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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Within These Walls

For Students 4th - 8th
If these walls could talk! Explore American History through one house that has experienced over 200 years of history. This interactive site has pictures of artifacts, primary sources, and music from 1757-1945. Be a detective and guess...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Private Tolkatchev at the Gates of Hell

For Students 9th - 10th
You can feel the horror of the extermination camps during the Holocaust through the art of Tolkatchev. Tolkatchev was an official artist of the Red Army and saw first-hand the suffering in the concentration camps. View his artwork and...
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History Link

Bertha Pitts Campbell: An Oral History

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Washington State Oral History Project comes this captivating interview with Bertha Pitts Campbell, an African American woman and early Seattle civil rights worker. Campbell talks about the discrimination and segregation she...
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Calvin College: Churchill Orders Destruction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an illustrated essay from a weekly illustrated newspaper "Hamburger Illustrierte"(28 September 1940),pp.2-3. The essay discusses Churchill and the bombings of German cities during WWII.
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Unspeakable Visions: Beat Generation&bohemian Dialectic

For Students 9th - 10th
Paper detailing the emergence of the Beat Generation and the Bohemian Dialectic.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Ww2 Us Home Front for Kids

For Students 5th - 8th
Kids learn about the history of the United States home front during World War II. How people back home helped to fight the war.
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Hiroshima Through Japanese Eyes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan lets young scholars research about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima from the viewpoint from a Japanese girl, Sadako.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Battle of Britain for Kids

For Students 5th - 8th
Kids learn about the history of the Battle of Britain during World War II. Germany bombs England and London for months.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Battle of Iwo Jima for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. American marines take the island from the Japanese.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Battle of Stalingrad for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. Germany attacks the Soviet Union.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Battle of the Bulge for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. Germany tries to push back the Allies.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Ww2 in Europe for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of World War II in Europe. Germany attacks and conquers much of Europe, but Britain and USA fight back.

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