Each year, WWII feels a little farther away from our students’ lived experience. At the same time, it's easy for students to see the war as something that was bound to happen—and bound to end the way it did.
- How do you push back on both distance and inevitability?
- Do you center personal stories, letters, or oral histories?
- Highlight moments of uncertainty or turning points?
- Explore the choices individuals and nations faced in real time?
- Use simulations or role-play to surface real dilemmas?
On March 4 at 7 pm ET (Zoom), educators from The National WWII Museum will share classroom-ready resources focused on the American experience of the war as well as its causes and consequences.
Register here: www.oerproject.com/.../Event-Registration
Before we gather, what’s worked for you in helping students bring historical thinking skills to the causes and consequences of World War II--without flattening this history into an inevitability?
