by the National Archives and Records Administration(NARA).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Stepanova, the Results of the First Five Year Plan
Have you ever wondered what came before Photoshop? After the First World War, artists in Germany and the Soviet Union began to experiment with photomontage, the process of making a composite image by juxtaposing or mounting two or more...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rear Admiral James Alden
Rear Admiral Alden, born in Portland, Me., March 31st, 1810, died in San Francisco, Cal., February 6th, 1877. He was appointed midshipman in 1828, and in that capacity accompanied the Wilkes Exploring Expedition around the world in...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 - June 2, 1882) was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and had to flee Italy after a failed insurrection. He then...