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Curated OER

Women and World War II

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine the influence of World War II on women's roles in society. Students research the answers to questions about how women were able to enter jobs that had not been open to them before the war and how this affected society....
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Curated OER

The White Line - A One Act Play

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss amendments of the Constitution that cover due process and discuss them in relation to the play "The White Line". They determine how national security measures conflict with the issues of due process during wartime. They...
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US National Archives

Docs Teach: Analyzing Evidence of the Pearl Harbor Attack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is intended to get students thinking about where information comes from, how it is presented, how its presentation affects understanding, and how information is used. Because the featured document relates to the Japanese...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: James Wright: Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
A video [0:40] of James Wright telling of his experience as he witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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University of California

History Project: The Evacuation of the Japanese Following Pearl Harbor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on Japanese internment during WWII in which students read and analyze original text to recount events and then evaluate the consequences brought about by domestic policies after Pearl Harbor.
Instructional Video
US National Archives

Internet Archive: World at War (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
Original video [16:53] from the U.S. Office of War Information published in 1942 examines events leading to Pearl Harbor and the course of German invasion and alliance in Europe and Japanese invasion in Asia.
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US National Archives

Docs Teach: "A Date Which Will Live in ": Two Versions of Fdr's Infamy Speech

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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,...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: 1941 Axis Momentum Accelerates in Ww2

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the successes of the Axis Powers as they expand their reach across Europe, Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, and the entry of the United States into the war after Pearl Harbor is attacked. [12:12]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: World War Ii in the Pacific in 1942

For Students 9th - 10th
The United States entered the war in 1942 and focused much of their attention on the Japanese following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. [5:51]
Instructional Video
University of Hawai'i

Hawaii Nisei Project: Americans of Japanese Ancestry During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet Takejiro Higa. In order to avoid being drafted into Japan's Manchuria Development Youth Corps, he begged his sister for fare to flee to Hawaii in 1939. A few years later while working in Oahu, Higa watched the bombing of Pearl...
Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: History of World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Using all color footage, this concise World War II documentary covers the U.S. fighting forces before the war, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, through the fighting in Europe and the Pacific, all the way to the surrender of Germany and...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: 1941 Axis Momentum Accelerates in Ww2

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1941, the Axis gains further momentum with control of most of Continential Europe. Hitler decides to break pact and invade Stalin's Soviet Union. United States enters World War II after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [12:11]
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fdr's War Message to Congress Fact or Opinion

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders will read FDR's War Message to Congress with a partner recording important details as fact or opinion.

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