Kids learn about the history of the Atomic Bomb during World War II. Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan to end WW2.

Europe and America were far from alone in the quest for industrialization. This unit explores just how far the age of industry impacted the world.

The stages of World War Two in the Pacific is profiled. Through text and a colored graphic flowchart, one can easily follow the progression of hostility and battles in the Pacific. Useful for both students and educators.

This unit tracks the development of economics through time, highlighting what early societies did to provide for themselves, how they established trade systems and political systems of taxed goods.

This is a very extensive look at the Yalta Conference. Find the problems addressed at the conference, the enumerated possible solutions, the positions each of the Big Three leaders held, and the actual results of the conference. Included...

This site offers a comprehensive list of primary source documents from Harry S. Truman regarding the Potsdam Conference and decision to use atomic weapons.

Provides detailed aerial maps of the historic Nara district of Japan.

Site provides an overview of the Tokugawa era in China, its political system, and its conclusion.

Explore the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Japan on this site.

This site from Japan-Guide.com provides a description of the Nara Period gives information on the politics of the period.

A short essay on the history of cartooning and animation in Japan. Discusses the importance of anime (also known as Japanimation) as an industry to Japan and its global reach. Nice samples of anime characters and styles frame the site.

Chapter from a book discussing Japan's expansionism, including the move into Indochina and the negotiations that followed.

Explains how Japan isolated itself from contact with Europe and America for two hundred years. This ended when it agreed to sign a treaty of friendship with America that was brought to Tokyo in 1853 by Commodore Matthew Perry and his...

This site from the History Place provides the original speech delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Congress regarding Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor resulting in a declaration of war.

Learn about the history of Japan's economy in this brief article.

Evidence points to fortune cookies originating in Japan, not China as most people assume. Here is a brief video presentation discussing the roots of the fortune cookies and how they became linked to Chinese culture. [1:21]

This Ibiblio.org site is a thorough description of Japanese art and architecture. There are no pictures, but the writing makes up for this in its extensive history and descriptions.

Looks at America's involvement in the Pacific Campaign, and the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan and the impact it had.

History, archival film footage, photographs, pictures, maps, and biographies of people connected to the bombings, and related documents and resources.

Read about the courageous Dootlittle Raid from the viewpoint of the U.S. Navy.

Overview of Japanese expansion in the Pacific, attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into World War II.

Interactive family tree of ancient Japanese gods and goddesses with descriptions and images.

These scripts (the first of two drafts) describe the events in World War II in the Pacific Theater.

This site presents a variety of facts about the Heian and Kamakura periods in Japanese history.