Monday, January 14, 2019

Website Review: National World War II Museum

THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM website features learning resources telling the story of the war that changed the world.
Located in New Orleans, the museum website contains information about the physical location along with a growing number of online resources.
The War section of the website provides articles, items from the digital collection, WWII polls, and other types of information including text, graphics, and video content.
The Students and Teachers section provides distance learning programs, educator resources, and student resources that explore history topics related to WWII. Of particular note is their electronic field trip connected with the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Librarians will find these high-quality learning materials appeal to students and teachers alike. Be sure to check out the YouTube channel for lots of video content. Also, examine the classroom website focusing specifically on using the collections in schools.
To visit the website, go to https://www.nationalww2museum.org.
To visit the YouTube channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalWW2Museum.
To visit the classroom website, go to https://www.ww2classroom.org/.