Reviews for Good Fight: How World War II Was Won

The average rating for Good Fight: How World War II Was Won based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-05-22 00:00:00 Gary Kajiwara     This book is intended for kids to teach them the basics of WWII in all of its theaters of engagement, though I learned some things from it myself... has maps of the various battles, landing stages and troop movement. Has a map as well of the concentration camps in Europe (the only one I could not find was Treblinka in Poland, but since the map was in German from 1945, it may have had another name in German, but the map cuts off part of Poland too....) Excellent photographs throughout.One thing I never knew was "Those (soldiers) who managed to live through the conflict in Europe and those still alive in the Pacific had been convinced that their next mission would be the invasion of Japan, where casualties numbering in the hundreds of thousands were expected. Men who later got an eighty to ninety-five percent disability from the government (for fighting in the other campaigns) had been listed as fit for combat in Japan." Incredible!I enjoyed this book, not only for just looking at all the period photos, but learning bits of trivia (like that above) that I had been unaware of. Quite educational!

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-01 00:00:00 Gladstone Peters I think this book was wonderful for multiple reasons. For starters, I learned a lot and I consider myself pretty well versed in what happened during World War II. If I learned a lot, then I can only imagine what a powerful tool this could serve as for my 5th graders. The book is split up into different sections, (45ish) to be exact and each section touches on a specific topic. The reason I like this is because it breaks up the events of the war and explains different aspects in detail, which is important for young readers, and young students who are being introduced to this time period in our history. This would be helpful for teachers to be able to bop around to different sections, as opposed to having to read the entire book to get to the topic they want to discuss and work through. It also could serve as a good free reading book because students have the opportunity to flip to whatever event interests them at the time. The best part about this book? PICTURES! I am a firm believer in pictures in the elementary grade levels because it not only will capture their attention, but could spark a much greater conversation that simple text would produce. There is also a table of contents to help students navigate their way around the book, along with a glossary that could be beneficial for teachers to use for a vocabulary unit or to help students gain an understanding of certain terminology. Similar to student texts such as TIME kids, this book has "quick facts" sections that give students interesting, yet informative facts about the topic being discussed. I know my students are extremely fascinated with the random facts that TIME kids provides, so this would be a fabulous text to incorporate a similar format and still deliver high quality information.