World War II Exploring History Through Primary Sources

ISBN: 0-7439-3921-2

Price: $129.00

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods. Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Hitler accepting an ovation of the Reichstag; Aircraft spotter in London; USS Arizona burning at Pearl Harbor; American soldiers landing on the coast of France on D-Day; The "Big Three" at the Yalta Conference in 1945; Flag raising on Iwo Jima; Concentration camp victims in 1945; Atomic bomb smoke plume. Primary Sources: Early naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor; War ration book from1942; German propaganda cartoon; We Can Do It! poster celebrating "Rosie the Riveter"; Note from General Eisenhower on D-Day; Two letters between a soldier and his family from 1944; Western Union telegram telling of a soldier's death; 1949 court judgment for "Tokyo Rose". This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.