WW2 Code Breaker Buried in Nebraska with UK Military Honors
This article is about a women who was a code breaker for the United Kingdom in World War 2. In the article it discuses that she never told anyone about her work as a code breaker for the UK and because of that she was buried with UK military honors.
The strategy I would use to teach this to students is two roses and a thorn. This way I can see that the students are understanding a little bit about the article and what it says but I also get to know if the students have questions about the article.
Some teachers have used the activity called be a covert code breaker which the url can be found bellow and this goes along with the book Navajo Code Talker by Joesph Burchac. I also think this article would be a great way to introduce this book to students and would also be a great way to meet IEFA standards. This article could also be used to learn something about another cultures way of dealing with wars. A teacher could also use this article to discuss the similarities and differences between United Kingdom code breakers and the United States code breakers.
https://www.education.com/activity/article/Code_Breaker_middle/
The major thing I would learn from students is what they took away from the article. I also would learn something that students would like to learn more about and if that was something they were interested in learning with more about. I would also learn what about World War 2 the students do know already and what they dont know.
Some misconceptions with this article and a lesson about this could be how the code talkers did figure out what the german troops are saying. It could also confuse students because both the United States had code talkers and there were code talkers in the United Kingdom.
The standard used is: Social studies content standard 4: Student demonstrates an understanding of the effects of time continuity and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships. 6. recognize that people view and report historical events differently
Grand Challenge this falls under is valuing world cultures.
