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Today’s Document from the National Archives- Memorandum on the "Argentine Situation" February 11, 2012Distributed on February 11, 1946, the Argentine "Blue Book" was prepared by the US State Department following World War II and catalogued Argentina's support for the Axis cause and subversive activities in which German organizations were known to have engaged in Argentina. More on the Argentine "Blue Book"...
- Memorandum on the "Argentine Situation" February 11, 2012
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- This Day in History, from Infoplease
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Videos for the Classroom: African American Training During WWII
Recently, the good folks at the Social Studies and History Teachers blog presented a great video from the Office of War Information about the war effort in black colleges during World War II. I posted the video, along with a video of a Bugs Bunny cartoon advertising war bonds. The juxtaposition between an “official” view of blacks in the war effort and the blatent racist stereotypes in the cartoon is too juicy to resist–especially for students.
Let me know how they work in your classroom.
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