D-Day Invasion: How Weather Ruled the Day!
How important was the weather forecast for the D-Day Invasion? Come and learn why the weather ruled the day and may have determined the actual outcome of the war.
Michael P. Bielas
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4.9
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What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 6 - 9
The learning goals for this course will be to explain the forecast process, forecast parameters, and why the Allied forecast was so important to the success of the Normandy landing. There will be an attached note taking document with pictures to help the student learn and retain the information. The desire of the teacher is to engage the students with questions and dialogue to help them further learn from history and answer questions about the D-Day Invasion weather forecast. There will be no assigned home work in this class and the teaching style will be lecture via power point material with a few questions asked of the students.
Learning Goals
The student will learn how important the weather forecast was for the D-Day planning, the forecast teams, forecast criteria, and how having all the needed data gave the allies more information than the Germans.
Other Details
Supply List
There is a two page note taker the student may use to take notes during the class.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~kmmurray/The%20Longest%20Day/planning%20operation%20overlord.html
https://www.historyonthenet.com/d-day-statistics/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/06/03/d-day-weather-forecast/9914207/
https://medium.com/@wwnorton/the-weather-on-d-day-85ea0491a14f
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/06/heres-the-story-behind-the-allied-weather-forecast-that-saved-d-day/
http://mashable.com/2014/06/06/most-important-weather-map-in-history/#HyewL0mvUiqG
Joined September, 2017
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Arizona Teaching Certificate in Science
I have over 20 years experience in the military working in the weather field or teaching weather to students and I enjoy teaching history.Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$15
per classMeets once
50 min
Completed by 129 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
2-9 learners per class
