D-Day

We started today by taking a look at the first 3:21 of this video in order to remind ourselves of the human cost of war: The Fallen of WW2

Next, we recapped the war in Europe from December, 1941-June, 1944 by using the following animated map (with key).

• Animated Map
• Map Key

Finally, we focused on the invasion of Normandy on D-Day by using the following sources.

• D-Day Images
• D-Day Notes
• Eisenhower Letters
• Band of Brothers Planning
• Band of Brothers Parachute Drop
• Saving Private Ryan

For each, students kept track of important details, images, objects, etc. in their notebooks.