A Lesson in Resiliency From the Bataan Death March – Wisconsin Veterans Museum
(View Complete Item Description)Oral history and article of Herb Hanneman, a Wisconsin survivor, of the Batman Death March
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Prisoner of War Remembrance Day
SURVIVING IMPRISONMENT IN THE PACIFIC; THE STORY OF AMERICAN POWS
(View Complete Item Description)By reading primary sources outlining the rights of prisoners of war, along with the primary accounts of American prisoners of war held by the Japanese, students should critically assess the nature of violations committed by the Japanese forces during World War II. Through this assessment, the students should be able to determine the specific ways Japanese forces violated the rights of American POWs. Students should also consider how the Geneva Conventions, and Japan’s lack of ratification, apply to the debates that surrounded Japanese war crimes at the postwar Tokyo Trials.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POW/MIA FAMILIES RESOURCES
(View Complete Item Description)This source has FOUR lessons responding to the queries: Who are veterans?; What is Patriotism?; Who are POW/MIAs?; and How Do We Commemorate POW/MIA Recognition Day?. It includes step by step plans, resources, coloring pages, vocab words, culminating in how to set a Missing Man Honors Table.
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