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WWII: Western Europe 1939-45 – Invasion

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This WWII: Western Europe 1939-45 – Invasion interactive also includes:

Teacher's Notes
Western Europe 1939-41
Western Europe 1942-45
WWII: Western Europe 1939-45 – Invasion (.pdf)
Threat Level Table
Primary Source
Video
Audio
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Without the benefit of history, Western Europe in the 1940's had no idea what was about to befall them. Class members use primary sources, including political cartoons, videos, and internal documents, to analyze how much of a threat Britain perceived Germany to be after the 1940 invasion of France.

15 Views 9 Downloads CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

world war ii, germany, adolf hitler, nazism, propaganda, political cartoons, primary source analysis, document-based questions, britain

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

Assign the link as an at-home project for a flipped classroom activity
Set up several stations that each feature one task from the series; encourage groups to move through the stations

Classroom Considerations

Requires access to the Internet
The first part of an eight-lesson series on World War II in Western Europe
Devices will need to have the latest version of Flash®

Pros

An engaging way to bring history to life
Inquiry-based format uses important critical thinking skills
Includes teacher's notes and a glossary for lesson extension and context
Comes with audio readings of document as well as transcript for easier reading

Cons

None

Common Core

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