EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
These lessons and activities will help expand your students' understanding of World War II and the historical period.…
REFERENCE
Read a historical account of what occurred on the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, December 7, 1941.
WORKSHEETS
Students read a short history of the Holocaust and then share their responses.
Here's a chronological list of the events that led to World War II.
Distribute this overview of key events, people, and places from 1940 to 1949 to provide ideas for projects and…
Learn about the key military heroes of World War II.
Learn about six types of aircraft from World War II.
Learn the key events of World War II.
Read an overview of life in the United States during World War II, then explore the related activities.
Read about the WAACS, WAVES, and nurses of World War II, then explore the related activities.
Read about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and explore the related activities.
The goal of the Manhattan Project was to develop an atomic bomb. Read about it and explore the related activities to…
Learn about three major writers of the forties: Richard Wright, James Michener, and Herman Wouk.
Share the story of the Reys, creators of Curious George books, and assign the related activities to learn more about…
Read about the Nuremberg Trials of officials involved in the Holocaust during the Nazi regime of World War II. Then…
Students practice brainstorming by creating a semantic web about the Holocaust.
Students pretending to be a newscaster broadcasting from Berlin during the 1940s.
Study the origins, social impact, politics, and tragedy of World War II through the resources in this printable book.…
The second lesson in Beyond Blame: Reacting to the Terrorist Attack deals with the reactions Americans had toward…
LESSON PLANS
Students write a class newspaper about the armed conflicts in which the United States has fought. This is an activity…
