World War II Word Search & Definitions Packet
- Grades
- Grades 7–12
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Subject
- Social Studies, History, History: World
- Topic
- word search, definitions
- Resource types
- Word Searches, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
About this resource
What's inside this resource
This resource is a World War II activity packet with a word search and definition page. On the definition page, students will choose 5 words that they want to write a definition of. Answer key included.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Locate 14 World War II terms in a multi-directional word search grid
- Define key World War II terms such as Allies, Axis powers, Nazi, Pearl Harbor, League of Nations and Soviet Union
- Use a World War II term correctly in an original example sentence tied to the war
- Distinguish people, alliances, events and concepts within the same WWII vocabulary set
Teaching tips
- The teacher file is a superset of the student file - print the student version for the class and keep the teacher version for marking, since the solution grid sits inside it.
- The definitions task explicitly tells students to look definitions up by any means, so this works as a research or homework task rather than a closed-book recall task.
- The .docx versions are editable, so the word bank can be trimmed for students who need a shorter list.
- The header line already includes Name, Date, Period and A# fields, which suits a secondary timetable rather than a single-class elementary room.
Skills covered
- historical vocabulary
- word search / visual scanning
- dictionary and reference use
- writing definitions in own words
- using terms in context
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Is there an answer key?
Yes. The teacher file includes a page headed 'teacher answer key' and a grid with every word circled and highlighted.
Can I edit the word list?
Yes - both the student and teacher versions are supplied as Word documents as well as PDFs.
How many words are in the puzzle?
Fourteen terms are listed under the grid.
Do students just circle words, or is there writing?
Both - after the puzzle they must define five words and write an original example sentence for each.
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Allies and Axis powers
- dictatorship
- the Nazi regime and the Holocaust-era term 'Jews' in the word list
- Pearl Harbor and US entry into the war
- League of Nations
- postwar terms: Cold War, Berlin Wall
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