The 6888: (Reading )Women Battalion Who Distributed Mail to Troops during WW2!
By Gail Hennessey
Share with students the contribution of the 6888, the all women of color battalion who during WW2 did an important task of distribution 17 MILLION pieces of mail to soldiers. Use during Black History Month, Women's History Month or on a Friday when you want to share a piece of history!
RESOURCES YOU MAY FIND OF INTEREST:
WW 2 Female Pilots during WW2, A Reader’s Theater Script: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/World-War-2-Female-PilotsMembers-of-the-WASP-A-Readers-Theater-ScriptPlay-4378242
Tuskegee Airmen of WW2, A Reader’s Theater Script: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Tuskegee-Airmen-A-Readers-Theater-ScriptPlaybiography-World-War-2-1926283
Life on the Home Front during WW2(DBQ/Webquest):https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/DBQLife-on-the-Home-Front-During-WW2-1127932
Japanese Interment during WW2:(DBQ/Webquest) https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/DBQ-Life-of-a-Japanese-American-Child-Living-in-an-Internment-Camp-during-WW2-3061985
Black History Month:(Webquest) https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Black-History-Month-A-Webquest-6198003
Women History Month:(Webquest) https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Womens-History-Month-A-Webquest-501023