World War II Ultimate Bundle Package + Primary Source Bundle Package

My fellow educators of the world,

In my journey over the past 20+ years as a teacher at both junior high and high school levels, I've devoted countless hours outside the classroom to crafting and refining the notes I use in my lessons. This ongoing process has taught me the immense value of resources that are not only high-quality but also engaging for students. I understand deeply the challenge of balancing the demands of our profession with the desire to provide the best education possible. It's from this understanding, and a commitment to supporting my fellow educators, that I've developed a resource designed to ease this burden.

Recognizing the pressures of time and the need for high-quality instructional materials, I've created a resource that I believe can be a game-changer for both new and seasoned teachers alike. This resource is designed to eliminate the stress of continuously creating and updating notes, allowing you to focus on the more pressing aspects of teaching and student engagement.

I'm excited to introduce a comprehensive solution that combines the best of my World War II teaching resources: The Ultimate World War II Bundle and the World War II Primary Source Bundle. This package is not just a collection of materials but a versatile toolkit designed to enrich your teaching and engage your students.

This bundle package includes:

• Six Editable PowerPoints (260 slides): Tailor the content to fit your teaching style and your students' needs with ease.
• Editable Guided Notes (41 pages): Complement the PowerPoints with notes that students can follow along, now customizable for your specific curriculum.
• Editable Quizzes (3 section quizzes): Assess student understanding and reinforce learning with quizzes you can adapt to each class’s pace and focus.
• Primary Source Documents (10 pages): Engage students with authentic materials that bring historical events to life.

To add even more value to this comprehensive bundle, I'm also offering a free Primary Source Reflection Tool. This tool is designed to deepen students' engagement with the primary source documents included in the bundle, fostering critical thinking and a deeper understanding of World War II.

By leveraging these resources in your classroom, you're not just teaching history; you're immersing students in it, offering a dynamic and impactful learning experience.

I hope you find this bundle as invaluable in your teaching as it has been in mine.

Section 1 – Years of Crisis

1. Liberal Democracy

2. Fascism

3. Communism

4. Wall Street

5. Margins

6. Black Tuesday

7. Franklin Roosevelt

8. New Deal

9. Benito Mussolini

10. Adolf Hitler

11. Beer Hall Putsch

12. Mein Kampf

13. Enabling Act

Section 2 – League of Nations Fails

1. League of Nations

2. Emperor Hirohito

3. Manchuria

4. Benito Mussolini

5. Invasion of Ethiopia

6. Adolf Hitler

7. Rhineland

8. Appeasement

9. Rome-Berlin Axis

10. Axis Powers

11. Spanish Civil War

12. Francisco Franco

13. American Isolationism

14. Third Reich

15. Annexation of Austria

16. Munich Conference

17. Neville Chamberlain

Section 3 – Start of World War II

1. Nonaggression Pact

2. Invasion of Poland

3. Blitzkrieg

4. Fall of France

5. Sitzkrieg/Phony War

6. Battle of Dunkirk

7. Battle of Britain

8. Winston Churchill

9. Adolf Hitler

10. Operation Sea Lion

11. Radar

12. Enigma

13. North Africa Theater

14. Erwin Rommel

15. Eastern Front

16. Operation Barbarossa

17. Battle of Leningrad

18. Battle of Stalingrad

Section 4 – War in the Pacific

1. Manchuria

2. Rape of Nanking

3. Japanese Expansion in the Pacific

4. Arsenal of Democracy

5. Lend-Lease Act

6. Atlantic Charter

7. Pearl Harbor

8. Major Turning Points in the Pacific

9. Doolittle Raid

10. Battle of the Coral Sea

11. Midway

12. Guadalcanal

13. Bushido Code

14. Island Hoping

15. Kamikaze

16. Strategic Bombing Campaign

17. Iwo Jima

18. Ketsu Go

19. Mount Suribachi – Famous Photograph

20. Battle of Okinawa

Section 5 – Holocaust

1. Road to the Holocaust

2. Nuremberg Laws

3. Holocaust

4. Kristallnacht

5. Ghettos

6. Wannsee Conference

7. Plans or the Creation of Extermination Camps in Poland

8. Nuremberg Trials

9. Why the Holocaust Still Matters?

Section 6 – Allied Victory

1. Grand Alliance

2. Second Front

3. Atlantic Wall

4. Operation Torch

5. Dwight D. Eisenhower

6. Operation Avalanche

7. King Victor Emmanuel III

8. Benito Mussolini

9. Strategic Bombing of Germany

10. Bombing of Dresden

11. Operation Overlord (D-Day)

12. Allied Misinformation

13. Valkyrie Plot

14. Adolf Hitler

15. Siegfried Line

16. Battle of the Bulge

17. V-E Day

18. Operation Downfall

19. Albert Einstein

20. Manhattan Project

21. Harry S. Truman

22. Potsdam Declaration

23. Use of Atomic Weapons

24. V-J Day

25. Was President Truman’s Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons Justified?

Primary Source Documents

1. “The Birth of a New Freedom for All Humanity Everywhere” Includes a eulogy delivered by Rabbi Gittelsohn following the battle of Iwo Jima.

2. “Battle of Peleliu: Entering the Meat Grinder” – Includes a firsthand account of the conditions of war in the Pacific Theater.

3. “The Monuments Men: Fighting to Preserve Our Civilization” – Includes an order that was given by General Dwight Eisenhower to Allied troops before the D-Day invasion.

4. “Hope for Peace in the Pacific” – Includes a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Japanese Emperor Hirohito.

5. “The Myth of Hitler” – Includes an account of an early Nazi rally in 1933.

6. “The Peaceful Progress of All Men Under One God” – Includes a speech delivered by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957 at the dedication of the Islamic Center of Washington.

7. “Hyperinflation: Where Did All the Value Go?” – Includes a description of the hyperinflation that crippled Germany in the early 1920s.

8. “Fire from the Sky” – Includes an eyewitness account of the firebombing of Tokyo.