Locate Academic Alignments For - D-DAY COMMANDERS
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Academic Alignment Authority: Virginia
Subject Matter / Course: Social Studies
The following academic standards have been aligned to D-DAY COMMANDERS
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Ages: 11, 12
analyze and interpret maps that include major physical features;
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
describing and locating the major battles and turning points of the war in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific, including Midway, Stalingrad, the Normandy landing (D-Day), and Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb to force the surrender of Japan;
Social Studies
D-DAY COMMANDERS
Ages: 11, 12
Analyze and interpret maps that include major physical features.
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
Who were the major leaders of World War II?
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
D-Day (Allied invasion of Europe)
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Allied commander in Europe
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
George C. Marshall: U.S. general
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
Use maps, globes, artifacts, and pictures to analyze the physical and cultural landscapes of the world and to interpret the past.
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
Identify geographic features important to the study of world history.
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
Identify and compare contemporary political boundaries with the locations of civilizations, empires, and kingdoms.
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
Interpret maps and globes.
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
Evaluate information.
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Ages: 14, 15, 16, 17
Normandy landings (D-Day): American and Allied troops under Eisenhower landed in German-occupied France on June 6, 1944. Despite intense German opposition and heavy American casualties, the landings succeeded, and the liberation of western Europe from Hitler began.
