World War II

Students will learn about the Red Ball Express from WW2 (WWII) and its contributions to the war effort from D-Day through the end of 1944. This resource includes a 10 slide powerpoint (also included as a PDF) and a 10 question note guide with 3 creative...

Students complete an interview activity to review Harry Truman's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" Truman after becoming president (5 questions and answers), and then they conduct his last interview prior to...

Students complete an interview activity to review FDR's presidency. They first answer 8 history based questions, then they "interview" Roosevelt after becoming president (5 questions and answers), and then they conduct his last interview prior to his...

Students will learn about the people, events, and politics of WW2 (WWII) with this presentation covering the rise of Hitler through the immediate post war years. People and events are addressed chronologically in the following sections: pre-invasion of...

Students will learn more about Rosie the Riveter (both as a wartime motivator and the real life inspiration behind the image) during WW2 (World War 2, WWII), and other versions of the iconic propaganda poster by completing this 27 questions and 2...

Students will visit 4 websites to learn about Operation Paperclip which started at the end of WW2 and continued into the Cold War. There are 20 questions to answer of varying degrees of difficulty and are academic and opinion based. The answers are...

Students will visit two websites, answer 19 questions, and complete a commemorative task to learn about the events leading to Pearl Harbor. They will then watch 3 videos about the attack itself (two from survivors and one from historic news reels) and...

Students will learn about the Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd Regiment of World War 2 (WWII, WW2) with this webquest. They will visit 4 websites, watch one video, answer 27 questions, and complete a creative task. The answers are included where...

Students will learn about, or review, the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War 2 (WWII, WW2) with this webquest. They will visit 4 websites, watch one TedTalk, and answer 28 questions. An abbreviated list of the Bill of Rights is included to...

Students will learn about the women who served during WW2 (WWII) as code breakers by watching a 6 minute video, visiting 4 websites, and answering 14 questions (academic, opinion, and creative). The answers are included and this would work for both US...

Students will visit 3 websites and answer 25 questions to learn about the Nuremberg Trials from the end of World War 2 (WW2). Four questions are connected to an embedded 4 minute video from an American soldier who was a guard during the Trials. There are...

  Students will get an overview of different Holocaust resistance movements and rescue efforts with these 5 activities. They will first complete a webquest on Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement (17 questions) and a webquest on Jewish led...