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left, Amanda Corman, co-writer of the grant and Project Director, views the
World War II Trunk materials)1. World War II Traveling Trunk Teachers’ Manual
Includes – Primary Documents Care Sheet
- List of World War II Trunk Objects
- Teaching Guide for 5th Grade Students
- List of Primary Sources and How they will be used best
- Index of WWII: The Lost Color Archives Videos
- Suggested Websites and Readings
2. The European Theater Booklet
Includes – blank Venn Diagram and Time-Order Chart (to make copies from)
- Example of the Venn Diagram layout
- Example of Time-Order Chart layout
- Map of Northern Approaches to Europe
- Map of Southern Approaches to Europe
- Geography of the Holocaust
- Photograph of Jewish Family
- Photograph of Romanian Individuals being loaded unto a train
- Photograph of boy surrendering
- Photograph of the Landing of Normandy
- Photograph of a dead soldier on the beach of Normandy
- Proclamation of President Truman on the Surrender of Germany
- Photograph of the front page of The Daily Mail (V-E Day)
- 4 Photographs of V-E Day Celebrations in New York, New York
3. The Pacific Theater Booklet
Includes – blank Time-Order Chart (to make copies from)
- Example of Time-Order layout
- Map of Japanese Plan and Troop Disposition, November 1941
- 4 Photographs of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941
- Photograph of President Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Speech
- Photocopy of President Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Speech
- Photocopy of Memo regarding Enlistment of Navaho Indians
- 4 Photographs of the Battle of Iwo Jima
- 2 Photographs of the Japanese surrender on the U.S.S Missouri
- 2 Photographs of V-E Day Celebrations
- Transcription of a letter to Mrs. Wood regarding her son’s death
- Scanned Copy of the letter to Mrs. Wood
- Navajo Code Talkers’ Dictionary
- Copy of Confidential Report of the Capture of Okinawa Gunto
- Copy of Memorandum to All U.S.S Teton Personnel regarding Posting of Mail and Censorship Rules
- Copy of Memorandum to U.S.S. Teton Executive Officers regarding the Commendation by Commander 5th Fleet
- Photograph of Money from the Philippines
- 2 copies of a Pilipino newspaper
- Copy of a Personal Letter dated June 5, 1945
- Copy of U.S.S. Teton Theme Song
- Copy of Letter to the Japanese people by President Truman regarding the end of in Europe and the Unconditional Surrender of the Japanese
- Copy of a “Japanese Hunting License”
4. The Allied Leaders Booklet
Includes – blank Four-Column Chart (to make copies from)
- Example of the Four-Column Chart layout
- Photograph of Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill
- 2 Photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 2 Photographs of Winston Churchill
- 2 Photographs of Josef Stalin
- Photograph of Josef Stalin, Harry S. Truman, and Winston Churchill
- 2 Photographs of Harry S. Truman
5. The Axis Leaders Booklet
Includes – blank Four-Column Chart (to make copies from)
- Example of the Four-Column Chart layout
- Photograph of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini
- 2 Photographs of Adolf Hitler
- 2 Photographs of Benito Mussolini
- 2 Photograph of Emperor Hirohito
6. Women, Rationing, and the Tuskegee Airmen During World War II Booklet
Includes – blank Cluster/Word Web (to make copies from)
- Example of the Cluster/Word Web layout
- Description of Rationing (according to the Atlanta History Center)
- Copy of Rationing Recipes
- Copy of a Consumer Instruction Sheet on How to use a Rationing Book
- Photograph of a Ration Line for Sugar
- Photograph of a Boy getting Rationed Food and Rationing Book
- 5 Photographs of Women Factory Workers (know as “Rosie the Riveter”)
- Copy of “Rosie the Riveter” Sheet Music
- 2 Photographs of Tuskegee Airmen
7. The Atomic Bomb and the Decision to Drop It Booklet
Includes – blank Story Map (to make copies from)
- Example of Story Map layout
- Copy of Statement By the President of the United States regarding the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
- Copy of Statement of the Secretary of War regarding the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
- 2 Copies of a Translated Leaflet dropped on Japan
- Photograph of The Enola Gay and Pilot
- Photograph of the Atomic Bomb Explosion over Nagasaki
- Photograph of Atomic Bomb Injuries
- 2 Photographs of the Destruction of the Atomic Bombs