Soc. Studies Gr. 8

Pigeon -- 11 minute documentary on upstanders

The letter that Schindler's Workers wrote. This is referenced at the end of the movie 

How WWII breaks out, interactive map

my new favorite go-to for objective background on big national and international news. JURIST (http://jurist.org) is a Web-based legal news and real-time legal research service powered by a mostly-volunteer team of over 30 part-time law student reporters, editors and Web developers led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

accessible lesson plan/resources on propaganda. could be used for FHAO, political ads, consumer products, etc

great collection of resources on Holocaust, WWII, Nazi, Propaganda

at about 15:30 --- for about 3 minute clip showing the JEws as spreading like rats...

35-43:00  -- Hitler's rise top power, specifically how he becomes chancellor and then rises to Fuhrer.

quick 4 minute video on hyperinflation in Germany in Weimar republic 1923.

quirky cartoon about a boy who walks upside down and this rubs everyone in his town the wrong way...about conformity. possible FHAO video?

FHAO, Eve S, The "In" Group

Letting the kids know that "history isn't what it used to be" and that people are learning new things about historical events.

High school recitation contest, reading of We Wear the Mask.

fascinating article--- lots of connections...

pretty cool primary sources investigation into Lincoln's assissination.

somewhat random range of statistics about the Civil War...kind of fun facts, but interesting ones about deaths and average ages, heights, last living survivors...that sort of thing. 

Splits up the Address into 10 sections and has questions for each one.

Some great links showing how the Gettysburg Address is taught in classrooms, using a variety of technology and classroom strategies.

scene by scene summary of Lincoln