Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: World War Ii

For Teachers 11th
A comprehensive learning module on World War II that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students examine the factors that led to America's...
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PBS

Pbs: The War: The Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," read three descriptions of the atomic bomb and its use.
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: The Atomic Bomb

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] How necessary was it for the United States to drop the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in World War II? In this instructional activity, students will study varying accounts and develop their own...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Iwo Jima Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed facts and interesting information about Battle of Iwo Jima and the Iwo Jima Memorial at Arlington Cemetery.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii for Kids: After Wwii Post War

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of what happened after World War II. How Europe and Japan recovered. Post war, plus the start of the Cold War.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Second Sino Japanese War

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive article examining the Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 - September 9, 1945) between China and Japan.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Soviet Japanese Neutrality Pact

For Students 9th - 10th
Original document which stated that the "neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union was concluded on April 13, 1941" when Germany attacked the Soviet Union.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: The Sino Japanese War, 1937 to 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
A short account on the war between Japan and China starting with the famous "Marco Polo Incident."
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Yalta Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the document that presented the protocal adopted at the Yalta Conference which addressed many world issues, primarily what would happen with Germany and Japan at the end of World War II.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Pacific Theatre vs. European Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
Interview with Stephen Ambrose about the two WWII theatres and Gen. MacArthur's complaints about a lack of funding for the war in the Pacific.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History for Kids: The Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Atomic Bomb during World War II. Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan to end WW2.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Ww2 Axis Powers for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the Axis Powers of World War II in history. These countries such as Germany, Italy, and Japan fought the Allies.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides interesting information, history, and facts on the Atomic Bomb and its use during WWII.
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Other

Uss Hornet Museum: Battle of Midway

For Students 9th - 10th
Read some background of the war in the Pacific and details of the Battle of Midway that gravely damaged Japan's ability to strike back at U.S. naval targets.