World War II
Discuss one of the events below. Make sure to include the main players involved, the importance the event had to World War II, as well as the human component to the event. Include data from your textbook and supplementary readings to support your response. Explain in 150 – 200 words. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings. You should respond to individuals who selected a different event than the one you selected.
Operation Barbarossa
Attack on Pearl Harbor -“Pearl Harbors Survivor Project” (explore stories and videos)http://www.pearlharborstories.org/
Holocaust -“Survivor Stories” (audio, text, and pictures)http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/survivors.php
D-Day – “Voices of D-Day” (audio and text)http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/dday_audio.shtml
Dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – “Testimonies of the A-Bomb Victims and Voices of Support”http://www.atomicbombmuseum.org/6_testimonies.shtml
The Cold War
Discuss one of the events below. In your post make sure to briefly describe how the Cold War began, how the event illustrated the tensions of the war, and why the Cold War ended. Include data from your textbook and supplementary readings to support your response. Explain in 150 – 200 words. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings. You should respond to individuals who selected a different event than the one you selected.
Berlin Blockade and Airlift – “Berlin Airlift” (video with text)http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1945to1951/filmpage_ba.htm
Korean War – “Veterans History Project” (audio and text)http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/search?query=&field=name&war=korean+war&digitalCollection=yes&transcript=yes
Space Race – “Space Race”http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/gal114.htm
Cuban Missile Crisis – “The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The 40th Anniversary” http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/index.htm; “Kruschev Letter to President Kennedy” http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/x2jfk.html