texasmama Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 We are studying Modern history this year, including the World Wars. My 10 year old has taken up an interest in WW2, particularly Nazi history. I am walking a fine line between giving him the information and not showing him "Saving Private Ryan", as he is still emotionally a ten year old boy. His reading level is late high school. We are using SL's Core 7/H for history and literature next year, but my guy wants more WW2 specific materials to read on his own time. We have several DVD series on wars and WW2, which he also enjoys. We also plan to visit a very small Holocaust Museum in Dallas next year. Ideas? Recommendations? Books, materials or DVD's are all welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Well, this list is clearly for a 10 yo girl, but I thought some of it might be interesting for you! 1. Topic: World War II Themes: Total War, The Individual vs. the State, Technology Core Texts: The Century 5 – Over The Edge 1936-1941 The Century 6 Global Nightmare 1941-1945 YPH 16: WWII & The Cold War Primary Sources: World War II: The Definitive Visual History (DK book) GAD 156 – Einstein-Szilard Letter GAD 160 – FDR’s address after Pearl Harbor GAD 165 – Telegram re: Hiroshima GAD 168 – Surrender of Japan GAD 172 – Surrender of Japan Witness Ch 27 – The Second World War Assigned NF: Paired readings: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow – Susan Bartoletti Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During The Holocaust – Doreen Rappaport Number the Stars – Lois Lowry The Winged Watchman – Hilda Van Stockum Paired Readings: Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories – Thomas B. Allen Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American incarceration – Joanne Oppenheim Early Sunday Morning – Barry Denenberg Hiroshima (Yep) -- WW2 after math of Japanese atomic bomb victims come to US for treatment Assigned Fiction: Lily’s Crossing – Patricia Reilly Giff The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World – EL Koningsberg Carrie’s War – Nina Bawden – English children sent to country during blitz Escape From Warsaw (Serrailier)-- Polish children surviving without their parents during WW2 Winged Watchman (Stockum) -- Danish families under Nazi WW2 occupation The Endless Steppe (Hautzig) -- Russians banished to Siberia during WW2 Gaudy Night – Dorothy Sayers Movies: Casablanca To Each His Own They Were Expendable Stalag 17 (1953) -- POW camp in Germany The Great Escape (1963) -- POW camp in Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Thank you. I should have thought of you when I posted this. :) One question - What is GAD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 These books were the best of the bunch last year: Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust by Doreen Rappaport (was almost too much for dd at points) Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (very powerful, excellent paired with Beyond Courage---she read the related chapters from the two books at the same time) Remember D-Day:Both Sides Tell Their Stories by Ronald Drez Remember Pearl Harbor: Japanese and American Survivors Tell Their Stories by Thomas Allen (this and the D-Day book are juvenile nonfiction so they do not go into horrid details) And some documentaries focusing on the role of women: Fly Girls (about women pilots) Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II (women who did all the calculations, by hand, for bombing runs--also addresses women involved in early years of computing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 You can see I got some of my ideas from Luckymama! ;) GAD is Great American Documents: The Landmark Documents In Our History by Quercus Press. I picked it up at a library book sale for $2, and it's awesome! Maybe your library would have it? It's a nice companion to Am Hist that we'll revisit in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Agree with the above, and also recommend Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop, which is a true story about Jewish children hidden in a Catholic boarding school in a small town in France. Also, the documentary, Escape from Colditz, about British prisoners of war who secretly built an entire glider plane in a World War 2 prisoner of war camp in order to escape. I think you can view it on YouTube: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Thank you both. This should keep him busy for a while. ;) My dh is a history buff and owns a lot of books, but none of them are written with a 10 year old in mind. Dh found a book for him on war strategy entitled How Hitler Could Have Won World War 2 so he is busily reading away at this, but he is asking for more so thank you for the recs! Girl stuff is just fine, too. The "Rosie the Riveters" were a big part of the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Agree with the above, and also recommend Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop, which is a true story about Jewish children hidden in a Catholic boarding school in a small town in France. Also, the documentary, Escape from Colditz, about British prisoners of war who secretly built an entire glider plane in a World War 2 prisoner of war camp in order to escape. I think you can view it on YouTube: Thank you. He will eat this up. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I posted on the Accelerated Board...do you have The Military Channel? It was lots of WWII programming. Great channel!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 I posted on the Accelerated Board...do you have The Military Channel? It was lots of WWII programming. Great channel!!! I have no idea - will check! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 You'll have to do a little sorting (as it's more that just WW2), but this thread had some ideas: Non-fiction 20th century war books appropriate for 8yo DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Thank you, Lori! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 You can see I got some of my ideas from Luckymama! ;) . :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 There is a NOVA show that might interest your son: NOVA: Hitler's Sunken Secret Here's a link to a teacher page in case that interests you. Have these books been mentioned yet? North to Freedom also called I Am David by Anne Holm Graphic novels by Art Spiegelman Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 War Boy by Michael Foreman (picture book, using with my ds10 this coming fall) Twenty and Ten The House of Sixty Fathers Snow Treasure The Diary of Anne Frank When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Voices of World War II: Stories from the Front Lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 The Spy who came from the Sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 We just finished WWII. I was intimidated by the subject, thinking that there wouldn't be much that is age-appropriate. How wrong I was! Little Riders, House of Sixty Fathers, Twenty and Ten, Snow Treasure, Silver Sword are all great. My all-time favorite is The Hiding Place which comes in book, audio book, radio theater, or film. It has strong Christian overtones in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 Thank you all so much. We were at Half Price Books last night, and I referred to this thread for suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redheadmom Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Here are some others your son may like Michael at the Invasion of France. Its about a 13 year old boy. http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Invasion-France-1943-Wartime/dp/0803737246/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1O934O7T7CWH6&coliid=I29CC0OOV4KOFA The World War 2 book for kids is pretty good. It talks about a lot of areas of the war and isnt childish for 10. http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Invasion-France-1943-Wartime/dp/0803737246/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1O934O7T7CWH6&coliid=I29CC0OOV4KOFA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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