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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Mexican Labor and Wwii: Bracero Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Bracero Program.
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Teaching Tolerance: Pre Wwii European Jewish Life Photo Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of lessons - comprised of five 45-minute sessions - will engage students in researching and understanding how individual Jewish communities and lives were affected by the Holocaust. By researching and analyzing family...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Progression of Wwii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] As a pre-reading activity to Night by Elie Wiesel, this flipchart establishes the political backdrop for the story as it is set in Europe during WWII.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Society: Timeline: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
One stop shop for everything you need to know about WWII. This interactive timeline features all the major events leading to war, major battles and turning points, rulers during the war, and the consequences of this war. Vibrant...
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University at Buffalo

Info Poland: German Invasion of Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotated links to Poland-related information provides extensive information through articles, websites and reference pages on the German invasion of Poland and occupation during WWII.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Army Nurse Corps

For Students 9th - 10th
This brochure was printed to commemorate and capture the history of the Army Nurse Corps. Read about their amazing adventures in WWII while looking at pictures and learning amazing facts about these women.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Villainizing Japanese Americans During the Wwii Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how Japanese Americans were impacted by anti-Chinese exclusion policies of the 1800s, and why it escalated during World War II. As a result, Americans...
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Ap: Massive Wwii Bomb Is Defused in German Town of Augsburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine being evacuated from home for Christmas because a bomb had been found nearby. A leftover aerial bomb from World War II was located in December 2016 and defused in Germany on Christmas day.
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Read Works

Read Works: World War Two Introduction to Wwii

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about World War II. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Private Art: Wwii Letters to & From Home

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site which has the letters of both Pvt. Arthur Pranger and those who wrote to him during World War II. You can click on a day such as May 2, 1943 and will get a letter.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Wwii: American Home Front

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough PowerPoint study tool engaging students reviewing what was happening in the United States during World War II.
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The History Place

The History Place: Wwii in the Pacific Selected Battle Pics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides a section on "Selected Battle Photos" from the war in the Pacific, including a short caption explaining each.
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Other

North Africa Campaign in Wwii: Supplying Troops

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site on how the Allied troops supplied troops during Operation Torch. Discusses one of the problems that the allies faced with Operation Torch.
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A&E Television

History.com: Women of the Wwii Workforce: Photos Show the Real Life Rosie the Riveters

For Students 9th - 10th
When the United States entered World War II after the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor, men shipped overseas by the millions to serve in the war. This left many of the civilian and military jobs on the home front unfilled -- and that's when...
Website
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Hyper War: u.s. Army in Wwii: The Fall of the Philippines: Surrender

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.org provides a thorough description of the American and Filipino surrender of the Bataan peninsula to the Japanese in April of 1942. Included is discussion on the final battles that led to the surrender as well as...
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War Times Journal

War Times Journal: Thunder Gods and Kamikazes: Suicide Air Offensives of Wwii

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Japanese Kamikaze war effort, discussing how it started, why, and the types of planes and pilots needed. The Kamikaze attacks started in the Philippines but the worst attacks took place in the Okinawa campaign.
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National Archives (UK)

National Archives: Wwii Evacuation to Canada

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through the lens of the British National Archives and with the use of primary sources, learners assess the quality of care children received when they were evacuated into Canada during World War II.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Argumentative Writing/wwi & Wwii Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this unit, students will gain background information on historic wars. Student will compare different media forms about these events, attend to different perspectives, research the unit's essential question, and then write an...
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A&E Television

History.com: Why Wwii Soldiers Mutinied After v J Day

For Students 9th - 10th
The Allies had won the war, but thousands of U.S. troops were fed up. During the five months, from V-J Day into January 1946, thousands took to the streets at bases around the world, protesting the delays. According to historian, R....
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Library of Congress

Loc: Great Depression and Wwii, 1929 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
Page depicts information on the Great Depression and World War II, with famous photo of migrant worker by Dorothea Lange from 1938.
Handout
The History Place

The History Place: Wwii in the Pacific: u.s. Troops in Action 1942 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of photographs and a map covering American action in the Pacific during World War II. Captions accompany the images.
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Other

Wwii North Africa Campaign: Erwin Rommel

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography on Erwin Rommel in North Africa, otherwise known as the Desert Fox, the leader of German troops in Africa.
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W.v. History: Senator Harley M. Kilgore and Japan's Wwii Business Practices

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from the West Virginia History Journal, Volume 55, this discusses the oil dealings of Japan leading up to World War II. Sanctions against Japan are also discussed. Published in 1996.
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America in Wwii: Richard Sassaman: The Faithful Four

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed article featuring the heroic story of the Four Chaplains of World War II who sacrificed their lives to save others after the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed by a German ship.

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