During the months
after the tragedies of
September 11, 2001, kids helped in many ways.
Kids have a long history of helping in times of trouble. Just as September 11,
pulled the United States into a war against terrorism, the bombing of Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, brought the nation into World War II. This
Time Traveler goes back 60 years to see how kids helped in that war effort.
Click on a topic on the left to learn about ways kids helped in World War II.
"Kids on the WWII Home Front" originally appeared in the Lansing State
Journal on November 14, 2001, as part of the Lansing Newspapers In Education
(NIE) program.
