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The Tuskegee Airmen (WWII) - Racism in the 1940s

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The Tuskegee Airmen (WWII) - Racism in the 1940s

Grade Levels

10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade

Course, Subject

Civics and Government, Economics, Geography, History, Reading and Writing in History and Social Studies
Related Academic Standards
5.2 5.2

Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
5.4 5.4

How International Relationships Function
6.2 6.2
Markets and Economic Systems
7.2 7.2
Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions
7.4 7.4
Interactions Between People and the Environment
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  • Big Ideas
    Historical context is needed to comprehend time and space.
    Historical interpretation involves an analysis of cause and result.
    Perspective helps to define the attributes of historical comprehension.
  • Concepts
    Comprehension of the experiences of individuals, society, and how past human experience has adapted builds aptitude to apply to civic participation.
    Historical causation involves motives, reasons, and consequences that result in events and actions.
    Historical causation involves motives, reasons, and consequences that result in events and actions. Some consequences may be impacted by forces of the irrational or the accidental.
    Historical comprehension involves evidence-based discussion and explanation, an analysis of sources including multiple points of view, and an ability to read critically to recognize fact from conjecture and evidence from assertion.
    Historical literacy requires a focus on time and space, and an understanding of the historical context, as well as an awareness of point of view.
    Historical skills (organizing information chronologically, explaining historical issues, locating sources and investigate materials, synthesizing and evaluating evidence, and developing arguments and interpretations based on evidence) are used by an analytical thinker to create a historical construction.
  • Competencies
    Contrast multiple perspectives of individuals and groups in interpreting other times, cultures, and place.
    Evaluate cause-and-result relationships bearing in mind multiple causations.

Description

Racism in the 1940s illustrates the adversity the group had to overcome to become the famous airmen we know today. The Tuskegee Airmen displayed amazing courage and dignity in the face of many obstacles. During World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen escorted and protected B-17and B-24 aircraft on 200 bombing missions. Thanks to the heroic efforts and flying skills of the Tuskegee Airmen, not a single bomber was lost to enemy aircraft during those missions. No other WWII fighter group’s performance matched this record.

Rationale

Racism in the 1940s provides insight for students about the adversity the group had to endure in the 1940s. This is a multi-functional source that allows for students to have access to one of the greatest groups in WWII. Students will receive first hand accounts about the airmen as well as the social and political issues associated with the second world war. Students will be able to see the foundation of racism in the 1940s and then progress into how the leadership of this group changed situations and conditions in WWII.

 

These videos can appeal to any type of student. Students will be prompted to think critically, observe, and shape ideals about how these men affected not only WWII but the rest of the globe.  

URL or Resource

Films and Lessons: http://v-nep.org/films-lessons/

Racism in the 1940s: https://vimeo.com/98054740

V-NEP website: http://v-nep.org/

Content Provider or Additional Information

Veterans National Education Program (V-NEP)

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