Pearl Harbor vs September 11 Attack

A collection that uses primary sources to compare American responses to Pearl Harbor and September 11.

A four-lesson unit on the events that led up to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II. Lesson topics include the growth of hostility between the United States and Japan after WWI, the Sino-Japanese conflict, Japan's...

The resources here, including cartoons, photographs, paintings, and posters, represent both events in order to compare them.

As part of a study of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, young historians imagine the feelings of those who lived during the attack by creating a word cloud of 10 words they think express the emotions of people at that time....

Curious historians relive the "day which will live in infamy" using video clips from C-SPAN on the Pearl Harbor attack. The curated collection includes veteran testimonies and vintage newsreels. Additional footage includes scholars'...

A chilling report from NBC news on September 11, 2001. The most impressive thing about this video is the fact that it was filmed on the actual day of the attacks. Along with footage of the attacks, viewers also get a sense of the...

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...

Don some detective caps and delve into the past to explore the evidence left behind after the attack on Pearl Harbor. An interesting activity uses primary sources to explore how the United States Navy was caught off guard and how the...

A site that captures the heartfelt reactions, eyewitness accounts, and diverse opinions of Americans and others in the months that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93.

The 78th Congress published a pamphlet in 1944 which gave a chronological history of events that led up to World War II. Read the very detailed information set out year by year. The introduction explains the scope of the pamphlet.