World History
World War II Living History Project (WW2LHP). This site is the product of an ongoing high school educational project designed to collect and disseminate the personal histories of the World War II generation. Stories are compiled by Hudson Falls High School in upstate New York. Parts of the site are still empty but there is some good primary source content up.
Here are a few quotes taken from World War Two veterans:
"My co-pilot was sitting in the escape path, so I put my foot in his back and shoved him out. I immediately followed. Just as I cleared the plane, she blew. All I saw was a huge flash and felt some of the concussion. I was in the clouds and got scared and knew that if I opened my chute, it would be damaged by air currents. I decided to delay opening until I broke out into the clear..." Earl Morrow, B17 pilot, shot down over Germany, POW
"I remember this one time, we were under heavy German fire, and we jumped into a foxhole. The officer in charge said to me, ? Are they still firing, Dashnaw?? I replied to him, ? Go stick your head up there and see, sir!? Alfred Dashnaw, US Army, French Interpreter
"We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad that we didn?t, because they had attacked us there with 6 carriers, 3 battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers. The planes alone would have taken care of us, so I was grateful that we never found them. We were out there searching for 36 hours... When we came back into Pearl it was pitch dark, and we could see the fires from the Arizona and the other ships still burning in the harbor..." Barney Ross, U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor
I wish my high school had been this innovative back in the 80s when I was in the secondary grades. A lot of World War Two veterans I grew up talking with are now gone. There stories were probably not recorded. I wish my history teacher had thought to do something like this. I hope other schools consider getting students involved in similar projects.
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World History
World War II Living History Project (WW2LHP)
World War II Living History Project (WW2LHP). This site is the product of an ongoing high school educational project designed to collect and disseminate the personal histories of the World War II generation. Stories are compiled by Hudson Falls High School in upstate New York. Parts of the site are still empty but there is some good primary source content up.Here are a few quotes taken from World War Two veterans:
"My co-pilot was sitting in the escape path, so I put my foot in his back and shoved him out. I immediately followed. Just as I cleared the plane, she blew. All I saw was a huge flash and felt some of the concussion. I was in the clouds and got scared and knew that if I opened my chute, it would be damaged by air currents. I decided to delay opening until I broke out into the clear..." Earl Morrow, B17 pilot, shot down over Germany, POW
"I remember this one time, we were under heavy German fire, and we jumped into a foxhole. The officer in charge said to me, ? Are they still firing, Dashnaw?? I replied to him, ? Go stick your head up there and see, sir!? Alfred Dashnaw, US Army, French Interpreter
"We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad that we didn?t, because they had attacked us there with 6 carriers, 3 battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers. The planes alone would have taken care of us, so I was grateful that we never found them. We were out there searching for 36 hours... When we came back into Pearl it was pitch dark, and we could see the fires from the Arizona and the other ships still burning in the harbor..." Barney Ross, U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor
I wish my high school had been this innovative back in the 80s when I was in the secondary grades. A lot of World War Two veterans I grew up talking with are now gone. There stories were probably not recorded. I wish my history teacher had thought to do something like this. I hope other schools consider getting students involved in similar projects.
- Book Review: Historic Photos Of World War Ii: Pearl Harbor To Japan
Historic Photos of World War II: Pearl Harbor to Japan by Bob Duncan Review by Liz Berndt Morris, Central Michigan University This summer I spent several pleasurable sittings viewing and reading Historic Photos of World War II: Pearl Harbor to...
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- History Matters
History Matters. Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history. From the site: Welcome to History Matters, a project of the American...
- Project Based Learning
The Buck Institute for Education (BIE) has an excellent site about Project Based Learning (PBL). In project based learning, students work on a complex problem or question and work collaboratively to design a solution. The BIE site has sample projects...
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Sorry to keep harping on G+, but I think the huddles feature in it as well as the circles will allow students to work better in groups outside of school or for that matter in different rooms in the same school or hey - how about between schools in different...