Read Works
Read Works: Day of Infamy
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Richard Hansing's experiences in the Navy while stationed in Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1938
This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about the 1938 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Pearl Buck (1892-1973 CE), who was recognized for "Her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her...
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This website provides links to all of FDR's inaugural addresses, State of the Union addresses and Pearl Harbor speech.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Unique Metaphor Collections
In this lesson, the first chapter of the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring is used as a mentor text. Students will identify metaphors and then create their own unique metaphorical descriptions that they will begin to collect in their...
Other
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery
The online home of the Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, which houses an impressive collection of masterpieces from the golden age of Dutch painting (seventeenth century), including the work of Vermeer, Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Frans Hals,...
A&E Television
History.com: 8 Moments When Radio Helped Bring Americans Together
These are just a few of the historic radio broadcasts that seemed to have the whole nation listening. This article discusses eight of the most seminal moments in radio -- from KDKA's 's live nighttime Fireside Chats, the 'Fight of the...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Lobi Dagarti Peoples
The terms "LoDagaa" and "Lobi-Dagarti" (or Dagara) are used for a cluster of peoples situated across the frontier of Burkina Faso and Ghana. Hoe farming of cereals (sorghum, pennisetum [pearl millet], maize), together with some yams are...
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Girl With a Pearl Earring
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides some detailed information and an image of Vermeer's famous portrait of a mysterious young girl. Click to see a Vermeer biography.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Isoroku Yamamoto
This site from Wikipedia provides a biography of Japanese naval commander, Isoroku Yamamoto. Includes information on his accomplishments and his involvement in World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Read Works
Read Works: Eyewitness to History: I'm American No Matter What
[Free Registration/Login Required] TThis passasge contains a first person account of a child who was rounded up and placed in a Japanese internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Beyond Call of Duty
This inspirational WWII poster targets the black community by spotlighting African American navy messman Dorie Miller, who performed heroic feats when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Pearl of Brabant
An image of "The Pearl of Brabant", created by Dieric the Younger Bouts, c. 1470 (Oil on wood, 61 x 113 cm).
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Causes of Ww2 for Kids
Article on the causes of WW2 provides detailed facts and summary of events that started the war including the attack on Pearl Harbor and the rise of dictators in Germany and Italy.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: From the Pearl of Holy Antiquity
An image of "From the Pearl of Holy Antiquity", created by Karoly the Elder Marko in 1833 (Oil on wood, 43,5 x 55 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Woman With a Pearl Necklace in a Loge
An image of "Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge", created by Mary Cassatt in 1879 (Oil on canvas, 81 x 60 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Pearl Fishers
An image of "Pearl Fishers", created by Alessandro Allori from 1570-72 (Oil on slate, 116 x 86 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Woman With a Pearl Necklace
An image of "Woman with a Pearl Necklace", created by Johannes Vermeer from 1662-64 (Oil on canvas, 55 x 45 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Woman With the Pearl
An image of "The Woman with the Pearl", created by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot from 1868-70 (Oil on canvas, 70 x 55 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Girl With a Pearl Earring
An image of "Girl with a Pearl Earring", created by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1665 (Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 40 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of a Woman With a Pearl Necklace
An image of "Portrait of a Woman with a Pearl Necklace", created by Lorenzo the Elder Costaz (Oil on panel, 44 x 34 cm).
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address
The viewing goals for this lesson were for students to use a visual text, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech (played first without sound), to identify visual cues & understand why he may have chosen to use certain...
Digital History
Digital History: The Decision to Drop the Bomb [Pdf]
The day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave the go-ahead to scientists to develop an atomic bomb. This site gives a good overview of the war in the Pacific against Japan, the increasing successes of the...
Other
Japanese American National Museum: Dear Miss. Breed: Letters From Camp
Peruse this collection of letters, recordings, and home movies of several Japanese Americans from their internment following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Portrait of George Washington
Historical information on famous painting of George Washington by Pearle, with interactive features to click and learn meaning behind items in the portrait and links to an in-depth history of the painting as well as virtual visit to the...