This post contains affiliate links. I was compensated for my work in writing this post. While studying World War II, my kids built some LEGO tanks! They had such a fun time looking at pictures of tanks and trying to get the correct shape. The tops of the tanks swivel, as you can see in the YouTube demonstration below. The green tank has a hatch where soldiers can enter the tank. If you have Robotic LEGOs, you can use the track for the bottom of the tank. If all you have is regular LEGOs, you can make a track like the green tank, using black LEGOs. We are using All American History, Volume II this year for our American History studies. We also read The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom to further understand the Holocaust of World War II. Besides LEGO tanks, you can also make other LEGO scenes from World War II. During the Blitzkrieg in London, the German planes dropped bombs on the city, demolishing the entire city and leaving it in ruins. As you can see in the YouTube video, the airplanes are 3-dimensional, coming out from the scene, dropping their bombs behind them.
The white buildings have black smoke rising from them. My son decided to make a LEGO atomic mushroom cloud out of white LEGO bricks. Just look at a photo of an atomic explosion, and you will see how to construct the mushroom cloud. There is a larger mushroom top and a smaller mushroom top about half-way down, tapering sort of like stair steps. My daughter made a concentration camp out of a LEGO base that was gray. There was a gas chamber in one corner. A LEGO man is beating a couple of Jews, and two more men are shooting two other prisoners. Here is the video demonstration where I show you our World War II LEGO creations: Making scenes out of LEGO bricks will help kids to understand World War II while creating from their imaginations. The LEGO tanks were especially fun to make! Tags: All American History: Vol. 2, history, Homeschooling, LEGO, modern history, tanks, weapons, World War II This entry was posted on Monday, August 31st, 2015 at 6:27 am and is filed under History.
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(Disclaimer: All BrickArms tiny toy weapons are made of solid ABS plastic, designed to be used with LEGO� toys. They cannot shoot bullets and cannot be made to fire bullets in any way. Again, they are a TOY! A teenager has used pieces of Lego to replicate models of Hitler and scenes of the Holocaust as part of a Second World War school history project.The 16-year-old pupil, from St Helens, Merseyside, decided to use the toy pieces to build a timeline of events of the war, instead of creating a simple poster.Upon finishing his creation, which was part of a GCSE history project, he uploaded a photograph of it to Reddit, where it has received more than 250,000 views and 1,000 comments. The 16-year-old pupil, from St Helens, Merseyside decided to use Lego to build a timeline of events of the Second World War, instead of creating a poster, for a GCSE history project to 'remember the holocaust' The unique Lego creation depicts various key events in the Holocaust and the rise and fall of Hitler and the Nazis.
It starts in January 1933 with a depiction of Adolf Hitler being appointed the Chancellor of Germany Upon finishing his creation, the teenager uploaded a photograph of it to Reddit, where it has since received more than 250,000 views and 1,000 comments. Pictured: Hitler is given emergency powers in February 1933 Of his creation, the pupil said: 'As I'm not a very good drawer I thought why not do something I'm good at?'The student, who wished to remain anonymous, said the response had been overwhelming.He said: 'My history teacher set us a task to create something that will help people remember the Holocaust, as every history GCSE student in the country has to study it.'I decided not to make a poster, but to make a timeline of events. This would help me to remember the dates better.'As I'm not a very good drawer I thought why not do something I'm good at?'The Lego creation depicts various key events in the Holocaust and the rise and fall of Hitler and the Nazis.The timeline starts in January 1933 with a picture showing Adolf Hitler being appointed as Chancellor of Germany.He stands in front of a crowd of people with a Swastika behind him made out of red and white Lego bricks.
This is followed by a scene from February 1933 which has the caption '40,000 SS and SAS men are sworn in as auxiliary police'.Another scene is captioned: 'The Reichstag is burned, probably by the Nazis'.Among other pieces in his unique creation are a depiction of the D-Day landings and the opening of Auschwitz. Upon finishing his creation, which was part of a GCSE school history project, the teenager uploaded a photograph of it to Reddit, where it has since received more than 250,000 views and 1,000 comments He said his Lego project 'helped him remember dates of the war'. Pictured: Germany invading Poland in 1939 One particular scene in his Lego creation is captioned: 'The Reichstag is burned, probably by the Nazis' Among other pieces in his creation are a depiction of the D-Day landings and the opening of Auschwitz The boy's headteacher said his work had not yet been formally assessed but said the school was impressed with his 'Lego building' skills and the time he committed to the project.
His work will be marked in due courseThe timeline ends with a Lego model of Hitler lying on a Swastika with the caption: 'Hitler commits suicide'.The pupil has also included a photograph alongside his creation, showing the desk he used while piecing together all of the Lego scenes.After completing it, he uploaded it to online site Reddit with the heading: 'I made a Lego timeline of the Holocaust for a school history project.' It quickly prompted more than 1,000 comments and hundreds of thousands of views.He said: 'I'm pretty overwhelmed by the reaction online; there's been a huge variance in what people think about it.'Usually my photos and creations get a few hundred views, so it was certainly a surprise to wake up to 275,000 views.' The pupil, who wishes to remain anonymous, said : 'My history teacher set us a task to create something that will help people remember the Holocaust. I decided to make a timeline.' His creation features intricate detail of the key events in the Second World War and uses Lego models
Of the 250,000 views and 1,000 comments the Lego creation has so far attracted online, the 16-year-old said: 'I'm pretty overwhelmed by the reaction online; there's been a huge variance in what people think about it' He also features the D-Day landings and Auschwitz in his unique take on the GCSE history project about the Second World War. Pictured: A Lego depiction of Allied forces liberating a concentration camp in 1945 He also included a reference to D-Day in his creation, including Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy The timeline ends with a Lego model of Hitler lying on a Swastika with the caption: 'Hitler commits suicide' The boy's headteacher said his work had not yet been formally assessed but added: 'In response to a GCSE class research question about the need to remember the Holocaust, the pupil, uniquely among his peers, chose to employ his passion for Lego to create a detailed visual timeline of the events which led up to and made possible the persecution of millions.'His teacher has seen photographs of his hard work and is duly impressed by his Lego building skills and