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    Aviation
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    A Mustang at 22 Degrees: Hanging an Iconic Fighter March 26, 2024 Smithsonian In Your Backyard - World War II Aircraft March 20, 2024 A War We Don’t Want to Forget March 20, 2024 An Airman’s Memento March 20, 2024 WASP in Formation: What We Can Learn from Bernice “Bee” Falk Haydu’s WASP Uniform March 16, 2024
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    Learn more Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Learn more America by Air National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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    My Path: The Life Lessons of a Tuskegee Airman Perceive, prepare, perform and persevere. The lessons Col. Charles McGee learned as a Tuskegee Airman and applied to the rest of his life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFeLPED8O0&t=7s Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9 African American or Black people, Aviation, People, World War II, Military aviation

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         Air and Space Live Chat: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII Join historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck Ph.D., author of The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. https://youtu.be/jKJ3leXDQmI Aviation, World War II, Women

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         Air and Space Live Chat: World War II and Victory in Europe: STEM in 30 Mission Debrief Jeremy Kinney, from the National Air and Space Museum as well as Seth Paridon and Kate Fitzgerald from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans discuss World War II and Victory in Europe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZXPG1NldXM World War II

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         STEM in 30: Victory Over Japan and the End of WWII This episode of STEM in 30 covers the end of World War II and the Victory over Japan https://youtu.be/U9fXbPSHydo Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 World War II

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         Emergency Preparedness Kit: Parent Guide This parent guide supports the creation of an emergency preparedness kit for home along with how to create an entire emergency plan. https://s.si.edu/EmergencyPreparednessKitParentGuide Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 4, Grade 7, Grade 8 Apollo program, Human spaceflight, Life sciences, World War II

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         Survival on the Moon This handout supports the Survival on the Moon activity and helps students determine what they need to survive on the Moon. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kt82aXy4uuQN5jESjM45CJbvB8SsynmTbiHmfngGfeU/edit?usp=sharing Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Apollo program, Human spaceflight, Life sciences, Technology and Engineering, World War II

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    Learn more Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation with the National Air and Space Museum Learn more Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in World War II
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