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This portion of the website is to provide K-12 teachers with resources for their classrooms. A variety of lesson plan ideas, websites, and exceptional books on the civil rights and the Tuskegee Airmen can be explored below.

Lesson Plans



Patriots & Pioneers: The story of the Tuskegee Airmen was a learning unit created for teachers by the Office of Continuing Education at the University of Illinois.

The 332nd Fighter Group present a variety of lesson plans on the Tuskegee Airmen. Click here to see.

A 10-day unit by a retired school teacher on the Tuskegee Airmen. Click here to see.

National Geographic provides a good overview of the story of the Airmen.

Discovery School provide some ideas for discussion.

USD History Department provide a wealth of info about the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.

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Websites
 
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Exceptional Books
 

Brooks, Philip. The Tuskegee Airmen (We the People). Compass Point Books, September 2004. [Read more]

Davis, Benjamin. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American : An Autobiography. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press; New Ed edition, 2000. [Read more]

De Capua, Sarah. The Tuskegee Airmen: African-American Pilots of World War II (Journey to Freedom).Child's World, August 2003. [Read more]

Francis, Charles. The Tuskegee Airmen: The Men Who Changed a Nation (4th ed). Branden Books, June 1997. [Read more]

Homan, Lynn & Reilly, Thomas. The Tuskegee Airmen Story. Pelican Publishing Company, October 2002. [Read more]

Homan, Lynn & Reilly, Thomas. Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes. Pelican Publishing Company, October 2002. [Read more]

Homan, Lynn & Reilly, Thmoas. Tuskegee Airmen (Images of Aviation). Arcadia Publishing, November 24, 1998. [Read more]

 

The Tuskegee Airmen book

More Books for for K-12 teachers
 

 

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