WWII

This is a great clip to use as a hook or a discussion point to introduce the Navajo Code Talkers in WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

This is a great clip to help introduce or briefly review elements of Japanese Internment Camps during WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

This is a great video clip to help introduce or further explore the conditions of the Battle of the Bulge during WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

This is a quick timeline overview of the events of WWII.

This is a great video clip to help explain the George Kennan's proposed policy containment of Soviet style communism at the end of World War II (WWII, WW2, World War 2) and at the beginning of the Cold War that would bring about the iron curtain. (includes clip of Winston Churchill)

This is a great clip to introduce or review key points of the Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan in the rebuilding of Europe after WWII (World War 2, World War II, WW2). It includes clips of President Harry Truman and George Marshall as they propose an economic plan to help Europe rebuild. Only the Soviet Union (Russia) and its satelites will refuse the help setting the stage for the Iron Curtain to fall and The Cold War to begin.

This is a great video to help introduce or review the division of Germany after WWII (WW2, World War 2, World War II). It describes the Communist strategy of Joseph Stalin to blockade Berlin and the determination of the Allies to help with the Berlin Airlift. It also discusses the creation of N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), the Warsaw Pact, the creation of West Germany and East Germany. Mao Zedong, atomic bombs, and the spread of Communism during The Cold War, and also mentions Potsdam at the beginning of the clip.

This is an inspirational story of a pilot (Colonel Gail "Hal" Halvorsen, Uncle Wiggly Wings) who began dropping candy by handkerchief parachutes to the children of Berlin during the Berlin blockade at the end of WWII and thebeginning of The Cold War. (It starts about 17 seconds into the video.)

This is a great video overview with interesting facts about President Franklin D. Roosevelt, produced by Disney. Includes items like the Great Depression, Dust Bowl, WWII, Pearl Harbor, Japanese Internment, New Deal, and Fireside Chats.

This is a great video overview with interesting facts about Harry S. Truman, produced by Disney. Includes items like the atomic bomb, Japanese surrender in WWII, truman Doctrine, fight against communism, containment, The Cold War, began desegregation, and the Korean War.