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From Pearl Harbor to Midway--Overcoming a Surprise Attack
Class Experience
US Grade 6 - 9
Intermediate Level
This class uses a slide show to present information, maps, and pictures to explain how the United States emerged from the destruction of much of its Pacific Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor to destroy much of the Japanese Attack Fleet almost exactly 6 months later. Under new leadership, the Pacific Naval Command improved intelligence to support boldness that produced victories while outnumbered. Two short YouTube videos will be used to show the results of Pearl Harbor and the overall picture of...
- How the United States emerged from the disaster of Pearl Harbor to achieve a naval victory that took away the dominance of the Japanese navy in the Pacific for the remainder of World War II.
(1) M.A. and Ph. D. in history, Vanderbilt University; (2) Teaching of American and world history at Appalachian State University, Macon Junior College, Mercer University, DeKalb Community College, Brenau University, and Georgia Gwinnett College.
1 file available upon enrollmentA handout of key terms in the class will be attached to the classroom for students to use as a reference.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
A 2-minute YouTube video on the attack on Pearl Harbor, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNV8enpVwok The first 2 minutes of a 42 minute YouTube vieo on the Battle of Midway, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd8_vO5zrjo
Two books by Craig L. Symonds, the retired Professor of History at the U.S. Naval Academy: (1) The Battle of Midway (2011); and World War II At Sea: A Global History (2018). Gerhard L. Weinberg, A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II (1994).
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a Vanderbilt Ph.D. who has spent a lifetime learning and teaching world history, especially in connection with science, archaeology, Bible studies, and philosophy. Being drafted (Vietnam period) just as I started my college teaching career...
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Group Class
$25
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 5 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
3-6 learners per class