WWII for Kids: The Rise and Fall of Dictators
This class will start with the causes of WWII and will cover the timeline, important people and information of WWII, including; battles, events and even the unexpected turn of events that changed the tides of war!
Grace Pulley
Average rating:
4.6
Number of reviews:(387)
What's included
5 live meetings
7 hrs 30 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
There is a supply list for this class.
Each day we will discuss a part of the 5 year timeline of the war. As we go through the timeline - we will discuss important people from all the countries involved, the allies and the axis; cover the map of the countries; gain a vocabulary of people, places, things and events. There are notes that students can use to follow the timeline!
This is a discussion based class and learners should have some understanding of WWII events or a strong desire to learn. Learners will have PowerPoint notes to fill in that correlate with the Power Point; purely OPTIONAL. There will also be visual aids; videos, slide shows and websites used throughout the class. I will include activities, such as, Connect 4, Would you rather?, roll and retell, and others to review material and learn in ways other than lecture. There is also hands on learning as well!
My teaching style is to teach the subject/topic, and allow students to share what they know; I also ask questions to elicit knowledge, understanding and/or deeper meanings; or if the student needs the information in a different way to grasp the material.
We will also learn:
Leaders of World War II - Who am I? game
Causes of WWII and the connections to WWI:
Treaty of Versailles - interactive activity - Breakout Groups
Rise of dictators - video
Hitler and the Nazi Party
Timeline of WWII - major events from before the Invasion of Poland to Japan's surrender
Battles:
Invasion of Poland - interactive invasion map
Phoney War
Germany invades France
French Resistance
Battle of Britain - activity
London Blitz - activity
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway - video
Doolittle Raid
D-Day
Effects of war
Homefront experiences:
war time economy
rationing - activity
propaganda - poster examples
Tuskegee Airmen - video
Recruitment poster - activity
Women in WWII - activity
Japanese Internment PowerPoint
D-Day - fun videos showing fooling Hitler and Hobart Funnies
Parachuting - activity
Dunkirk evacuation
Yalta Conference
Manhattan Project
Potsdam Conference
Other aspects of war:
cost of war
Cold War introOther Details
Parental Guidance
I will be addressing Hitler throughout this lesson but I will not approach the concentration camps and the Holocaust. I feel like this is an incredibly dark part of our history and should be taught by the parents first and I do not know what each learner knows and so out of respect for families, I refrain from teaching learners this age about the camps.
Supply List
PowerPoint Notes - attached - OPTIONAL white paper (several) pencil markers paper or plastic cup cereal, candy or other small round object (about 5) ration activity sheet - attached pencil paper airplanes or spitfire print out coffee filter or napkin or paper towel string or floss (about 12" long and you need 4) lego man or other small toy Women in WWII - attached
6 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined March, 2020
4.6
387reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I love history, I feel that it is very important to know as much about history as possible. I have written this curriculum and have taught it in an after school settings many times and last summer in a summer camp setting. I have taught k-8th grade and teaching history is my favorite! To get kids excited to learn history fills my bucket!Reviews
Live Group Class
$25
for 5 classes5x per week, 1 week
90 min
Completed by 186 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-12
2-10 learners per class
