World War II

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World War II
Brooke Taylor Emily Fischer Jennifer Savage Susie
Stamper
Grade 10
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Rationale
We feel that students at the high school level
should know what the six strands to the Ohio
Social Studies Model are. Every even that has
happened in American History somehow relate to
these six strands. We as future teachers feel
that these six strands can be associated with the
events that led up to, during, and after the
second World War.
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Goal
Our goal is to show how we as future teachers can
incorporate the six strands of the Ohio Social
Studies Model to World War II. Through 25
different websites and 25 activities we will show
you how the six strands are related to this
important event in History.
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Objectives
The students will be able to 1. Recognize what
the six strands of the Ohio Social Studies model
are and relate them to World War II. 2. Find the
30 websites and apply them to our topic. 3.
Understand the 30 activities, and use them in
their classrooms.
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American Heritage
This strand refers to people and events of the
homefront during World War II. What was
happening here in America compared to other
countries? What made us Americans different than
other countries? What common experiences,
habits, and traditions did we share with other
countries? How were we influenced by others?
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WebSites
Http//www.personal.psu.edu/users/l/e/lek105
This site deals with teenagers in our society, on
the homefront. It reveals what it was like for
teens on the homefront.
Http//www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf001.html
This site deals with the women on the homefront.
It tells of 8 women and their involvement during
the war.
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More Websites
Http//www.pomperaug.com/socstud/stumuseum/web/ARH
home.htm
This page reveals wartime economics, efforts to
support the war, women, propaganda, personal
perspectives, and a student web museum
Http//www.abest.com/cklose/aawar.htm
This website deals with African American
Warriors. It defines who and what they are, and
how they relate to WWII.
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Websites Contd
Http//web.arts.ubc.ca/history/ww2prop/prop.htm
This site deals with our neighbors to the north,
Canada. During WWII. It gives students a chance
to see how our issues were very similar.
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Activities

• . History Bingo Create a bingo card with
  vocabulary words, facts, and events of this
  particular event in History. Play bingo using
  this information with the students.
• . Look up newspaper articles from your city
  during WWII. See what was going on during this
  time. Write a letter to the editor about what
  you have read.
• . Talk to a relative about what they were doing
  during WWII. Write a letter to a friend telling
  them what you learned.

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More Activities

• . Write a letter to an imaginary African American
  Warrior of WWII. Ask him questions about his
  life. Tell him how you feel about their efforts.
• . Compare the internment camps of the homefront
  to the concentration camps in Germany. How were
  they alike, and how were they different?

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People In Societies
This particular strand focus on the people during
World War II, and how it encompasses different
religious, racial, and ethnic groups. What was
going on in their lives? What kept them
together? How do they contribute to the good of
each other? How did we all learn to work
together?
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Websites
Http//www.holocaust-trc.org
This is an interesting site that gives lesson
plans and online resources to help teachers teach
the holocaust.
Http//www.ushmm.org/education/guidelines.html
If you are getting ready to teach your students
about the holocaust, this is an excellent site to
visit. It is very informational for you as you
begin this touchy subject.
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More Websites
Http//web.macam98.ac.il/ochayo/einvert.htm
A unique look at the holocaust can be found at
this site. Students can experience the Holocaust
trhough postage stamps.
Http//members.aol.com/FASENA
Finally, a site where American students can talk
to German students about the war and the
Holocaust!
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More Websites
Http//fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust
This is a great site for teachers. This site has
activity for student resources for teachers, the
arts, a timeline and important people.
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Activities

• I never saw another Butterfuly. This is a
  collection of poems by children that were in
  concentration camps. Have students create
  essays, pictures, poems, etc to express their
  feelings about the courage and spiritual
  resistance of the children of the camps.
• Pull photos of children from http//www.wiesentha
  l..com/children/list of children.html Have the
  students become experts. Have them research where
  the child was from, where the child was going,
  and what happened to the child.

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More Activities

• As a class, list examples of recent hate crimes
  committed within your state or country. Use
  newspapers and periodicals to research the
  circumstances surrounding the crime.
• Have students select an event of since 1945 that
  demonstrates the continuations of violence and
  mass killing. Is this genocide? Why or why not?
• Ask the students to write an affirmation or
  pledge to combat racism or draw/paint their
  vision of peace.

