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World War II

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Almost every big city has a war memorial, and many have memorials specific to WWII. This is a preparatory lesson for learners going on a trip to visit a local war memorial site. They are introduced to WWII through a simple time line of events, and then they discuss some of the causes of the Great War. A field trip such is this is a great way to either begin or end a unit on the two world wars.

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primary source analysis, primary sources, field trips, dictatorships, dictators, world war ii

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dictatorship, field trip, wwii, macarthur memorial, primary source documents, war memorial, start of wwii, cause and effect wwii, german invasion, social studies
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1st - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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