Grade Range: 4-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 10/21/2008
Through the use of a description of the apartment, an excerpt from Mary Scott's diary, and artifact from the period, students will learn about life on the home front during World War II. The Scotts rented apartment on the first floor of an Ipswich, Massachusetts house became a home front battlefield during World War II. The Scotts are one of the families that lived in the Ipswich, Massachusetts house which is the focus of Within These Walls, an online exhibition.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Thematic approach
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WWII, home, social history, war effort, World War II, 1900, preservation, everyday life, world war 2, Second World War, family, home front, WW2, History, New England, twentieth century, conservation, house, architecture, 20th century
Young Molly experiences the effects of World War II as her family grows a victory garden, and bot...
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