I already knew that having children's books on hand is helpful when learning about heavy topics like war, but I was reminded of it again as we studied World War II in our homeschool recently. That's why I'm happy to share some of our favorite World War II books for kids with you today.
Now that HBO has aired all ten episodes of The Pacific, it's a lot easier to see how hard it was for the team put together by executive producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to find a way to tell the story and just how impressively they managed to pull it off.
A spy for the Allies and a participant in the underground railroad that protected Italy’s Jews during World War II, Giuseppe Lella considered himself a coward until an American author persuaded him to
Two new histories show how the unimaginable was systematized.
At the end of World War II, the death marches, which claimed the lives of countless people, were considered among the worst atrocities. Some were simply done to kill prisoners or to keep them from being freed by the advancing Allies, while some were marched for later use as hostages. Survivors were witness to the
Photographer Syd Shelton shot these amazing black and white photographs in Sydney in 1974.
I already knew that having children's books on hand is helpful when learning about heavy topics like war, but I was reminded of it again as we studied World War II in our homeschool recently. That's why I'm happy to share some of our favorite World War II books for kids with you today.
Learn more about the life of Anne Frank, a tragic, true-life story of a young girl caught up in the horrors of war.
A WWII Christmas: Food Rationing and Recipes in World War II {Part One}
Child soldiers of World War II.
Ayer por la noche una lectora me preguntó cuál era la diferencia entre los dos tipos de campos alemanes durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en los cuales
A look at the Holocaust of World War II.
We are preparing the read Elie Wiesel's memoir Night. The novel depicts his time in the Nazi German concentration camp. Part of our literary journey will be to analyze how ignoring a belittling joke can eventually lead to genocide. It is hard concept to imagine that ignoring a joke can lead to such drastic events, but it does happen. Examples of belittling jokes and stereotypes The first thing that one should familiarize themselves with the various forms of prejudice that exist in the world. It is far more than race and sexual orientation (a primary focus in the current landscape of American culture). Survivors of Buchenwald Concentration Camp 1. Go to Most Common Prejudice. After reading the list and description of the various forms of prejudice, create Cornell Notes for each type. Include questions that can be used for a Socratic Seminar. 2. Familiarize yourself with the history of genocide so that you may have a full historical understanding and the background knowledge needed for an analysis. There are two sites that you should read and add to your Cornell Notes: 8 Stages of Genocide and 10 Atrocious Genocides In Human History. 3. Although The Pyramid of Hate was discussed thoroughly in class, resources for personal research and growth can be found at The Southern Povery Law Center (a group focused on fighting hate and teaching tolerance in the United States) and The Anti-Defamtion League (a group that was orginally formed to fight against the defamation of Jewish people, but has grown to fight many forms of discrimination and hate). The Hate Map on The Souther Poverty Law Center website tracks various hate groups throughout the country. 4. We began creating Cornell Notes over Oprah's interview with Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. You can find videos 1-6 at Winfrey and Wiesel - Auschwitz. 5. Read and try to retain the information found at 26 Holocaust Facts for easier comprehension of Night by Elie Wiesel.
Free teaching resources that are colourful, fun and unique. Includes early years, kindergarten, preschool and primary resources (KS1 and KS2).
Raymond Gaudry, French citzen, decorated veteran WWI, ran for political offices in france 1930s, was in Auschwitz as political prisioner (red triangle on shirt- communist) did not survive the war. info translated from french.
Bormann, Johanna “Wiesel”, born 10-09-1893 in Birkenfelde, East Prussia, was a prison guard at several Nazi concentration camps, and was executed as a war criminal at Hameln after a trial in 1945.
In a global conflict on the scale of World War II, there are a lot of things that slip through the cracks. Whether it's something that we refuse to admit or simply something so foreign and bizarre that we just don't know what to make of it, there are still a number of unsolved mysteries
The Strange Story Of The American Pastor Who Ministered To Nazis
A new documentary claims the Nazi leader did not commit suicide in his bunker towards the end of WWII.
History hasn't looked kindly on the Catholic Church during WW II. The conventional narrative is not the whole story
Video shows locals being taken around the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp in Weimar, Germany, just days after it had been liberated by American troops.
Serving on Admiral Byrd's team for the Antarctic Expedition at the end of WW II was a privilege that only a handful of sailors would enjoy. Experience first hand, through the eyes of 19 year old Dick Miller, the daily events aboard the S.S. Pine Island. The harsh conditions, the dangerous missions, the fun and friendships that occurred kept these men on their toes!
