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Exhibition Self-Guide
Use this guide to enhance your visit! It highlights the service and sacrifice of generations of American men and women, provides an exhibit overview, and directs you to activity stations in the exhibition. This document is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
For Visiting School Groups
The Museum invites students to connect with people, ideas, and events of the past through an exciting array of standards-based programs. Visit our School Visits page for more informaiton.
Gallery interpreters will be stationed throughout the exhibition and in a special interactive area in the War of Independence section on a regular basis
For In-Classroom Learning
The Price of Freedom: Americans at War teachers manual
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Supporting Videos
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Section I - War of Independence: General George Washington,
Military Leader
Section II - Wars of Expansion: Conflicting Voices of
the Mexican War
First Person Account: Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, Mexican Secretary of War Section III - The Civil War: Women's Role in the War Effort
Section III - The Civil War: Comparing Confederate and Union Soldiers
Section IV - World War II: Mobilizing Children
Section IV - World War II: Changing Gender Roles on the Home Front
Section IV - World War II: Battle of the Bulge - Americans Respond to a German Surprise
Section V - Cold War/Vietnam: The Soldier's Experience - Vietnam versus World War I
World War I Overview |
Supporting Images and Worksheets
Supporting Materials (8.8 MB Zip) |
Download creative and engaging strategies to help students learns how wars have been defining moments in both the history of the nation and the lives of individual Americans. For grades 5–12. These documents are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