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World Interactions
Simply taken from the Ohio Social Studies model
book, it says This strand explores the links
people make around the world as they attempt to
address common problems. How do activities here
create or reflect contacts with the rest of the
world? How do we respond to the challenges of
acting in an interdependent world?
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websites
Http//history.acusd.edu/gen/WWW2Timeline/atlantic
.html
This site provides timelines of information about
the Battle of the Atlantic in six phases starting
in Sept. 1939- May 1945.
Http//www.japan-guide.com/e/e2129.html
This site provides a look at Japan both during
and after the war. It includes a look at U.S.
attitude toward Japan before and after the
dropping of the nuclear bombs in 1945.
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More Websites
Http//www.avalanchepress.com/gameAVL.html
This site is an advertisement for the game
Avalanche. This is an re-enactment of the
invasion of Salerno Italy by the Allies in Sept.
1943. This would be a useful tool to teach your
students this battle of the war.
Http//cyberroad.com/poland/jews_ww2.html
This site discusses the plight of Jews during the
war as well as providing information about some
of the more famous names within the Jewish
community.
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More Websites
Http//www.ojr.k12.pa.us/class_harrington/allies.h
tm
This site discusses the role of the leaders of
the Allies during WWII. It also discusses roles
and significance for a variety of the topics we
will be discussing in this project.
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Activities

• Divide the class into six groups, and give each
  group a phase of the timeline listed in the WW2
  Timeline website. Have students research their
  phase overnight concentrating on partnerships,
  and dissention between the countries they study.
  They should try to find possible reasons for why
  they think theses countries feel the way that
  they do. Then students will present their
  findings to the class. Each group member is
  responsible for two events during their time.

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More Activities

• . Have each group of students research one
  particular country. Then have the class re-enact
  various episodes from the war. Students should
  know enough about the country they research to
  predict how that country would behave in a given
  circumstance. After they offer their
  re-enactment, compare it to the real even and see
  how close they are. Finally, discuss how the
  re-enactments are different, and why students
  think these countries may have acted differently
  than students predicted.
• . Play the game Avalanche in small groups. When
  finished, have students write in a journal how
  the game relates to what they have learned.

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Activities Continued

• . Have students create a timeline of Japans
  involvement in the war. Students can be asked to
  research their own events to include, or can be
  given a list by the teacher. If the later option
  is chosen, students may be asked to discuss the
  significance of these events.
• . Create a classroom bulletin board. On a world
  map, have students chart the battles as they are
  discussed in class. This will give a visual
  representation to what they are learning. On the
  side, or on a separate bulletin board have
  students construct a web of the countries
  involved giving a visual representation to who
  are friends, and who are foes. Discuss any
  changes as they come up.

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Decision Making and Resources
This strand recognizes what society wants and how
does the government address their wants. During
WWII, our society wanted the war to end. What
did the government do to end the war? What
resources did they use? What are the elements of
making these decisions.
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Websites
Http//www.tcnj.edu/gsteinbe/royalty.html
This site discusses the role of European Royalty
during WWII. It includes information about both
current, and former ruling houses for the time
period from 1939-1945.
Http//history.acusd.edu/gen/fimnotes/longestday.h
tm
This site provides information about the 1962
film The Longest Day. It includes the cast, as
well as directors, producers, writers, etc. It
gives a brief synopsis of the film as well as
selected comments about the movie.
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More Websites
Http//home.att.net/merkki/index.html
This is an excellent site with a variety of
information about the soldiers who were held at
Stalag Luft I as prisoners of war. It includes
pictures from then and now.
Http//www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr/art/finnmigr.htm
This site discusses changes in Finland as a
relust of the war, and its debt to the Soviet
Union. This looks at Finnish immigration since
the war.
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Websites Continued
Http//www.letsfindout.com/subjects/america/ww2dda
y.html
This site gives a good overview of the events of
the war, with a quick and easy search feature
which makes finding information easier.
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Activities

• . Show the film, or parts of the film, The
  Longest Day. Have students pick a favorite
  character. They will then place themselves into
  the role of this character, and will write
  journals trying to include what this character
  might be thinking. Or, write a letter home,
  pretending you are this character.
• . As a class discuss, and list on the board a
  variety of resources that may have been short
  during the war. Have students write a journal in
  which they find at least ten ways to help with
  these shortages. Then as a class, discuss the
  solutions that were actually used during the war.
  Compare and contrast.

