Describe the major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine (penicillin), and the war’s impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.
Click on the innovations below for a brief history and their significance to WWII. Create a summary or presentation of your own (Google Doc, Prezi, Google Slides, Mixbook, etc.) covering all of the tech below. Add more if you like (possible extra credit!). Share your work through Google Classroom. **Here is a great link for information on "Cars, Tanks, and Airplanes of WWII"**
Click on videos/images below to learn the significance of these areas to WWII! Then take the quiz to prove you learned something!
Oak Ridge, TN
Alcoa, TN
Camp Forrest
Fort Campbell
Click here for a local newspaper article about a Ft. Campbell historian's quest to bring the history of Ft. Campbell into literary form. Interesting tidbits on the history of the base as well as some pictures from the base's origins in the 40's to the present. Check it out and learn something new!
Click here for the Lesson Quiz!