Perfect for Veteran's Day!

This 17-slide PowerPoint presentation covers World War II between 1941 and 1945. It is an ideal lesson to augment a World War II lesson or as a stand-alone resource for women’s history. The presentation includes descriptive text as well as primary source documents and images. It is also a good resource to use during Women’s History Month!

A slide with Teaching Notes is included at the beginning of the lesson.

Each content slide contains information and graphics that highlight how women participated in World War II:

Topics include:

Background and causes United States' entrance into World War II

Women workers during World War II

Nurses during World War II

Women in the military

African-American women

Japanese-American women

Life on the home front

This file has been secured via Flat Pack but if you'd also like the Power Point file, please email me at cnonnemaker@gmail.com.

Whether for standard classroom use, Home Schoolers or for asynchronous learning, these are valuable digital tools.

This is part of the Women in American History Series which includes PowerPoint lessons as well as Reading Assignments and Worksheets, Analyzing Primary Sources and Activities for other eras.

Other resources about Women during World War II include:

Women during World War II: Reading Assignment

Women during World War II: Analyzing Primary Sources and DBQ's

Buy all three as a bundle at a discounted price:
Women during World War II: Unit Resource

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I have been a high school history teacher for over 15 years, both in-person and online with involvement in education for over 25 years. I have taught U.S. History, AP World History, World History, AP World History and U.S. Women’s History.

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Christa Nonnemaker