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Crucial sources of enemy information were obtained by surveillance, code-breaking, and subterfuge throughout World War II. Intelligence agencies helped the Allies win the war by slipping behind enemy lines to serve as spies or working to break Axis message codes and steal critical information. In this program, students explore the Code Talkers, Native American men who served in the U.S. military and used their native languages to create codes that were never broken, even after the end of the war.
Objectives
- Students will gain knowledge of American Indian code talkers during World War II.
- Students will use higher level thinking skills to encode and decode messages.
- Students will summarize and present information gained.
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