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Pearl Harbor Dispatch Analysis InteractivePearl Harbor Dispatch Analysis Interactive
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5th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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15 mins
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Pearl Harbor Dispatch Analysis

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Scholars play a historical version of the telephone game when they analyze the dispatch from the Pearl Harbor attack. The quick activity uses primary sources to help academics analyze an historical event. Young historians also complete a worksheet and participate in group discussion to understand how others interpreted the message and the implications of the message on history. 

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Concepts

america, american history, the united states, the military, military history, the navy, pearl harbor, world war ii, wars, wartime, historical analysis, historical context, historical documents, primary source analysis, primary sources

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a visual timeline of the attack on Pearl Harbor to help learners better understand the event
  • Have pupils create their own coded messages to understand how text can be interpreted differently 

Classroom Considerations

  • The activity includes an online component

Pros

  • Activity is ideally suited to remote learning
  • The resource makes a great warm-up activity for a lesson on World War II

Cons

  • None

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