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BBC

Bbc History: World Wars: World War Two

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Americans and Great War 1914 1919: The United States Prepares for War

For Students 11th - 12th
Details what America did to prepare and execute its entry into World War I, and how the government used propaganda to win public support for the war effort.
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Other

Peel Heritage Complex: Images of War

For Students 9th - 10th
Images of War is an exhibit about war posters and propaganda. Many of the posters came from the private collection of Ivan Melhuish who worked at Canada Packers in Toronto during World War II.
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Activity
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Victory Mail

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about "victory mail," the expedited wartime posting of letters written to and from soldiers serving in World War Two.
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Website
Other

Propaganda Postcards of the Great War: Allies: Celebrating Alliances (2)

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of propaganda used to promote and celebrate the Allied forces with soldier imagery. Thumbnails can be enlarged by clicking on them and each thumbnail is captioned with a description. This page looks at uniforms of Allied soldiers.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Wwii on the Home Front: Civic Responsibility

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Smithsonian Education presents a lesson covering the WWII's propaganda program which enforced the ideals of Civic Responsibility. Provides eight pages of poster examples, detailed background over the time period, and the goals of the...
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Curated OER

Image From World War Two: The Battle of El Alamein

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From the Ending of World War One

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Primary
Other

German Propaganda Archive: Photographs of Adolf Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
University professor Randall Bytwerk's collection of archival photographs of Hitler, which were used for propaganda purposes and taken by Hitler's "favorite" photographer. Helpful captions provide context.
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Other

Great Wwii Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th
Images from different times during World War II. Shows not only images of famous people but also images of propaganda encouraging people to conserve resources used in the United States throughout the war.
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Handout
Other

Calvin College: Churchill Orders Destruction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an illustrated essay from a weekly illustrated newspaper "Hamburger Illustrierte"(28 September 1940),pp.2-3. The essay discusses Churchill and the bombings of German cities during WWII.
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US National Archives

Nara: Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art From Wwii

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful site for real U.S. Government propaganda posters from WWII. Provided by the National Archives and Records Administration(NARA).
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Curated OER

Image From Churchill: The Gathering Storm

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From Blitzkrieg

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From Voices of Dunkirk

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From Hitler and 'Lebensraum' in the East

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From Pearl Harbor: A Rude Awakening

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From the 'D Day Dodgers'

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From D Day: Beachhead

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From Voices of D Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

D Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image From Audio: Churchill and World War Two

For Students 9th - 10th
Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Stepanova, the Results of the First Five Year Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wondered what came before Photoshop? After the First World War, artists in Germany and the Soviet Union began to experiment with photomontage, the process of making a composite image by juxtaposing or mounting two or more...