The overall goal
of this exercise is to enhance students' appreciation of history and
their knowledge of World War II by introducing them to historical World
War II documents and enabling them to develop critical thinking and
analytic skills.
Upon completion
of this project, students will:
1. Identify factual
information in specific documents.
2. Distinguish critical
military information of high intelligence value from routing administrative
data of lower intelligence value.
3. Identify false
or irrelevant information.
4. Look at an event
(Operation OVERLORD) from various perspectives. (American, British,
Russian, French and German).
5. Recognize basic
military terms of World War II.
6. Understand the
importance of Operation OVERLORD to the Allied winning of World War
II in Europe.
7. Gain knowledge
of geography of England, the English Channel, the French coast and Europe
in general.
8. Gain an appreciation
of the complexity of conducting a massive, combined Anglo-American operation.
9. Identify intelligence
information and intelligence collection systems.
SECONDARY OR ADDITIONAL
OBJECTIVES might include encouraging students to understand need for
tight security during Operation OVERLORD. This can lead into a discussion
of national security information. Students might consider what determines
the sensitivity of information and why certain information can remain
security-classified and potentially sensitive years after an event has
taken place.
