Fall+2010+-+World+War+II

=**CREC Teaching American History -** **Fall, 2010 Schedule - World War II**= media type="custom" key="8224136"
 * Current enrollment 46**
 * Agendas, assignments & handouts **
 * **Led by:**
 * Alan Marcus, UConn's Neag School of Education alan.marcus@uconn.edu
 * Walter Woodward, UConn History Department walter.woodward@uconn.edu


 * Assigned reading**
 * David M. Kennedy's [|The American People in WWII] for October 7th
 * Emily Yellin's [|Our Mother's War]for November 4th

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 * Schedule**
 * Thursday, October 7th, CREC
 * Tuesday, October 21st, CREC
 * Saturday, October 23rd, Battleship Cove
 * Thursday, October 28th, CREC Central
 * Thursday, November 4th, CREC Central
 * Guiding Questions**
 * 1) Was WWII a good war? Why or why not and for whom?
 * 2) What was it like to be an American on the home front during WWII?
 * 3) What were the experiences of the "average" American soldier during WWII?
 * 4) In what ways does studying WWII promote and hinder the development of historical empathy?
 * 5) How do we use evidence to construct narratives about the past?
 * 6) How can we use WWII films and museums/historic sites as effective teaching tools, particularly to understand multiple perspectives? What opportunities do they create? What dangers do they pose?


 * Objectives/Goals - teachers will:**
 * 1) Explore the human experience (civilians and soldiers) during war and the features that shape human activities during war.
 * 2) Evaluate how different forms of evidence (e.g. graphic novels, films, biographies, primary sources, photos, etc.) help us to understand and create narratives about the past.
 * 3) Assess whether WWII was a "good war" and determine for whom it was good or bad.
 * 4) Further develop their own historical empathy and conisder how WWII can promote and hinder their students historical empathy. || [[image:WWII_NB_Women.jpg caption="Women Welders at the Landers, Fray and Clark Plant, New Britain, CT - June, 1943 - Photographer - Gordon Parks, Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress"]] || .......................,,,,,,, ||