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2worldwar2 : Stuka Dive Bomber
An account of the history of the Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber aircraft used by the Germans during World War II.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: The Eleven Battles of the Isonzo
Features an overview of the eleven battles fought on the Isonzo Front between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I.
Other
History of War: Meuse River Argonne Forest Offensive, 26 Sept. 11 Nov. 1918
Read a good overview of the Meuse River-Argonne Offensive at the very end of World War I. Find out about the "lost batallion" and the African Americans who fought in this long battle.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Attacks on American Soil: Pearl Harbor and September 11
The resources here, including cartoons, photographs, paintings, and posters, represent both events in order to compare them.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller
An air pilot named Yossarian and his squadron navigate life in the army during World War II. Despite their attempts to stay alive, the army's "Catch 22" rule continues to put them in danger. Selected (5) reading passages (grades 9-11) to...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Ww Ii Resources: Shoot on Sight Speech Regarding Attack on Uss Greer
German U-boat attacks made it increasingly difficult for the United States to maintain its neutrality in World War II. Read Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech given on September 11, 1949, in response to the German attack on the US destroyer,...
Digital History
Digital History: September 11, 2001
This site has a comprehensive overview of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., including information on Osama bin Laden's background, the formation of Al Qaeda, the attacks themselves, the US response, civil liberties and national...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 11: Connecticut Yankee
Students learn how changing worldviews resulting from industrialization and war led artists to find new ways of understanding the world. Students explore the concepts of tradition and change as they examine how authors use devices and...
BBC
Bbc: Uganda's First War Crimes Trial of Lra Commander Opens
This article discusses the upcoming war crimes trial of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo. (July 11, 2011)
CommonLit
Common Lit: Courage in Denmark: Resistance to the Nazis in Wwii by Us Holocaust
World War II (WWII), a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 involved more than 100 million people and over 30 countries. The Allied powers - including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union - worked together...
The History Place
The History Place: The Nazi Holocaust 1938 1945
Article depicting the Nazi Holocaust from the beginning in 1938 with a simple boycott to the end in 1945 with the liberation of the death camps.
Other
Detroit Historical Society: Armistice Day
Describes the first Armistice Day on November 11, 1918. It also explains how Armistice Day was established as a holiday and changed to Veterans Day.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Play Hard, Play Fast, Play Ball!
In the years following World War 11, the story of Nova Scotia's most exciting baseball league is profiled. Communities that played and players who rose to major league status are reviewed. The exhibit includes archival photographs and...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Play Hard, Play Fast, Play Ball!
In the years following World War 11, the story of Nova Scotia's most exciting baseball league is profiled. Communities that played and players who rose to major league status are reviewed. The exhibit includes archival photographs and...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: 9.11 Two Years Later: Teaching About Terrorism
Lesson plan explores the issue of U.S. policy towards international terrorism.
US National Archives
Docs Teach: "A Date Which Will Live in ": Two Versions of Fdr's Infamy Speech
This activity presents young scholars with two versions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous speech following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor-an earlier typewritten draft and his final reading copy. Students will read,...
BBC
Bbc News: Investigating Al Qaeda
Use this coverage of 9/11 to investigate terrorist activities. Students will find information on Al-Qaeda and the battle against terrorism. Last update 4 December 2009.
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University: The Armistice Demands
The Brigham Young University provides information on the terms set by the WWI allied powers for the Armistice. Official release by the German Government, published in the Kreuz-Zeitung, November 11, 1918.
New York Times
New York Times: The Bitter Legacy of Yalta
[Free Registration/Login Required] New York Times correspondent Jason DeParle reflects on the controversial legacy of the Yalta Conference. (November 26, 1989)
Curated OER
Construction of the Cutty Sark and the War Moncton
This exhibit shows the building of a schooner, Cutty Sark, and a steamer, War Moncton, by the New Brunswick Shipbuilding Company after the First World War. All stages of the ships' construction are documented in this photographic...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: The Holocaust
This is a collection of 26 Grade-Leveled texts (6-11) on the topic The Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the worst genocides in history, in which Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany killed over six million Jews and five million others deemed...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Mussolini's War Statement
This Ibiblio.org site contains the text to Mussolini's war statement to the world on December 11, 1941.
CNN
Cnn: Building a Coalition
A map that depicts all of the countries in the world that provided support after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the USA. It also shows the countries that decided not to support militarily, but who would provide other assistance, and...