"Strategic Teaching of World War II - Battlefront to Homefront"

1. "Strategic Teaching of World War II - Battlefront to Homefront" Presented By James A. Percoco

2. Teaching D-Day June 6, 1944

3. Eisenhower Documents

4. What do you think this document is? What are the major points of this document? Why do you think this document was written? What is the tone of the document? Who was the author? Who was he?

5. Eisenhower Documents What do you think this document is? What are the major points of this document? Why do you think this document was written? What is the tone of the document? If we know General Eisenhower wrote the document AND that D-Day was June 6, speculate as to why he dated it July 5.

6. Using Historical Heads

7. Dueling Historical Heads

9. Norman Rockwell Goes to War

10. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms

11. What do you see in this image? What appears to be happening here? Which of FDR’s Four Freedoms do you think this painting represents? What is your evidence? Freedom of Speech

12. What do you see in this image? Which of FDR’s Four Freedoms do you think this painting represents? What is your evidence? Freedom of Worship

13. What do you see in this image? What appears to be happening here? Which of FDR’s Four Freedoms do you think this painting represents? What is your evidence? Freedom from Fear

14. What do you see in this image? What holiday does this appear to be? What is your evidence? Which of FDR’s Four Freedoms do you think this painting represents? Freedom from Want Define “want?”

15. Follow Up Questions Why do you think Norman Rockwell painted visual images representing FDR’s Four Freedoms? Do you think Rockwell accurately captured the essence of FDR’s Four Freedoms? Explain. Why do you think that these images were made into War Bond Posters during the war?

16. Rosie the Riveter What do these women appear to be doing? Why do you think women worked in American Factories during World War II?

17. Rockwell’s Rosie Here is Norman Rockwell’s Interpretation of Rosie the Riveter. How does this image compare to the photographs you saw in the previous slide? What are some similarities? Why do you think Rockwell chose to Celebrate women in the World War II work force?

18. Upon Further Inspection… notice the following: • Mien Kampf • A Halo • War Bond Drive Buttons What are some other things you Notice in this painting? Norman Rockwell based his figure of Rosie on one of Michelangelo's figures on the Sistine Chapel. Why do you think there was a song written during World War II about Rosie the Riveter?

19. National World War II Memorial Bas-Relief Panel “Rosie the Riveter” Do you think there should be a memorial panel to Rosie the Riveter on the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.? Explain.

20. National World War II Memorial on the Internet http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=home.asp

21. Latino-Americans and World War II Internet Resources El Paso’s Company E Survivors Remember Rapido River Assaultshttp://www.epcc.edu/nwlibrary/borderlands/13_el_paso_company_e.htm Company E Survivor Recalls Days as Prisoner of Warhttp://www.epcc.edu/nwlibrary/borderlands/13_company_e_survivor.htm US Latinos and Latinas in World War II http://utopia.utexas.edu/explore/latino/ Jess Medina http://utopia.utexas.edu/explore/latino/narratives/08medina_jess.html Amador Barbosa http://utopia.utexas.edu/explore/latino/narratives/08barbosa_amador.html Sgt. Manuel A. Armijo (Bataan Death March) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9000552

22. The Story of Pvt. Felix Longoria

23. An American Travesty

24. Related Documents

31. Section 34 Arlington National Cemetery February 16, 1949

32. Internet Source Related toPvt. Felix Longoria • Felix Longoria Affair • http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/FF/vef1.html • Pvt. Felix Longoria (American G.I. Forum) • http://www.agif.org/longoria.html • Felix Z. Longoria (Arlington National Cemetery) • http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/longoria.htm • Feliz Longoria (folksong) • http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/mexican_songs/longoria.cfm • H.R. 4911 – A Bill To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 102 East Alexander Street in Three Rivers, Texas, as the `Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office'. • http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc108/h4911_ih.xml • Letter from Dr. Hector P. Garcia to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson concerning the "Felix Longoria Affair" • http://www.aztlan.net/letterhpg.htm • Hector P. Garcia, A Texas Legend • http://www.utmb.edu/drgarcia/longoria.htm • LBJ Telegram • http://www.aztlan.net/posttele.jpg • Photo Gallery: Felix Longoria • http://www.justiceformypeople.org/photo_felix.html

33. Resources Demonstrated Video – “D-Day Remembered” The American Experience PBS Audio CD – “The War Years” Intersound Entertainment National Archives Primary Source Material www.nara.gov “The United States at War: 1944” – Teaching With Documents ABC-CLIO, Inc. 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911

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35. Jim Percoco Contact Information • James.Percoco@fcps.edu • JAPercoco@cox.net