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Standard 7-4.5

7-4.5 - Summarize the causes and course of World War II, including drives for empire, appeasement and isolationism, the invasion of Poland, the Battle of Britain, the invasion of the Soviet Union, the “Final Solution,” the Lend-Lease program, Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, the campaigns in North Africa and the Mediterranean, the D-Day invasion, the island-hopping campaigns, and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Grade(s): 7

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Content Type
Survival | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust 9

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Survival | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust
Episode 9
Holocaust survivors discuss the determination that was required to survive under the horrid conditions. They discuss the gas chambers, the starvation, and illness, and waking up with a corpse next to...
Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Felix Goldberg | S. C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Born in Poland, Felix Goldberg was captured near Warsaw in 1939 and sent to a German work camp. He worked hard on the farm in the bitter cold with little to eat. Later he was sent to Auschwitz. He...
Murray Price | Generations of Heroes

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Murray Price | Generations of Heroes
World War II Meet Murray Price who was a World War II pilot. Interview by Vaughn Postema from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. ​Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
Lou Fowler | Generations of Heroes

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Lou Fowler | Generations of Heroes
World War II Meet Lou Fowler and was a World War II POW. Interview by Ryan Riordan from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
Robert Mills | Generations of Heroes

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Robert Mills | Generations of Heroes
World War II Meet Robert Mills. He served in World War II. Interview by Perry McLeod from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. ​ Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
South Carolina Honor Flight | Generations of Heroes

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South Carolina Honor Flight | Generations of Heroes
Inaugural Flight - November 15, 2008. Recorded by Perry McLeod, a history teacher at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. ​ Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
Jack Bush | Generations of Heroes

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Jack Bush | Generations of Heroes
World War II Jack Bush was a tail gunner in World War II. A tail gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who defends against enemy fighter attacks from the rear, or "tail", of the plane. Listen to...
Irving Levine | Generations of Heroes

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Irving Levine | Generations of Heroes
World War II Irving Levine was a CBI Pilot in World War II. CBI stands for the China-Burma-India Theater. This area was where many pilots flew bombing and transport missions. Interview by Kristen...
Holocaust | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust 7

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Holocaust | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust
Episode 7
The conditions in the camps are described in detail. In the camp, a line formed consisting of the able-bodied men and another for the old, pregnant women, young children, mothers with young children...
The Abyss | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust 6

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The Abyss | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust
Episode 6
In 1939 and 1940, more than 70,000 Germans and Austrians, such as the chronically sick and the mentally retarded, had been gassed in six special euthanasia institutions. The euthanasia program became...
Liberation | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust 10

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Liberation | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust
Episode 10
Recollections of being rescued by the Red Cross are shared, including being taken to a hospital, and a first meal of milk and rice. Men and women who served in the U.S. Army tell of their arrival at...
Luck | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust 8

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Luck | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust
Episode 8
Recollections of the camps continue with stories in which a little bit of luck was helpful, in terms of survival. Everyone who survived has a story like this to tell.