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Preview Classroom Materials

See how The Fight of Their Lives brings World War II history into the classroom. Explore sample materials designed for grades 9–12, including a Classroom Reading Edition featuring an excerpt from the book and a companion Classroom Discussion Guide with learning objectives, discussion questions, activities, assessments, and a teacher answer guide.

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Additional chapters and companion guides are available for classroom licensing. See here for more information.

Introduction

  • The Enduring Relevance of World War II

The European Theater

  • The Rise of Fascism
  • Poland: The War Begins
  • The Fall of France
  • Battle of Britain
  • Battle of the Atlantic
  • The Eastern Front: Operation Barbarossa
  • The Eastern Front: Stalingrad and Kursk
  • North Africa: A First Test
  • Italy
  • The Skies Over Germany
  • The Final Solution
  • The Liberation of France
  • The March Toward Germany
  • Battle of the Bulge
  • The End of the Third Reich

The Home Front

  • Economic Resurgence and the Struggle for Equality
  • Arsenal of Democracy: America’s Industrial Might
  • Women on the Line
  • Segregation in Wartime America
  • Wartime Injustice: The Fate of Japanese Americans
  • The Manhattan Project

The Pacific Theater

  • A Gathering Storm in the Far East
  • Day of Infamy
  • Pacific Retreat
  • The Doolittle Raid
  • Midway: The Turning Point
  • Guadalcanal
  • Island Hopping
  • The Philippines and Leyte Gulf: MacArthur Returns
  • Iwo Jima
  • Okinawa
  • Meetinghouse and Downfall
  • Final Surrender

Conclusion

  • The Dawning of a New Era

Free 60-Second WWII History Videos

Short videos to supplement classroom discussions

D-Day • Pearl Harbor • Segregation in Wartime America • The Incarceration of Japanese Americans • Women in World War II • Battle of the Bulge • Arsenal of Democracy

Introduction

  • The Enduring Relevance of World War II

The Home Front

  • Economic Resurgence and the Struggle for Equality
  • Arsenal of Democracy: America’s Industrial Might
  • Women on the Line
  • Segregation in Wartime America
  • Wartime Injustice: The Fate of Japanese Americans
  • The Manhattan Project

The Pacific Theater

  • A Gathering Storm in the Far East
  • Day of Infamy
  • Pacific Retreat
  • The Doolittle Raid
  • Midway: The Turning Point
  • Guadalcanal
  • Island Hopping
  • The Philippines and Leyte Gulf: MacArthur Returns
  • Iwo Jima
  • Okinawa
  • Meetinghouse and Downfall
  • Final Surrender

The European Theater

  • The Rise of Fascism
  • Poland: The War Begins
  • The Fall of France
  • Battle of Britain
  • Battle of the Atlantic
  • The Eastern Front: Operation Barbarossa
  • The Eastern Front: Stalingrad and Kursk
  • North Africa: A First Test
  • Italy
  • The Skies Over Germany
  • The Final Solution
  • The Liberation of France
  • The March Toward Germany
  • Battle of the Bulge
  • The End of the Third Reich

Conclusion

  • The Dawning of a New Era

Free 60-Second WWII History Videos

Short videos to supplement classroom discussions

D-Day • Pearl Harbor • Segregation in Wartime America • The Incarceration of Japanese Americans • Women in World War II • Battle of the Bulge • Arsenal of Democracy: America’s Industrial Might

Licensing Information

Classroom Reading Editions and Classroom Discussion Guides are available for licenced use through Black Rose Writing. Contact andykutlerauthor@gmail.com for reproduction and distribution permissions.