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More Activities

• . After introducing the discussion of Eropean
  Royalty during the war, have students discuss as
  a class why royalty played the role that it did.
  Does money and power exempt people from fighting
  wars? Did the royalty benefit from the war?
  Have students discuss and consider these points,
  and if needed, give them time to try to find some
  answers to their own questions in books or online.

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Activities Continued

• . Introduce the class to the Stalag Luft I
  website, and talk about what this man must have
  gone through, and why he never discussed it with
  his family. Then play a survival game based on
  the ideas of the POW camps. Give them a list of
  the resources they can use. Have them work as a
  group to decide the best way to make use of their
  resources. Have them think of a possible escape.
  Have them present what they found.
• . Look at the Finland website, and have students
  work in groups to brainstorm a list of 20 ways in
  which WWII altered our own society. List pros
  cons. What are the benefits. Have the students
  discuss all pros and cons.

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Citizenship Rights Responsibilites
This strand is plain and simple. This focuses on
the elements that are a part of an adults How
do we all work together to accomplish our goals?
How is one individual more effective in a public
setting? Why is this important in a democratic
society.
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Websites
Http//www.afroam.org/history/OurWar/intro.html
This includes writings about the African
Americans in WWII.
Http//www.104infdiv.org/
This site includes history on the 104th infantry
division who were involved during WWII, and those
men who wore the Timberwolf insignia on their
shoulders.
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More Websites
Http//www.redstone.army.mil/history/women/welcome
.html
This site has information on womens involvement
in WWII.
Http//www.lib.usc.edu/anthonya/holo.html
This site discusses Hollands involvement in
WWII, and how this country was affected by the
Holocaust.
Http//www.mhrcc.org/fdr/fdr.html
This site has a copy of the fireside chats
broadcasted over the radio by President Roosevelt
during the depression and WWII.
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Activities

• . Watch parts or all of the movie, Schlindlers
  List. Then discuss ways to help those in
  trouble.
• . Read the book, The Diary of Anne Frank. After
  reading the book, write an essay on how you think
  you would handle the situations if you were Anne
  Frank.
• . Find WWII veterans on internet, and communicate
  with these web pals about the war and other
  events in their lives.

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More Activities

• . Do a research paper on women in the military.
  Focus on womens involvement in the different
  wars, especially WWII. Compare and contrast
  womens involvement in WWI and WWII.
• . Do a role play of life in the concentration
  camps. Have students research what they camps
  were like and then role play. Afterwards, have
  the students write a reaction paper to how they
  felt in the role play.

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Democratic Processes
This strand is simply stated in the Ohio Social
Studies Model, It examines the principles of
democracy and explore the extent to which
governments reflect those principles. What are
the purposes of government? How should a
democratic government strive to accomplish those
ends? How well do the practicalities of
governing in the U.S. reflect the challenges of
democratic rule?
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Websites
Http//www.skalman.nu/third-reich/
This site includes the Third Reich Fact book
which has the history of this government.
Http//www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/WWI
I/charter.html
This site has information about the Atlantic
Charter of 1941 between the USA and the UK.
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More Websites
Http//www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/WWI
I.casablan.html
This site is the transcription of the Radio
Address from FDR regarding the Casablanca
Conference in 1943.
Http//www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/depres.html
This site is a k-12 learning center with
information and activities relatied to the Great
Depression and WWII.
Http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents
/pandeAMEX08.html
This site deals with the WASPS before and after
WWII.
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Activities

• .Research the governments of the Third Reich and
  the USA. Write a comparison and contrast essay
  about the two governments.
• . Research women at war and focus on how the had
  the opportunity to fight. Did our government
  stand in their way? What were controversies
  surrounding them flying?

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More Activities

• . Do a simulation of the Great Depression.
  Have the students research what life was like
  during the depression. What impact did it have
  on WWII? Write a reaction paper, on how it they
  would feel if they grew up during this era.
• . Hold a debate having one half of the class for
  the Atlantic Charter, and the other half opposed.
  The students will have to do in depth research
  to support their side.
• . Hold a trial to put Hitler and other German
  Military Figures on trial for criminal acts that
  they have committed. Have defense and
  prosecution try them for their crimes. Students
  will have to do research.

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