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The Normandy Campaign: The Advance Inland InteractiveThe Normandy Campaign: The Advance Inland Interactive
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American Battle Monuments Commission
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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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Interactives
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The Normandy Campaign: The Advance Inland

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Over the summer of 1944, the Allied powers of World War II came together to take back the beaches of France. See the ways each division operated to turn the tide of war with an interactive timeline and map.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

normandy, world war ii, military history

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Project the map onto the board to augment a lecture or discussion on Normandy
  • Have class members watch the interactive at home and come to school with discussion questions

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires the latest version of Flash
  • Contains more reading and less audio and video than the previous interactive resources in the series
  • Some learners may get mired down in the minute details

Pros

  • Informative and thorough
  • Timeline takes viewers through the entire Normandy campaign

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.9

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