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World War II Battles

Amber Llewellyn
Amber Llewellyn 11 months ago

My students love to talk about battles, and that is an area that I feel the least confident talking about. While I understand strategy and tactics, I am far from an expert in these areas, and I do not know an American Tank from a Soviet Tank when shown pictures, which makes some of my students very disappointed in me. So my question is, how do you teach about the battles of World War II? Do you go into details or talk about what was important and how many people died? 

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  • Angela Lee
    Angela Lee 11 months ago

    Hi Amber, 

    Whenever we get to WWII, I tell them that I am not a military historian. I feel similarly to you, that I don't feel very confident about talking about battles (except maybe Normandy), even though I did a summer institute at the National WWII Museum.  So, this gives the student an opportunity to shine, and perhaps give them an opportunity to do some research on the battles, and analyze the significance of the overall battle on the outcome of WWII, or the larger impact on technology or foreign policy, etc. 

    I don't have any lesson plans around this, but I can point the way to some great classroom materials curated by the National WWII Museum.   You'll. need to scroll down to get to the curriculum that's been developed by teachers, for teachers.   The next Curriculum Guide in the works is on women in WWII. Waiting eagerly for that one. 

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  • Donnetta Elsasser
    Donnetta Elsasser 10 months ago in reply to Angela Lee

    Angela Lee , I have the same issue as Amber Llewellyn .

    Thanks for the link.

    When I clicked on it, it wants me to create an account. If I go through this, are the lessons free, or is there a pay wall?

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  • Angela Lee
    Angela Lee 10 months ago in reply to Donnetta Elsasser

    All the lessons are free! 

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  • Angela Lee
    Angela Lee 10 months ago in reply to Donnetta Elsasser

    All the lessons are free! 

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