LIBERATING THE CITY OF LIGHTS

 The Allied troops marched into Paris on August 19, 1944. As troops marched down the Champs Elysees, French civilians lined the streets to greet their liberators and to celebrate their freedom from the Germans. 

 OVERVIEW: 

  Students will listen to WWII George Mills’ depiction of the Liberation of Paris as well as read WWII Correspondent Ernie Pyle’s depiction of the liberation to create their own drawings or paintings of what they perceive that day to have looked like. 

 MATERIALS & DOCUMENTS:

 Memoirs of WWII -George Mills Video 

Ernie Pyle-Liberating the City of Lights 

Drawing Paper or Canvases 

Chalk, paints (medium of choice)