Today’s Document from the National Archives- Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge Towers May 25, 2019German-born John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, designed and built the famous Brooklyn Bridge connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn. The remarkable design used Roebling's patented system of steel wire cable construction. When it opened on May 24, 1883, the 1,595-foot main span was the longest suspension bridge in the world. It […]
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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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