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the 3-biography collection:
Mercedes
and the Chocolate Pilot
by Margot Theis Raven
Chocolate
candy on little parachautes rained down from an American airplane over
West Berlin in 1948. The Chocolate Pilot was busy bringing happiness
to the children of a war torn city.
The
end of World War II did not bring peace and happiness to the children
like Mercedes who lived in a bomb-damaged apartment in West Berlin.
Russia was now attempting to take over their home and had cut off food
and supplies to West Germany. The United States and England began
an airbridge of supplies for sixteen months. This is the true story
of one little girl and the Chocolate Pilot, Col. Gail Halvorsen, who
spread hope and happiness among the children.
The Kids Wing Activity
Guide includes an awesome simulation for the Berlin Air Lift. This is
a MASTERY learning lesson plan that is active and fun!
Book
Connections
Chocolate,
Riches from the Rainforest
by Robert Burleigh
Research
Links for
Mercedes
and the Chocolate Pilot
by Margot Theis Raven
Germany
Student
Activities
Airbridge
to Berlin
Cartoons
about the Berlin Airbridge
What Really
Happened
Eyewitness
to History
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Decoy
An enemy
decoy, built in occupied Holland, led to a tale that has been
told and retold ever since by veteran Allied pilots. The German
"airfield", constructed with meticulous care, was
made almost entirely of wood...
There were
wooden hangars, oil tanks, gun emplacements, trucks, and aircraft...
The day
finally came when the decoy was finished, down to the last wooden
plank. And early the following morning, a lone Royal Air Force
plane crossed the English Channel, came in low, circled the
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Literature
Links for World War II:
Someone
Named Eva
A Full-Length Novel by Joan
M. Wolf,
Kids Wings Unit in Gifts and Givers
Weedflower
Full Length Novel, by Cynthia
Kadohata, Kids
Wings Unit in The Ripple Effect
The Great Skating Race
Picture Book by Louise Borden,
Kids Wings Unit in The Ripple Effect
Mercedes and the Chocolate
Pilot
Picture Book by Margot Theis
Raven,
Kids Wings Unit in Treasure Trackers
The Yellow Star,
The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark
Picture Book by Carmen Agra
Deedy,
Kids Wings Unit in Defeating Giants
The Attack on Pearl
Harbor
Picture Book by Shelly Tanaka
,
Kids Wings Unit in Defeating Giants
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World War II affected me personally. Here my mom reads
to my brother and me as she listens for news of my dad who was a sailor
on the U.S.S. Lexington. Shortly thereafter, a kamaze hit the ship,
and my daddy was killed. Although I had to grow up without a daddy,
he and hundreds of thousands like him made it possible for us to grow
up in a safe, free country. Learn about the history from those who
experienced it! Many are still alive...you don't have much time before
the only stories you hear will be in the books you read.
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