$12
per classWorld War 2 Units: Night Witches of Russia
Completed by 10 learners
Ages 10-15
Live One-Time Class
Live video meetings
Meets once
1-10 learners per class
55 min
What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Students will learn about the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known to the Germans as the Night Witches The topics covered will be as follows: 1)Marina Raskova and Stalin-birth of the regiment 2)Using old style planes 3)Treatment from their male counterparts 4)Their tactics 5)Why it was so hard for the germans to fight them 6)Defense of Vladikavkaz 7)The liberation of Novorossiysk 8)The battle of Pronya River 9)The Vistual-Oder Offensive 10)Disbandment in 1945 11)Heroines of Russia 12)Total war records 13) Notable members My class will be structured along the timeline that the Night Witches were in service to the Soviet Military. I will teach using a mixture of documentary clips, discussion, images and slides. My teaching style can be described as interactive. Learner will get to interact through discussion, video clips and slides. No required knowledge needed.
Learning Goals
Students will learn about the Night Witches Aerial Unit.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
This class covers war and sexism.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Cottam, Kazimiera Janina, and Bruce Myles. “Night Witches: The Untold Story of Soviet Women in Combat.” Military Affairs 47, no. 1 (1983): 50. https://doi.org/10.2307/1987850.
Lasky, Kathryn. Night Witches: a Novel of World War II. New York: Scholastic Press, 2017.
Mason, Fergus. Night Witches: a History of the All Female 588th Night Bomber Regiment. United States?: BookCaps, 2014.
Runyan, Aimie K. Daughters of the Night Sky. Seattle: Amazon Publishing, 2018.
Vinogradova, Luba, Antony Beevor, and A. L. Tait. Defending the Motherland: the Soviet Women Who Fought Hitler's Aces. New York: MacLehose Press, 2018.
Wein, Elizabeth. A Thousand Sisters: the Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Public Administration from University of Baltimore
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from Alvernia University
I have a Bachelors in Political Science and History. I was a history researcher in the Smithsonian for 3 years. I have been teaching history since 2011.
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