Today I would like everyone to take a minute to think about the courage, sacrifice, and importance of the D-Day Invasion. This is the 74th Anniversary of this historic event that changed the continent of Europe profoundly! Please watch the video below in class, read some of the articles related to the event, and if you have time, try to challenge your friend to the Ultimate History Quiz on the History Channel website. I hope you can understand what kids, most just a few years older than you at the time, helped to do when they were thrust into battle so many years ago! Thank you in advance for your time and effort with this learning experience. Please share this with your families!
Please complete the CCS-515 D-Day Worksheet for additional credit in my class this marking period.
"156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of France’s Normandy coast, where they met stiff resistance from well-entrenched Germans in concrete bunkers placed at strategic points along the coast and beaches with mines and other anti-tank obstacles as well as wooden stakes, barbed wire, and metal tripods to impede landing craft and the movement of troops once ashore.
Within three months, however, the northern part of France would be freed by more than 2 million Allied troops and the invasion force would be preparing to enter Germany, where they would meet up with Soviet forces moving in from the east."
- By Andrew Atkins, The Columbus Dispatch (Posted Today Online)
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180606/remembering-d-day-74-years-later
The Ultimate History Quiz features thousands of questions about American and global history trivia. Play now to challenge your friends, and see how you stack up to the competition. Use the link below to play on your own, online, or with up to 10 friends using the links found there!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
THE ULTIMATE HISTORY QUIZ on the History Channel (CLICK HERE)
Another Great Resource For Teachers: DOCSTEACH LESSON PLAN
Another Great Resource For Teachers: DOCSTEACH LESSON PLAN
WWII Veterans you could talk to about their service: Yielding to the inalterable process of aging, the men and women who fought and won the great conflict are now in their late 80s and 90s. They are dying quickly—according to US Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, 558,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II are alive in 2017. - https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/wwii-veteran-statistics
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