RESOURCE COLLECTION: Teaching WWII w/Historic New York Times Headlines!

[Ryan Goble]

Another great resource collection from the New York Times Learning Network

August 31, 2010, 11:55 AM

Historic Headlines: World War II

By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO

This week is the anniversary of the beginning – and, arguably, the end – of World War II, which began on September 1, 1939, and ended virtually exactly six years later.

In commemoration, below are links to nearly 40 original New York Times front page images and articles reporting on World War II milestones, from our On This Day in History archive.

Ideas for using this collection include the following:

• Use one of the articles as primary source material for a document-based question (DBQ) assignment.
• Compare the news coverage with the content in the course textbook.
• Mine the articles to develop projects about the war, such as creating infographics or scrapbooks.
• Hold a debate on the question of when the war actually ended.

What other ideas do you have for using these articles with students? Please share them in the comment box below.

And for more resources, see our Teaching Topics page on the Holocaust and our World War II student crossword.

Explore the entire resource collection here.