Americans woke up on June 6, 1944, to newspaper headlines and radio bulletins announcing that D-Day had arrived. But there were no live reports or frequent news updates on the progress of the invasion. No one knew where their husbands, fathers, and sons had landed or how those landings were going. 

Learning Objective:

Students will:

• Understand how the news of the D-Day invasion spread throughout small towns, such as Luverne; 
• Create a newspaper article for the D-Day invasion.

About the Author: 

Classroom activities created by Eden McCauslin, a Social Studies and English teacher in Chicago Public Schools. Eden previously taught in the District of Columbia Public Schools.