ERIC Number: ED482476
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 137
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America's Hero to the World, George C. Marshall. Teacher's Guide. Second Edition [and] Resource Packet [and] George C. Marshall: An American Leader. A Teacher's Notebook.
Thompson, Rachel Yarnell; Sittig, Linda H.
This teaching unit about George C. Marshall contains a teacher's guide, a resource packet, and a teacher's notebook. The teacher's guide includes ten introductory, overarching, and culminating activities: (1) About this Guide; (2) Getting to Know Him; (3) Marshal on Video; (4) Share a Space with a Hero; (5) On a Global Stage--Links; (6) A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words; (7) Mural, Mural on the Wall and Read Me a Story; (8) The Military Life; (9) Marshall's Memory; (10) Getting to Know Him: Teacher's Version. The packet contains 18 items: (1) Contents; (2) Getting to Know Him; (3-4) George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman; (5) U.S. Organizational Chart; (6-7) Two Marshall Stories: "The Ponderosa Tomatoes" and "The Bee"; (8) General Pershing's Letter to President Roosevelt, Sept. 16, 1943; (9) President Roosevelt's Response to Pershing, Sept. 20, 1943; (10) Online Map; (11) Marshall Plan Poster Contest Examples; (12) Political Cartoon: Korean War Policy; (13) Political Cartoon: Senator McCarthy "Attacks" Marshall; (14) Burpee Seed Company Letter; (15) Marshall Plan Recipient Countries; (16) Chronology of General Marshall's Life; and (17-18) Marshall's Harvard Speech and Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. The teacher's notebook contains three parts: (1) Lessons; (2) Resources for Worksheets or Transparencies; and (3) Photo Pack. (BT)
Descriptors: European History, Foreign Countries, Korean War, Leadership, Leadership Responsibility, Learning Activities, Political Issues, Primary Sources, Resource Materials, Secondary Education, Social Studies, United States History, World War II
George C. Marshall International Center, 212 East Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20175. Web site: http://www.bnt.com/marshall/incenter.html.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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