World War II
United States and Virginia History
The World at War: 1939 to 1945
This curation explores resources that help students demonstrate knowledge of World War II under the SOL area of VUS.11. Inside World War II from History.com represents an example of the types of materials curated in this effort. Please freely share this flyer with fellow educators, librarians, students, and history buffs for their use of this Blendspace compilation.
Why did the US enter the war?
Click to find the Blendspace curation on topics including Pearl Harbor, totalitarian aggression in Europe and Asia, US policy of neutrality, and isolationism.
Curated by Annalisa Cleveland
Photo of Pearl Harbor bombing: USS_Arizona_burning-Pearl_Harbor.jpg. CC0
Email: ACLEV001@odu.edu
Twitter: @annalisacleve
Major Battles and Turning Points
Click here to visit the Blendspace that outlines the major conflicts in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific, concluded with the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima.
Curated by Dory Holder
Photo of World War II Memorial: Nitot. Colleville American Cemetary. CC BY-SA 3.0
Email: dhold001@odu.edu
Twitter: @doryholder
Minorities in the War
This Blendspace explores the all-minority units, like the Tuskegee Airmen, and women's efforts in World War II.
Curated by Karen Gareis
Photo of airmen: United States Air Force Photograph. Tuskegee Airmen Navigation Training. CC0.
Email: KDARK002@odu.edu
Twitter: @KGareis
The Geneva Convention and Prisoners of War
Here students will learn the purpose of The Geneva Convention and about the differing treatment of prisoners in Asia as opposed to Europe.
Curated by Karen Gareis
POW Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. German POW's captured by the U.S. 82nd Airborne division in Belgium. CC0.
Email: kdark002@odu.edu
Twitter: @KGareis
The Holocaust - Hitler's Final Solution
Click here for detailed accounts of the Holocaust regarding the victims, survivors, and the convicted war criminals.
Curated by Ruth Whitley
Photo: USHMM/Belarusian State Archive of Documentary Film and Photography. Child survivors of Auschwitz. CC0.
Email: RWHIT070@odu.edu
Twitter: @rwhitlibrary
Reference List
Inside World War II - A Global Perspective. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.history.com/inside-wwii-interactive