The Museum has created these Lesson Plans that you may download or print from this website for your classroom use.  Each lesson comes complete with directions, enrichment suggestions, and reproducible handouts.

Some Preliminary Considerations 
Guidelines to consider while teaching about WWII  

 A Long Way From Home
Hands-on Geography Lesson

Awakening the Giant: The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Exploring Japanese and American motivations and actions through maps and primary sources

"My Dear little Boys"
Primary Documents: A letter home from the war 

"When they came for me, there was no one left to speak up."
Exploring Personal and Collective Responsibilty in WWII
(cross curricular: Civics) 

Dear Ma and Pa
Primary Documents: Letters Home from the War

The ABCs of World War II
An Artistic Vocabulary Lesson
(cross curricular: Art) 

Working Women of WWII
Primary Documents: The Editorial Cartoon

What Would You Do?
A Discussion About the Ethics of War
(Cross curricular: Philosphy, Civics) 

Executive Orders
Primary Documents: The President and African Americans

Hitler's Fatal Gamble
Comparing Totalitarianism and Democracy
(cross curricular: Civics) 

What Makes a Hero?
A Reading and Writing Assignment
(cross curricular: ELA) 

Eisenhower Speaks
Primary Documents: D-Day Orders

Where in the World War?
Mapping the Geography of D-Day

Where in the World War?
Mapping WWII in the Pacific

Take a Memo
Primary Documents: African American Soldiers on the Home Front

A Turning Point in WWII
Primary Documents: A D-Day Diary

D-Day by the Numbers
Charting and Graphing WWII Data
(cross curriculuar: Math)

A Day of Infamy
Analyzing FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech
(cross curricular: ELA) 

A Picture's Worth 1,000 Words
Primary Documents: "Reading" Photographs

Creative Voices
Primary Documents: WWII Poetry of African Americans
(cross curricular: ELA) 

The Changing Face of Women
Propaganda and Popular Opinion from WWII

The Daytime D-Day Hour
Producing a D-Day Talkshow
(cross curricular: Drama/Theater)

Those Were the Days, My Friend
Comparing Prices and Percentages from WWII
(cross curricular: Math, Economics) 

Creating WWII Trading Cards
A Technology Connected Lesson
(cross curricular: Computer skills) 

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