The US Holocaust Memorial:
Using Art in Teaching World History
This lesson explores ways in which art reveals profound changes in both the practice of and attitudes toward war during the past three centuries.
www.phschool.com/eteach/social_studies/2000_10/essay.html
www.phschool.com/eteach/social_studies/2000_10/essay.html
World War I and Daylight Savings Time
As school children, many of us learned “Fall back; spring forward,” but every spring and fall, some will struggle to adjust, bemoan the change, and wonder why we as a nation tamper with time twice a year. Relatively few of us, however, think of daylight saving time as part of a war effort. Examining primary […]
blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2017/03/world-war-i-and-daylight-savings-time/
blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2017/03/world-war-i-and-daylight-savings-time/
Going “Over There” for World War I
Throughout history, music has been used for celebrations and for memorial events; to sway opinion or highlight a specific point of view; or to encourage people to vote for a particular political candidate.
blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2016/05/going-over-there-for-world-war-i/
blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2016/05/going-over-there-for-world-war-i/
Wind Talkers: Navajo Code Talkers in WWII - MEET the NAVAJO CODE TALKERS
AwesomeStories.com is free, non-commercial educational web site for educators (as the basis for lesson plans) and students. Stories link to organized primary and secondary source materials found principally at U.S. and other worldwide national archives, museums, libraries, universities, news organizations and government websites. The purpose of the site (including its eight separate, stand-alone channels) is to take visitors on a virtual guided tour of relevant on-line source materials.
www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/MEET-the-NAVAJO-CODE-TALKERS-Wind-Talkers-Navajo-Code-Talkers-in-WWII
www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/MEET-the-NAVAJO-CODE-TALKERS-Wind-Talkers-Navajo-Code-Talkers-in-WWII
Normandy Invasion - Preface
AwesomeStories.com is free, non-commercial educational web site for educators (as the basis for lesson plans) and students. Stories link to organized primary and secondary source materials found principally at U.S. and other worldwide national archives, museums, libraries, universities, news organizations and government websites. The purpose of the site (including its eight separate, stand-alone channels) is to take visitors on a virtual guided tour of relevant on-line source materials.
www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Normandy-Invasion
www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Normandy-Invasion
The Holocaust and Genocide Museum Project
This is an Integrated Essay Project the students produced for their World History and English Language Arts courses.
Students were asked to consider: How can the examination of the past inform us about our present lives and what our responsibility is toward one another?
www.envisionprojects.org/pub/env_p/40.html
Students were asked to consider: How can the examination of the past inform us about our present lives and what our responsibility is toward one another?
www.envisionprojects.org/pub/env_p/40.html