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World War II History (Teaching with Historic Places)

Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses historic places in National Parks and in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.

Lessons related to other military and war time history can be found at Military & Wartime History.

Here you’ll find place-based educational resources relating to the military and homefront history of World War II. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

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    Last updated: August 7, 2024