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Asia Society: Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Admiral Chester Nimitz

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a biography of Chester Nimitz (1885-1966), an American admiral during WWII. Site compares him to MacArthur.
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Welcome Aboard Theodore Taylor's Life and Times

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the official website of writer Theodore Taylor. Includes biographical information, a personal narrative about his childhood, a bibliography, and responses to several student questions.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Decision to Drop the Bomb [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave the go-ahead to scientists to develop an atomic bomb. This site gives a good overview of the war in the Pacific against Japan, the increasing successes of the...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Theodore Taylor

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What do you know about the life and work of Theodore Taylor? Use this online resource to discover information about this famous author.
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History View: Uss Yorktown Cv 10

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual trip to see the USS Yorktown, one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is named after the Battle of Yorktown of the American Revolutionary War and is the fourth U.S....
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Curated OER

Etc: Development of Amer Interests in the Pacific, 1791 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and Pacific Ocean showing the development of American interests in the Pacific from the early exploration of Oregon Country in 1791 to the formal annexation of the Midway Islands and the Panama Strip in 1903....
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: War in the Pacific

For Students 5th - 8th
The war in the Pacific raged throughout World War II. Read about the Japanese early successes, and see how the American troops recaptured and moved closer to Japan at the end of the war.