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Cub Scout and Webelos Day Join us July 11 for our first-ever Cub Scout and Webelos Day! There is FREE admission for Cub Scouts and Webelos in uniform as well as discounted admission for tag-alongs and chaperones.
Come experience family fun at the Museum as never before! The Overnight is for families with children ages 7-12. Pre-registration is required, and the deadline is July 1, 2009. Come join us!
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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Live from New Orleans… VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
The Education Department offers the following Virtual Field Trips that can be videoconferenced live to classrooms across the country:
• NEW! The War that Changed Your World: Science and Technology in WWII
• NEW! Los Veteranos: Latinos & Latinas in WWII
• The Giant Awakens: The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
• D-Day: The Turning Point of the War in Europe
• Iwo Jima and the War in the Pacific
• We're All in this Together: The American Home Front during WWII
• Double Victory: African Americans in WWII
• The Warrior Tradition Continues: American Indians in WWII
Who can participate?
You must be able to videoconference through IP (Internet Protocol) and have the ability to print out and photocopy documents from the Museum’s website. All programs include pre- and post-program curriculum materials.
But what if my school doesn’t have videoconferencing equipment?
No problem. Videoconferencing equipment is not required to experience a Virtual Field Trip. If your classroom or library has high-speed Internet access, all you need is a laptop with an IP address and access to a videoconferencing bridge (to receive the videoconference), an LCD projector or interactive whiteboard (to display the videoconference on a larger screen, external speakers (so your students can hear the presentation), a webcam (to allow the presenter to view the classroom and students) and an external microphone (so that they can actively participate in the videoconference). It's not as complicated as you think!
If you are still not sure if you have the proper equipment or know-how to host a Virtual Field Trip, contact your school or district’s technology director, or contact us and we will offer you any technical assistance we can.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS:
The War that Changed Your World:
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Los Veteranos:
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The Giant Awakens:
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D-Day: The Turning Point of the War in EuropeStudents receive background on Operation Overlord through maps and audio-visual presentations, explore a “Bigot” map of Omaha Beach to learn about the challenges of planning and executing Operation Overlord, make decisions about where and when D-Day should be launched, “read” a D-Day artifact to learn about using objects to tell stories, and finally, working in groups, compare and contrast four archival descriptions of the Allied invasion of Normandy. D-Day: what a difference a day makes! |
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Iwo Jima and the War in the PacificStudents learn about the vastness of the Pacific Theater by exploring its geography. They “read” a Navy “Shellback” certificate and participate in an Equator-crossing initiation. Next they survey the Island Hopping campaign using maps and viewing video of oral histories. This leads up to the invasion of Iwo Jima. Here they explore the campaign and analyze the photograph of the flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi. Students learn to personalize history by exploring a set of artifacts from one Marine who fought there. |
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We're All in this Together:
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Double Victory:
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The Warrior Tradition Continues:
In this Virtual Field Trip students explore the WWII contributions of an often-overlooked group—American Indians. The program begins with a brief history of American Indian participation in the U.S. military, looks at the struggles of American Indians to maintain their cultures over time, and challenges students to confront some common American—and maybe their own—stereotypes. Students listen to American Indian oral histories of WWII veterans, decipher “Navajo code,” and analyze a poem honoring the American Indian spirit that helped the Allies win the war. As students meet these American heroes, they tackle issues of identity, culture, and patriotism that American Indians faced when called upon to defend their country. |
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PROGRAM LENGTH: approximately one hour (but if you have more time, we can do more).
COST: $100 per videoconference. Volume discounts available.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: these programs are designed to be experienced by one class of studnets at a time. That way each student has more opportunity to participate.
To print out a flyer listing current Virtual Field Trips, CLICK HERE
To schedule a Virtual Field Trip or for more information,
email virtualclassroom@nationalww2museum.org
or call 504-527-6012, x 351.















