Last updated: April 22, 2024
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World War II History (Teaching with Historic Places)
Lessons related to other military and war time history can be found at Military & Wartime History.
Here you’ll find place-based educational resources relating to the military and homefront history of World War II. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.
Featured Lesson Plans
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Fort Ontario, NY and Jewish Refugees
In 1944, 982 Jewish refugees arrived from parts of Southern and Eastern Europe to Fort Ontario in Oswego, NY.
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The Tuskegee Airmen
In 1941 in Tuskegee, Alabama, the U.S. Army Air Corp began a program to train African American servicemembers as Air Corps cadets.
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The ‘Code Girls’ of Arlington Hall
Lesson plan about the ‘Code Girls’ of Arlington Hall Station: Women Cryptologists of the Second World War
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The Detroit Race Riot of 1943
This lesson discusses the devastating racial unrest that gripped Detroit in June 1943. It can be taught as part of a unit on World War II.
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WWII Conscientious Objectors at Patapsco
During World War II, thousands of pacifists objected to military service because of their religious and moral beliefs.
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The Dowling Victory Garden
This lesson introduces students to the history of the Dowling Victory Garden, the last remaining World War II victory garden in Minneapolis.