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Tag: wwii
NHD’s Normandy Institute at the National Archives
Students who participated in NHD's "Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom" Institute recount their research experience at the National Archives at College Park, MD.
New DocsTeach Activity: The Night Before D-Day
We commemorate the 70th anniversary with an activity focusing on two documents related to the Allied invasion of June 6, 1944.
What Effect Did the WWII Fair Employment Practices Commission Have on the Civil Rights Movement?
Today’s post comes from Joel Walker, education specialist at the National Archives at Atlanta. On December 31, 1942, the Counter Intelligence Section of the Seventh Naval District based in Jacksonville, Florida, distributed its monthly summary of subversive activities. On page two of the summary, under the heading "Activities Concerning Negroes," was printed a small paragraph … Continue reading What Effect Did the WWII Fair Employment Practices Commission Have on the Civil Rights Movement?
Propaganda Posters and the Common Core
I don’t know if it says something about me, but I have always been fascinated with propaganda posters. When I was in the classroom, I probably spent more time than I had to focusing on the various symbols, messages, and styles the US government used during World War I and World War II to gain … Continue reading Propaganda Posters and the Common Core
Play Ball! (Primary Sources Edition)
Have you ever used current events to pique students' interest? Leveraged your students' hobbies to guide which primary sources you offer up for analysis? Do you have baseball fans in your classroom? We've got a brand new resource full of primary source documents, photographs, video, audio, and more. It's a free eBook we published just in … Continue reading Play Ball! (Primary Sources Edition)
A New Way to Hear about our Teaching Resources and Education Programs
Welcome! Here we’ll regularly share new document-based teaching tools, lesson plans, learning activities, student field trip ideas, professional development opportunities, newly available primary sources, and multi-media and web content. The National Archives holds all kinds of permanently valuable documents–written documents, images, maps, audio, video, charts, and more–from all three branches of our government. Just a … Continue reading A New Way to Hear about our Teaching Resources and Education Programs