Today’s Document from the National Archives- British General Montgomery in North Africa November 18, 2018November of 1942 marked both the landing of American forces in North Africa, and the victory of British over Axis forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein. Shown here is General Bernard Montgomery, commander of the British Commonwealths Eighth Army. More World War II Photos from North Africa, Sicily, Italy ...
- British General Montgomery in North Africa November 18, 2018
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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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