U.S. Haven from War
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
A National Archives Foundation educational resource using primary sources from the National Archives
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This Activity can be a group activity where students can get in a group of 2 or 3 and look at where everything would even out, to meet the end of the war then talk about their thoughts on the cause and effect and an “in their shoes perspective”.
Students level out the devastating holocaust to America entering, with the other side being America becoming the safe place for refugees and what woman in America had to do to step up while the men were gone and evening out to the war ending.