Good morning, I will continue in my quest to make documentary suggestions for the classroom and will feature blogs on World War II and the post World War II era. This is a list of what I would start with for this section.
If I suggest a series, then pick an episode from the series to show in the classroom. I hope that this list helps teachers with their lesson plans for the school year! 2022 Suggestions Women Who Made History - Sophie Scholl - YouTube World's Deadliest Sea Disaster - YouTube Tuskegee Airmen - YouTube Wartime Farm: YouTube The Secret Diary of the Holocaust - YouTube Sinking the Hood - YouTube Hidden Killers of the Post War Home - YouTube Chernobyl: 35 Years After - YouTube 2023 Suggestions Lusitania - YouTube This is an older documentary on the Lusitania. This documentary came out in 1994 and features the last known Lusitania survivors. The survivors tell their stories about the ship and how they survived the sinking. They also discuss their theories about why she sank so fast. It also features Bob Ballard, who was trying to discover why she sank so fast. Did the contraband on the ship explode and cause the ship to sink? *Recommended for an independent study student.* The Great War In Numbers - Episode 1 Episode 3 Episode 6 World War I: The Numbers covers the sheer numbers involved in World War I. The Imperial powers were not satisfied with the vast territories and wealth they acquired over decades. So when in 1914, when the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was killed the world exploded. This war would kill 18 million people. This war would change world history. *Recommended for a high school world history classroom. Recommended for an independent study student.* The Remarkable Story of the Christmas Truce - YouTube It is 1914 and the soldiers on both sides of the Great War are exhausted from fighting. Christmas comes and the British soldiers suddenly hear something in the night sky. It is the German soldiers singing Christmas carols. The Germans are also putting up Christmas trees in the trenches. Morning comes and there is a sense of peace in the air… *Highly recommended for history and independent study students for Christmas Time or when World War I is studied.* Unsinkable! Japan's Lost Battleship - YouTube (54:58) Musashi was Japan's biggest battleship. It went down in its first battle at the Leyte Gulf and disappeared from history. Now a team lead by David Mearns looks to find the wreck. He used a variety of military records to determine where the ship went down. Will the expedition find the wreck of the Musashi? This documentary is a fascinating look at Battleship History as well as the science behind looking for shipwrecks. *Recommended for a history classroom as well as for research purposes.* Pearl Harbor: The Hunt for the USS Arizona - YouTube (1:37:51) On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This attack caught America off guard. During this attack the USS Arizona torpedoed and sunk, killing 1,100 sailors on board. Seventy-five years later a group put together by the National Parks Service is looking to scan the outside and the inside of wreck of the USS Arizona. This documentary talks about the efforts to document the ship as well as talks with the survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack. *Highly recommended for American History Classes.* Women Who Made History - Sophie Scholl - YouTube (51:09) Sophie Scholl was a woman who fought back against the Nazis during World War II. Her childhood was ordinary. She had two brothers and two sisters. Her father was the mayor of a small town. Eventually, the family moved and the family had only each other to rely on. As a child, she joined the Hitler Youth but would eventually she would turn against Hitler. What were the events that turned her against Hitler? Why did she turn against Hitler? *Highly recommended for a world history classroom and independent study students.* Eva - YouTube (56:09) “Eva” explores Eva Mozes Kor a survivor of the Mengle Twin Experiment. Eva was sent to Birkenau as a child and in 1984 she and her twin sister visited the camp. She went with a tape recorder to recall her experience. When entering the camp, her mother and father were taken from her and her twin. She would never see her mother again. Eva promised her mother that she would tell the story of what happened to them. *HIGHLY recommended for a high school world history class.* The Secret Diary of the Holocaust - YouTube (50:23) In 2005, a school notebook was discovered. It was written by a 14-year-old girl named Rutka Laskier. The diary was discovered in the floorboards of her home. She was dubbed the “Polish Anne Frank.” In here she recorded the last few months of her life in the ghetto of Bedzin. She wrote about the atrocities that she saw, the hunger, and the physical hardships she endured. This documentary tells Rutka’s through the eyes of her half-sister, Zahava Scherz. *HIGHLY recommended for a world history class, no matter what age group.*
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