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"Exploring U.S. Motives Behind WWII Imprisonment and Deportation of German, Japanese, and Italian Latin Americans"
Students research and examine the secret Special War Problems Division program in Latin America and discuss the impact of the program on civil and human rights. They assess the motives for the program and explore various quotes from that...
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Auschwitz
In the Auschwitz worksheet, students respond to 36 short answer questions as they visit and research websites pertaining to the infamous concentration camp of World War II.
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Breaking News English: Rice Faces Questions over CIA Prisons
In this English worksheet, students read " Rice Faces Questions over CIA Prisons," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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the Holocaust: the Life of a Jew
Middle schoolers describe in detail the harsh conditions that the Jews were faced with. They practice their writing skills by keeping a daily journal and identify how their lives have been influenced by the Holocaust.
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Secret Message
Students explore a woman war hero, Hannah Senesh, who used secret codes and messages to protect important information. They follow instructions to write their own secret messages.
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South Carolina Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Students examine the liberation of concentration camp survivors from two different points of view. In this Holocaust survivors lesson, students read and discuss personal accounts of liberation from the perspective of a concentration camp...
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The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis (Letter 6)
In this The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis worksheet, students define six key vocabulary words using only one or two words and answer seven comprehension questions regarding the story.
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Breaking News English: CIA
For this CIA worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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The Counter Reformation
In this Counter Reformation study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the time period in world history and then respond to 3 reflection questions.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: Prisoners of War in Germany
Read the amazing stories of World War II soldiers captured by the Germans and imprisoned in POW camps. The Library of Congress offers their stories as well as video interviews with some of these brave men.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Alabama and World War Ii Pow Camps
During World War II, the state of Alabama held thousands of German prisoners of war in camps. Learn about how these camps were run and view images from this period in American history.
Other
Island Farm: Pow Camp 198
Tells the story of Camp 198 which was the site of the largest escape of German POWs from a Prisoner of War camp in England during World War 2.
University of Alberta
Alberta Law Foundation: German Internment During the First and Second World Wars
The history of German internment camps established in Canada during the world wars is profiled! Why were they created? What did Canadians fear? How did Canadians of German descent feel? This is a very informative article.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Forced Labor of Germans in the Soviet Union
This site discusses the Soviet Union's use of German citizens and prisoners of war as forced laborers as a feature of war reparations during and after World War II.
Brigham Young University
Byu: Scott's Official History: Record of the Old Fifteenth
Information on the 369th United States infantry who were the first black men to fight in France. Includes details on training the regiment and guarding German prisoners, and also a letter from Colonel Hayward. From "The American Negro in...
Other
Camp Clinton Pow Camp
Gives a short history of the POW camp at Clinton, Mississippi which held over 3000 prisoners of war (German) during World War 2. Some pictures are provided.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Auschwitz
On this comprehensive website is the history of Auschwitz. You can click on maps, photographs, personal histories, and film footage.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Auschwitz: Chronology
Here you can find a chronology of events at Auschwitz from its construction to its liberation. Includes links to other concentration camps.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: 14 June 1940
The first transport of 728 Poles, political prisoners, was brought to the German Nazi Auschwitz camp from the Tarnow prison.