1. WWII and Geography: Beyond Labeling a Map High School
Tennessee Geographic Alliance One Day Geography Workshop
Instructors:
Kristi Neuroth
Ravenwood High School
Brentwood, TN
Ashley Flood
Franklin High School
Franklin, TN

2. Overview of Session
1. The importance of spatial thinking for understanding history and WWII.
2. What are story maps?
3. Story Maps examples
4. Story Maps lesson
5. Additional lessons
6. Time to explore Story Maps and other lessons

3. Tennessee Standards World History:
W.47 Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers and explain the major battles of the Pacific and European theaters of war including the blitzkrieg, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, Normandy, Midway, Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, and island hopping. (G, H, P)
W.48 Analyze the major turning points of the war, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors. (G, H, P)
US History:
US.59 Identify and locate on a map the Allied and Axis countries and the major theatres of the war. (G)
US.60 Explain United States and Allied wartime strategy and major events of the war, including the Bataan Death March, Midway, “island hopping,” Iwo Jima, Okinawa, invasion of North Africa and Italy, D-Day, and the Battle of the Bulge. (C, G, H, P)

4. Churchill War Rooms – Map Room

5. The Power of Spatial Thinking (in any class)

6. What are Story Maps?

7. WWII Story Map Example

8. Story Map Example: Monuments Men

9. Story Maps Lesson

10. Additional Lesson Ideas
Jewish Population after World War II:
D-Day Invasion and weather:
Geographic Movement:
Article on making models during World War II:
Poland - a victim of geography: