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Unsung Heroes of WWII | Cool People | WW2 | World War Two
Tess Tureson
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(23)
Who would voluntarily go to Auschwitz just to escape? Did women fight on the front lines? Who's the deadliest sniper of all time? Learn the stories of amazing, but little-known heroes Witold Pilecki, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and Simo Hayha.
Class experience
US Grade 8 - 11
In this class we will reveal the incredible lives of Witold Pilecki (a member of the Polish Underground who intentionally got himself sent to Auschwitz so he could organize a resistance movement there and write a report about conditions inside the camp before making a daring escape), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (a Ukrainian sniper with over 300 confirmed kills, making her the most successful female sniper in history), and Simo Hayha (a Finnish farmer turned sniper who miraculously alluded death...
Students will learn about the lives and accomplishments of three heroes in the context of the fighting on three different fronts (the eastern front, the western front, and the Finno-Russian front). Students will see the power of the individual by looking at the remarkable impact of these three soldiers.
I am a licensed history teacher in the state of Utah. I have my degree in Social Studies Education from Utah State University where I researched and presented in conferences on the topics of teaching history through story telling and best teaching practices for civic education. I taught history in a brick and mortar high school for a semester before switching to outschool. I learned about Witold Pilecki while living in Poland and visiting Auschwitz. I did a whole project on the life and accomplishments of Lyudmila Pavlichenko in college. I learned about Simo Hayha during a class I took in college about WWII in Europe from a professor who specialized in modern European history and conflict.
This class talks about war, so students will be exposed to stories of brutality and violence. The atrocities committed within Auschwitz will be mentioned as will the lack of regret felt by the snipers we are discussing.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129956107 https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/witold-pilecki/ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/berlinwall#:~:text=Although%20changes%20in%20the%20GDR,for%20almost%2030%20years%20had https://ipn.gov.pl/en/brief-history-of-poland http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_16_ruch_oporu/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/eleanor-roosevelt-and-the-soviet-sniper-23585278/ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/lady-death-red-army-lyudmila-pavlichenko “Bitwa za Sevastopol” https://www.nps.gov/vama/blogs/lady-death-and-the-first-lady.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/simo-hayha “The White Death - Best Sniper in History” by The Infographics Show on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnVPLH6UiTk “Simo Häyhä | The Deadliest Sniper In Military History” by Weird History on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvCrE5NCsts “Simo Häyhä 'The White Death' (World’s Deadliest Sniper)” by Simple History on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOBxKnM9J2s “Farmer Who Became the World’s Deadliest Sniper” by Yarnhub on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q67tAQDlZVc
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(23)
ABOUT ME: My name is Tess Tureson. If you were to stereotype me, I would be a grandma and a nerd- a grandma because I love love love old things and dying pastimes, and a nerd because my favorite hobby is learning new things and I'm fascinated by...
Group Class
$15
per classMeets once
40 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-17
2-10 learners per class
