Tips for Teaching D-Day Any Day

1) Eyewitness to History is a very helpful website when it comes to a multitude of historical events. There are many other sites specifically devoted to D-Day as well. WWII is probably my favorite era so I have an abundance of pins on this Pinterest board: Check out the D-Day by the numbers InfoGraphic I repinned from History.com! WWII Board 2) I definitely recommend using the National WWII Museum site. I ordered a D-Day map from the online store amongst a lot of other stuff including a WWII Monopoly game! 3) The Presidential Libraries are an under-utilized jackpot. Any time you are studying an important historical event, search for the library of the man who was in the Oval Office at the time (or just the prez if it was during the early years haha). Do you know who was president during WWII? Well, there are 2 answers to that question. FDR at the beginning and Harry Truman after President Roosevelt’s untimely passing. Truth be told I literally just googled to find out exactly which gent was in office on D-Day. I’m bad with details people. It was FDR and the unique feature of his library website is the day-to-day timeline. It is fascinating!! … Continue reading Tips for Teaching D-Day Any Day