World+War+II

World War II

** __Activities__ **

-Choose a point during World War II and draw a political map of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. -Write a headline and newspaper article as if it were June 7, 1944; the day after D-Day. -You are a Jewish child hiding with your family during World War II. Write a journal entry from one day in your life. -Create a 3D diagram of a Holocaust Memorial.

-Create a bar graph of casualty rates from World War II.

-Write and dramatize a short scene (1-3 minutes) after the excerpt of "The Grapes of Wrath".

-Choose a famous person from World War II and write an acrostic poem about that person. ** __Internet Resources__ **

Here are some websites and games to play dealing with World War II.  []

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** __Literature and Trade Books__ **

-Bliven Jr., B. (1981). //The Story of D-Day: June 6, 1945.// Boston: Random House.

-Sheehan, S. (2002). //D-Day: June 6, 1945.// New York: Raintree Publishers.

-Stein, R. (1986). //The Story of D-Day.// New York: Children’s PR.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">-World War II Timeline/Sequence of Events []

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">-The Story of D-Day []

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">** __Additional Resources__ ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">-Timeline/Sequence of Events Graphic Organizer [] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">-Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer [] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">-Spider Map Graphic Organizer (Famous People/Events/Battles) []