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From June 6 to June 8, 1944, the United States Army Ranger Assault Group scaled cliffs that were previously thought to be insurmountable. Learn more about a pivotal moment that led to one of the most significant battles in World War II.
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Instructional Ideas
- Design a Webquest or research activity with content-specific questions about the interactive resource
- Use the resource as the informational text for a jigsaw activity in which members of small groups learn about each aspect of the battle individually and brief their groups on what they learned
Classroom Considerations
- Each section opens with videos that contain audio; include the video in a class warm-up activity or provide a class set of headphones for individual viewing
- Navigation is a little tricky and may require some assistance in the beginning
- Scroll bar on the video transcripts is only functional when the video is over or has been skipped
Pros
- Provides helpful background information for the pre-invasion, Germans, Allied resistance, intelligence, reconnaissance, and bombing
- Focuses on the three days of the battle
- Discusses an aspect of D-Day that history textbooks may not cover in detail, including primary source images and interviews with survivors of the American forces
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- None