World War 2 Units: Night Witches of Russia
Chidumebi Ikechi Njoku-Browne
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In this one time class students will learn about the all female 588th Night Bomber Regiment of Russia.
Class 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...
This class is taught in English.
Students will learn about the Night Witches Aerial Unit.
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.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
This class covers war and sexism.
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.
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Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(823)
1)I teach Classical Western Civilization History. Pre-colonial West African history with more specifics on pre-colonial Nigerian history and mythology. I also teach prehistory. 2)I am a volunteer at the Natural History Museum. A tax professional,...
Group Class
$12
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 10 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
1-10 learners per class
