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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

World War II Home Front

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Eleventh graders examine the political demands put on one of four groups living in America during WWII. Each class member is asked to research and write a paper describing the homefront experience for women, Hispanics, African-Americans,...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Women Come to the Front

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses women as journalists, photographers, and broadcasters during World War II. Contains information about women as journalists in WWII. There is specific information about eight women journalists and examples of their...
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Other

Second World War Experience Centre: Archive Collections

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of written accounts of World War II from a variety of first-hand sources. Includes material from both British and American participants.
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Primary
Other

Utah Division of State History: Teaching Utah With Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
"Our Past Their Present" offers primary source sets on Utah history topics such as Japanese Internment and Women during World War II. Created by the Utah Division of State History to meet Social Studies Core Standards.
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Ww2 People's War Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on various stories and dates and learn more about the event plus read eyewitness accounts. The focus in on Great Britain's role in the war.
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Primary
Other

Private Art: Wwii Letters to & From Home

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site which has the letters of both Pvt. Arthur Pranger and those who wrote to him during World War II. You can click on a day such as May 2, 1943 and will get a letter.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: The Women's Land Army and World War Ii Posters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students look at some ways that women contributed to the war effort during WWII.
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Website
Vassar College

Vassar College: Vassar Innovators: Nancy Harkness Love

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of Nancy Harkness Love, who was instrumental in the founding of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs.
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Handout
Other

Liberty Letters: Filing Cabinet Resources: Nancy Harkness Love

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical profile of pilot Nancy Harkness Love.
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Primary
Brown University

What Did You Do in the War Grandma?

For Students 9th - 10th
High school students interview women who lived during WWII. What did they do, how did they feel about the war, what were their perceptions? Very interesting reading.