Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Social Studies
Padlet
http://padlet.com/wall/dzeggae1xpff
Padlet provides a user-friendly interface in which multiple persons can edit a
document. The formatting options, including text-boxes and lines provide a good
platform for students created word walls. The format also allows for easy editing,
allowing students to easily edit the word wall for evolving definitions throughout their
unit.
Veteran Stories
http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-wwi.html
The veteran stories provide an interesting view into the feelings of WWI
veterans. Use of this resource on the second day of the unit would work as a
transitional material. The students previous unit would have recently finished a unit
on WWI as part of the United States History curriculum. The site provides an entire
story for the students to follow of the experiences of individuals. Quotes from
personal correspondences and interviews are listed for Eugene A. Curtin including
his letter to his mother on July 23, 1917, and a news clipping from the Times for
which he was interviewed.
Mein Kampf
https://archive.org/details/meinkampf035176mbp
Mein Kampf provides a primary source on Hitlers ideologies.
Examination of an excerpt will provide students with a look into the
perspective of the German population reading this text. This is an
example of written propaganda from the Nazi party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHs2coAzLJ8
This is an example of film propaganda from the Nazi Party.
Watching Triumph of the Will is primary source exposure for the
students. The film provides an interesting look into the Nazis
perspective of themselves, in which they place the Nazi party almost
as the role of God through perspective metaphor and imagery in the
opening scenes.
Maus
This graphic novel provides students with a look into the horrors of
WWII from the perspective of a survivor. The format of graphic novel
gives students a chance to hone their skills in reading graphic novels,
which tends to be an easier format for some students, so the graphic
novel can be a vehicle for information that better helps students
comprehend the difficulties of WWII rather than say some complicated
government documents.
War Bonds
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/
powers_of_persuasion/warning/
images_html/images/shadow.jpg
This source is a primary source example of U.S. home front
propaganda encouraging persons to buy War bonds to support the war
to keep their children safe from the encroaching ominous shadow of
the Nazis.
Wanted
This is a primary source example of U.S. home front propaganda during
WWII. This piece specifically targets women on the home front, warning
that loose lips will cost American lives. It is a very dramatic example of
propaganda as it depicts a young womans picture as if on a wanted
poster for murder. It displays the simple yet effective nature of
propaganda.
http://tnmuseum.org/Traveling_Trunks_Top_Level/Transforming_America
%3A_Tennessee_on_the_World_War_II_Homefront/