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The End of the War: WWII

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Enhance your student's reading with this presentation on the end of WWII. This series of slides contains information,  focus questions to guide student reading, and a video entitled, The Impact of World War II. Note: To view the video QuickTime and a Sorenson Video 3 decompressor will be needed.

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world war ii

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wwii, causes and effects of wwii, war ends in europe, postwar world, social studies
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Resource Details

Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Presentations
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
21

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