The Tuskegee Airmen and African Americans on the Homefront in WWII

This is a two lesson unit from Reading Through History documenting the experiences and achievements of African Americans in World War II. The first lesson focuses on the pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen. There is a one page reading followed by three pages of student activities. The student activities include multiple choice questions, a student response essay question, a guided reading activity, and vocabulary activities.

The second lesson documents the involvement of African Americans on the Homefront during WWII, the "Double V" Campaign, and how the contributions of African Americans during the war helped to spur on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s. There is a one page reading followed by three pages of student activities. The student activities include multiple choice questions, correct the statement questions, a guided reading activity, and vocabulary activities.

There is enough material to cover two 40 minute segments of class time.

This unit is available as part of our African American History Volume I bundle, which is available here: African American History Volume I

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