Library of Congress
Loc: Women Come to the Front
This resource discusses women as journalists, photographers, and broadcasters during World War II. Contains information about women as journalists in WWII. There is specific information about eight women journalists and examples of their...
US Department of State
America.gov: Edward R. Murrow [Pdf]
Highlights the life and career of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. Examines his "This is London" reports during World War 11, the Senator McCarthy anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s, his critical treatment of migrant workers, and...
Other
Old Time Radio: Radio News: Victory in Japan Day
Original radio broadcast announcing the end of World War II after the surrender of Japan, and the jubilation that followed as crowds in cities across the United States celebrated in the streets.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The 1967 Six Day War
An archive of articles and documents relevant to the Six-Day War's causes, events, and results.
PBS
Pbs: American Roots Music
If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1418: The Influence of War
Does war inevitably advance the invention of new technology? Read this explanation of why this commonly held belief may not be true, at least in the example of military aircraft. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1373: Pittsburgh in 1816
Pittsburgh had a unique place in the nation after the War of 1812. It was an inland city and a rich source of iron. As such, it needed access to water for transport, and some of the first steamboats were used here. Read more about...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Walter Cronkite on Npr
Read the latest of Walter Cronkite's oral essays for NPR, in which he comments on events in recent history such as the Vietnam War, the U-2 crisis, and so on.
BBC
Bbc: 1941: Japanese Planes Bomb Pearl Harbor
On This Day is an archive of significant news stories broadcast by the BBC. Link takes you to its report of the bombing of Pearl Harbor broadcast on December 7, 1941. With in-context notes to aid understanding.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 435: Hedy Lamarr, Inventor
Read about the remarkable actress Hedy Lamarr who, together with composer George Antheil, invented a technology that used frequency hopping to improve the effectiveness of Allied torpedoes during WWII. Their invention was not put into...