Curated OER
Writing Exercises: World War II, #1
Has your class just finished reading about WWII and you need a way to let them show what they know? Hand them this three-question writing prompt. They'll need to describe the role Winston Churchill played in the war, the Rape of Nanking,...
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Facing the Darkness: Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and John Rabe
Excerpts from first hand accounts of the massacre at Nanking in 1937 and 1938 as part of a larger article in Metro Magazine about the Rape of Nanking.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: War Breaks Out
A brief look at the expansionist moves of Japan in China, including a description of the Rape of Nanking. Also read about the military expansionism in Europe and Africa by both Germany and Italy, finally resulting in a declaration of war...