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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: America Goes to War

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This module uses excerpts from four presidential speeches delivered during World War ll as a means to instruct students about finding the central idea and supporting evidence in primary source documents.
Primary
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Jewish Soldiers in the Allied Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Golden Age of Radio in the Us

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition explores the development, rise, and adaptation of the radio and its impact on American culture.
Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Comparing the u.s., Soviet Union & China During Ww2

For Students 9th - 10th
Students analyze both quantitative and qualitative forms of information in order to answer compelling questions about the impact of World War II on the military and civilian populations of the United States, the Soviet Union and China.
Website
AllRefer

All refer.com: East Germany: Postwar Government

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the economic and political developments of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) after WWII. Contains information on dividing up Germany after WWII, the Soviet zone of occupation, Soviet interests and motives,...
Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Nazi Concentration Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has links to detailed pages on all of the concentration, labor, and extermination camps used by Hitler and the Nazis in WWII. These camps were used to round up and exterminate the millions of Jews and other minorities in Europe...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Here's Your Chance to Make Millions in the Stock Market (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Part II of this lesson, learners will have the opportunity to complete an interactive exercise that will take them on a historical tour of the stock market from 1920 until just after WWII. Students will learn the difference between a...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Here's Your Chance to Make Millions in the Stock Market (Part 3)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Part III of this lesson, students will have the opportunity to complete an interactive exercise that will take them on a historical tour of the stock market from Post WWII through the year 2001. Students will learn the difference...
Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Benito Mussolini, Premier of Italy Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes the text of Benito Mussolini's 1942 Premier of Italy Speech to the Chamber of Fasci and corporations, on the state of WWII.
Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Stalin's Speech on Anniversary of the October Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcripts of Stalin's speech on Red Square celebrating the 24th anniversary of 1917 revolution. Within his speech, he speaks frequently of WWII and the battles with Germany.
Handout
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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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Consensus and Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief illustration of the changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy that occurred following WWII.
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Asian Pacific American Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice Scholastic site that looks at what it means to be an Asian Pacific American. Includes stories from Angel Island, Japanese Americans during WWII, and background on and interviews with notable Asian Americans.
Handout
Latimer Clarke Corporation

Atlapedia Online: China

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource for facts about China. This site is organized into several sections including "Location & Geography," "Climate," "People," "Demographic/Vital Statistics," "Religions," "Languages," "Education," and "Modern History -...
Website
The History Place

The History Place: Hitler Youth Prelude to War

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place is about the Hitler youth movement and their support for Hitler before WWII. The information that is presented is in depth, and very interesting with links at the bottom of the article for additional...
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The History Place

The History Place: World War Ii in Europe Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides this extensive timeline of the events of WWII from the end of WWI until the conclusion of the War. Links to major events include photos along with additional information throughout.

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