The beginning and end of World War II

Lesson
Materials

Lesson plan Age: 13-16 45 minutes

The beginning and end of World War II

Abstract: Through this exercise, students come to understand from the perspective of four different countries when World War II began and ended for each of these countries and how these events were perceived by the people in these respective countries.

- Diaries / Memoirs

- Additional material

Lesson plan Age: 16-19 90 minutes

The beginning and end of World War II

Abstract: Through this exercise, students come to understand from the perspective of four different countries when World War II began and ended for each of these countries and how these events were perceived by the people in these respective countries.

- 1 September 1939

- Additional material

Contributors

Project Lead

Kristina Smolijaninovaitė, Civil Society Forum e.V., Berlin, Germany;

Pedagogical consultants

Jacek Staniszewski, Primary School and Secondary School of the Academy of Good Education, Warsaw, Poland;

Coordinator

Christina Riek, Civil Society Forum e.V., Berlin, Germany;

Linguistic Editor

Richard Coombes, United Kingdom;

Editor

Jan Szkudliński, Museum of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland;