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OpenStax

Open Stax: Post War Prosperity, Cold War Fears 1945 1960: Challenges of Peacetime

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the challenges of demobilization after World War II, how Harry Truman addressed them, and how the government responded to the needs of war veterans.
Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Exhibition of the Enola Gay

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find a video and photo gallery of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb. This is the online version of the former exhibition of the plane.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Return to Life in the Displaced Persons Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
After liberation, many Jewish people had nowhere to go. Displaced Persons Camps served to house these people on a temporary basis. Within these camps, the people formed centers of social, cultural, and educational activity. Read...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Fighting for Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th
Many Jews served in the armed forces to fight the Nazi's alongside the Allied Forces. These artifacts such as medals, uniforms, weapons, and religious items tell their story.
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Other

Photos of Iwo Jima

For Students 9th - 10th
Different photos taken at the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
Unit Plan
East of England Broadband Network

E2 Bn: History's Heroes: The Heroine and the Holocaust

For Teachers 7th - 9th
A history unit taking a close look at Poland during World War II. Meet the courageous Irena Sendlerowa, who helped save thousands of children. Activities expanding students' understanding of this hero and how Poland was involved in the...
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Curated OER

Cbc.ca: The Crucible Military Might

For Students 6th - 8th
An introductory overview of Canada's participation in WW2. 'Canadians fight by land, air and sea as the country amasses the largest army in its history.'
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Curated OER

Cbc.ca: The Crucible Fighting From the Home Front

For Students 6th - 8th
Canada went from a country in economic crisis to one of the world's most industrialized nations during WW11. Canada's economy was revitalized, women joined the work force, the war effort was actively supported; yet unfair times did exist...
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BBC

Bbc: Red Army Enters Outskirts of Berlin

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the Red Army's arrival in Berlin affected the Cold War.
Unit Plan
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Period Eight: 1945 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Advanced Placement U.S. History learning module and study guide on foreign and domestic events between 1945 and 1980. A comprehensive tool includes a number of videos, essays, historical documents and...
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Digital History

Digital History: Munich: Anatomy of a Crisis [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent lesson plan lays out the framework of the lead-up to World War II in Europe. It covers the problem the support of Czechoslovakia caused Great Britain and France, the policy of appeasement exercised by Prime Minister...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
AP European History learning module on World War II traces the beginnings of the war from a dissillusioned Europe through the course of the war. Module includes assignments, enrichment activities, downloads, maps and assessment for...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The War in the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the course of World War II as it unfolded with naval and air battles in the Pacific.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Genocide

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed explanation of the origin and meaning of the term "genocide."
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Genocide Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronology of the development of the idea of "genocide" and the legalities which have developed since the mid 20th century to prosecute perpetrators of genocide around the world.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

For Students 9th - 10th
View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: From "The Real Oskar Schindler"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article by Herbert Steinhouse, published in Saturday Night, April 1994, is not only the earliest account we have of Oskar Schindler, but also the only one that contains direct contemporary interviews.
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Cronologia Del Holocausto (1933 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum we have the Spanish version of the Holocaust encyclopedia of the museum; in this case a "Cronologia del Holocausto (1933 - 1939)" or "Chronology of the Holocaust,...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nazi government had many "racial enemies" foremost being the Jews. In this exhibit, The United States Holocaust Museum takes a look at one of the other groups targeted for persecution, homosexuals. Read the fascinating and tragic...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Remember Me? Displaced Children of the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
The Remember Me project seeks to document the wartime experiences of children who were separated from their families or orphaned at the end of World War II by identifying now-adult survivors from photographs taken by relief workers after...
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US Navy

Nhhc: Oceanic Period (1890 1945)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the build-up of the U.S. Navy after the Spanish-American War and how it was used to protech the country in World Wars I and II.
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Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: 1939 45: Everyday Life During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source photographs and documents showing what daily life was like during World War II.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Operation Overlord

For Students 9th - 10th
To understand the invasion of Normandy, students must have at least a basic understanding of the factors, countries, and risks involved, as well as an understanding of the events leading up to it. This narrative is nicely condensed...
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American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: Drama Films

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about drama films.

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