Posted: 4/28/2007 7:57:55 PM EDT
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I am teaching WWII in 5th grade, and I have been covering weapons of the wars we have looked at thus far. I was wondering if anyone had any info on the weapons of WWII that would be good to share with the class. I would be especially pleased to have some good film/video of the MGs of the war. I can't go to youtube due to the porn filter at school,but the google video will work. There does not seem to be much on there though. I would love some quality video of MG42s and M2HBs running. The kids have really loved what we have looked at thus far, and I really hope to keep it up. If you guys have any suggestions as to what to study I would be up for that too. I know they really enjoyed reading about the B17s due to the incredible odds they faced every time they went up in the air. Stories of people doing incredibly brave things or defying odds of any type would be a huge hit. Thanks guys. ETA: Are there any good movies preferably documentary, but I am open to others, which would be good for 11 year olds. Obviously no swearing or sex please. |
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history channel modern marvels had a show yesterday on ball turret gunners History channel international will have a show on the sherman tank at 6pm central. I'll record it if you want a copy. I also have army training film on DVD and it's from the early 60's on infantry weapons |
Tora Tora Tora is generally seen as a good WWII documentary (from a historical perspective)... Excerpts from Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan would probably go well, just pre-screen it to be sure it's appropriate... As for gun footage, we are still using M2s from the WWII era in the modern day military (there was one weapon in my last batallion that literally was MFGed in 1945)... |