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- World War I political debate
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.7
- In this lesson for grade six, students will use their knowledge of World War I to debate whether Germany should have paid reparations following the war.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
- By Shea Calloway.
- Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany
- Adolph Hitler is seen standing in a second-story window and speaking to a large crowd after being appointed Chancellor of Germany. One man stands above the others on a light pole and takes a picture of Hitler.
- Format: image/photograph
- Launch of the V-2 rocket
- On June 21, 1943, Germany launched its V-2 rocket in Peenemünde, Germany along the Baltic coast. This photograph was taken seconds after lift-off.
- Format: image/photograph
- Germany Surrenders
- Three German generals sit at a table to sign papers for an unconditional surrender to the Allied forces on May 8, 1945 in Berlin. Other officers stand behind them.
- Format: image/photograph
- RAF bomber over Duisburg
- A British bomber drops bombs over Duisburg, Germany during World War II.
- Format: image/photograph
- Memorial to bombing vicitims
- A simple monument, dedicated to the victims of the bombing of a shelter during World War II, stands in Hamburg, Germany. A stone figure crouches in a corner of two brick walls. A few of the bricks are missing to show that the "building" has been damaged. In...
- Format: image/photograph
- Differences across the curriculum: Part 1
- Part of a set of lessons offering an integrated approach to exploring diversity with eighth graders, this lesson serves as a pre-reading activity for the drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Students will learn how diversity creates bias which leads to conflict, where students confront their bias and practice tolerance.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Lynn Carter.
- Allied occupation zones in Central Europe, 1945
- Format: image/map
- German aggressions, 1936–1939
- Format: image/map
- Kristallnacht
- Passersby look at the broken windows of a shop that was vandalized during Kristallnacht, "Night of Broken Glass." A flag with a swastika hangs down in front of a window next door. On November 9th and 10th in 1938, more that 7,000 Jewish shops and 1,600 synagogues...
- Format: image/photograph
- World War I propaganda posters
- U.S. Government propaganda posters spelled out the reasons for American involvement in World War I and encouraged all Americans to help in the war effort.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Allied advances through France and western Germany, 1944-45
- Format: image/map
- Eastern Front, June 22-December 5, 1941
- Map shows German advances in the Soviet Union, June-December 1941.
- Format: image/map
- Students at Biltmore Forest School
- Students from the Biltmore Forest School inspecting a portable forest railroad in Darmstadt, Germany, c. 1912.
- Format: image/photograph
- German and Soviet Union soldiers shake hands
- German and Soviet Union officers shake hands at the end of the Invasion of Poland. Two helmeted soldiers watch the exchange. One of the soldiers has a rifle slung over his shoulder.
- Format: image/photograph
- Destroy this mad brute!
- "Destroy this mad brute" is the caption of this World War I propaganda poster for enlistment in the U.S. Army. A dribbling, ape-like German wielding a club bearing the word "kultur" and wearing a pickelhaube helmet with the word...
- Format: image/poster
- Join up
- This lesson is designed to help students look more closely at the reasons why Paul and his friends from the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, along with other soldiers joined the armed forces in WWI. Through primary sources and the novel, students will have a better understanding of propaganda and how it affects people.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Kari Siko.
- CareerStart lessons: Grade six
- This collection of lessons aligns the sixth grade curriculum in math, science, English language arts, and social studies with potential career opportunities.
- Format: (multiple pages)
- Introduction
- Twenty years after the Lost Colony disappeared, in 1607, the English established another colony 150 miles up the coast at Jamestown. This Virginia colony, too, faced unexpected difficulties -- food shortages, disease, native peoples who were less than thrilled...
- A German immigrant writes home
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.4
- Letter (c. 1710) from a immigrant to North Carolina to his family and friends in Germany, telling about his life and experiences in Carolina and giving advice to others who might follow him. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
