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The Science and Technology of WWII Visit our new interactive website to learn about wartime technical and scientific advances that forever changed our world.
Turn your students into history detectives as they ponder over the origins and uses of these intriguing pieces of WWII history.
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2009 Middle School Art Contest
The National WWII Museum wants to see…
"E Pluribus Unum"
In Your Very Own School!

TEACHERS: CLICK HERE to print out a
2009 Middle School Art Contest informational flyer
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2009 CONTEST THEME |
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When the United States entered WWII in December 1941, millions of American from many different backgrounds enlisted in the military and filled jobs in the war industries. Some of these Americans found that they were fighting not only the enemy overseas, but also for their own equal rights at home. Working together to defend their country, men and women, regardless of race, class, or gender, worked together on the factory assembly lines and on the battlefields. These ordinary people, who fought for democracy during the war, returned home to continue that fight—to ensure that the United States was a better place for all people. The theme of this year’s art contest is E Pluribus Unum. This Latin phrase, once the motto of the United States, means, “Out of Many, One.” In other words, the United States is made up of many different kinds of people, but together, we are one country. YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Think about examples of people of different backgrounds (geographic, economic, racial, political, religious, etc) working together during WWII (a company of soldiers fighting together on the battlefield, civilians working in a factory on the Home Front, children collecting scrap metal for the war effort) and how people who look differently and think differently must work together today. Create a piece of art that encourages students to work with others of different backgrounds, just as people did during World War II. Be sure to include some aspect of or reference to WWII in your artwork. Your artwork can be a realistic depiction or an abstract representation, in color or black and white, you can use pencil, pen, crayons, markers, paint, or collage. It must be original, but you can incorporate your interpretation of existing WWII images if you would like.
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