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Standard 5.3

5.3 Demonstrate an understanding of the economic, political, and social effects of World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath (i.e., 1930–1950) on the United States and South Carolina.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Title:
The Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland

Lesson

Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8

Students will understand the influence of dictators in Europe and the role European Nations played in World War II.

Life During World War Two Era | Gracie and Lacy
Life During World War Two Era | Gracie and Lacy

Video

Grades: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Students will be immersed in the music, dance, culture and history of the World War Two Era in this infotainment-style program. Entertainers and teaching artists Gracie and Lacy engage students...
Life During World War Two
Life During World War Two

Lesson

Grades: 5

Students will be immersed in the music, dance, culture and history of the World War Two Era in this infotainment-style program. Entertainers and teaching artists Gracie and Lacy engage students...

Camp Croft | ETV Upstate
Camp Croft | ETV Upstate

Video

Grades: 5 8

Camp Croft, a WWII Army Infantry Replacement Center located near Spartanburg, SC. Since 2001, this site has served to honor those who worked and trained at Croft from 1940 to 1946 and to memorialize...
The Carrier Will Lead | USS Yorktown
The Carrier Will Lead | USS Yorktown

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10

USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier that served with the US Navy in World War II and the Vietnam War. World War II’s famous “Fighting Lady” would participate significantly in the...
Pearl Harbor | South Carolina's Greatest Generation 2
Pearl Harbor | South Carolina's Greatest Generation
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by air, by the Japanese. Nine South Carolinians were killed along with 1,168 of their shipmates on board the Battleship Arizona. The nation was now at...
Victory | South Carolina's Greatest Generation 9
Victory | South Carolina's Greatest Generation
Episode 9

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Thirty three days after the death of President Roosevelt, Germany surrenders. The allies celebrate their victory over the Nazis. In 1945, after the two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and...
A New Front, Part 5 5
A New Front, Part 5
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

Also known as the Battle of Anzio, Operation Shingle was an allied amphibious campaign, under command of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, and Major General John P. Lucas. S.C. veterans remember the...
A Time to Fight, Part 7 7
A Time to Fight, Part 7
Episode 7

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

The Tuskegee Airmen were African-American pilots during WWII. Before the war, the Army thought African-Americans could only be used as laborers. African-Americans faced all sorts of prejudice and...
A Time to Fight, Part 1 1
A Time to Fight, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

This episode follows our veterans from their childhoods to the attack on Pearl Harbor and following through to the first battles of the war in North Africa, Italy and Sicily. Additional sections...
The Way Home, Part 5 5
The Way Home, Part 5
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

On August 11, 1945, the Emperor of Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration, which specified the unconditional surrender of Japan. The war was over, the Americans rejoiced, and the troops headed home...
The Way Home, Part 3 3
The Way Home, Part 3
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Okinawa was the final Japanese island before the mainland. It would be the largest amphibious invasion in history. The Americans had to control the air and the water. The orders came that the...
The Way Home, Part 4 4
The Way Home, Part 4
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Our veterans discuss the era in which the atomic bomb was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their recollections of this time..
The Way Home, Part 2 2
The Way Home, Part 2
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

With its navy destroyed, the Japanese have come to recognize that their last line of defense is through suicide attacks on American ships. From the American ships, the kamikazes looked like a swarm of...
The Way Home, Part 1 1
The Way Home, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

This segment focuses on the racial discrimination that existed during World War II and how it affected those who served their country. The military was segregated. There were African Americans from...
The Island War, Part 6 6
The Island War, Part 6
Episode 6

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

One of our veterans recalls the bombing of Iwo Jima, and going below to his quarters to get a little sleep. He opened his Bible and it fell open to the 91st Psalm, which he reads. Our veterans discuss...
The Island War, Part 1 1
The Island War, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Veterans recall the brutality of war with the Japanese, their allegiance to their emperor, the tropical heat, the jungle, the danger of the rocky reefs, and the threat of malaria, for which they took...
The Rising Sun, Part 7 7
The Rising Sun, Part 7
Episode 7

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 Higher Education

The island of Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, was the major offensive area for the Japanese, in order to control Australia and the South Pacific. Veterans and historians reflect on...
A World War, Part 4 4
A World War, Part 4
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

Veterans share their recollections of the day that Pearl Harbor was attacked. They were at war again.
A World War, Part 1 1
A World War, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

German soldiers were surrendering so fast, they just would surrender a whole unit and we couldn't handle them all. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was announcing "Today in Europe, the war is...
Vanishing Generation, Part 10 10
Vanishing Generation, Part 10
Episode 10

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The single most important event in world history in the 20th century occurred more than sixty years ago, and we have lost many of our ties to that past. Preserving the history of World War II has...