Part of a series of articles titled Dayton and Montgomery County, OH, WWII Heritage City.
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A Series of Lessons on Dayton, OH, WWII Heritage City
Introduction
All three lessons, and the culminating lesson, support the development of understanding the significance of Dayton, Ohio and Montgomery County as an American World War II Heritage City, including its contributions to home front efforts such as defense manufacturing, civilian involvement, and Armed Forces presence. One lesson focuses on Dayton, Ohio as a city for Japanese American resettlement. The lessons highlight specific contributions but connect to larger themes and understandings of the US home front during wartime.
The standards listed beneath the lesson links are a collection of standards covered in the lesson collection. Objectives for each lesson, materials, and resources are listed within the lesson.
The first three lessons listed can be taught individually or collectively, in any order. The final lesson is to support students in combining learning across the three lessons, and/or comparison to other WWII home front cities in a culminating activity.
Lessons (with WWII home front topics):
Navy WAVES Building Decryption Bombes in Dayton, Ohio
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Women in defense, intelligence and codebreaking
Aviation and Defense Industry in Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio
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camps, airfields, civil defense preparedness, defense industry and manufacturing, women in factories
Japanese American Resettlement in Dayton, Ohio
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Japanese Americans post-detention, resettlement and contributions
Time period: World War II
Topics: World War II, women’s history, Japanese American resettlement
United States History Standards for Grades 5-12
This lesson relates to the following National Standards for History from the UCLA National Center for History in the Schools:
Era 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Standard 3: The causes and course of World War II, the character of the war at home and abroad, and its reshaping of the U.S. role in world affairs
Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
This lesson relates to the following Curriculum Standards themes for Social Studies from the National Council for the Social Studies:
Theme 2: Time, Continuity, and Change
Theme 5: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
Theme 8: Science, Technology, and Society
Theme 9: Global Connections
Relevant Common Core Standards
This lesson relates to the following Common Core English and Language Arts Standards for History and Social Studies for middle and high school students:
Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-12.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY. RH. 6-12.2
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-12.4
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-12.7
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-12.9
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH. 6-12.10
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- teaching with historic places
- military history
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- wwii
- world war ii
- wwii history
- world war ii history
- world war ii home front
- wwii home front
- women's history
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- american world war ii heritage city program
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- dayton
- ohio
- world war 2
- women and technology
- women in world war ii
- mid 20th century
- japanese american history
- japanese american confinement
- japanese american incarceration
- japanese american resettlement
- defense production
- airfield
- civil defense
Last updated: January 18, 2024