- Subject:
- American History
- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
72 Results
The Origins of War: Europe, Asia, and the United States
The Home Front
Victory in the European Theater
The Pacific Theater and the Atomic Bomb
- Material Type:
- Module
- Date Added:
- 09/20/2018
Spanish content; from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum we have the Spanish version of the Holocaust encyclopedia of the museum; in this case a "Cronologia del Holocausto (1933 - 1939)" or "Chronology of the Holocaust, 1933-1939" is defined with a detailed description of relevant events related to the topic in that time period.
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Reading
- Provider:
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Date Added:
- 10/03/2023
A detailed explanation of the origin and meaning of the term "genocide."
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Reading
- Provider:
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Date Added:
- 08/28/2023
In this curriculum unit, students reconsider the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I through the lens of archival documents.
- Subject:
- History
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Lesson
- Provider:
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Provider Set:
- EDSITEment!
- Date Added:
- 11/19/2020
This article provides a concise summary of the major events/battles of the Pacific War from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the surrender of Japan in August 1945.
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Reading
- Provider:
- War Times Journal
- Date Added:
- 12/01/2023
This lesson plan explores the contributions of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II, and their aviation legacy.
- Subject:
- History
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Provider Set:
- EDSITEment!
- Date Added:
- 11/19/2020
An excellent collection of WWII maps. Scroll down for selections from the European Theater of the war.
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Primary Source
- Provider:
- University of Texas at Austin
- Provider Set:
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- Date Added:
- 10/03/2023
This site has a timeline covering the years of 1941 (Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor) to 1945 (United Nations is born). Selected WWII battle photos are also included.
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Reading
- Provider:
- The History Place
- Date Added:
- 08/28/2023
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.
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Audio/Video
- Provider:
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- Date Added:
- 08/01/2022
Consider how U.S. foreign policy changed in the aftermath of WWII, and analyze the philosophical, geopolitical, and economic factors that influenced these changes. In this interactive lesson from WGBH, students develop a written argument in response to the question "How did U.S. foreign policy change in the aftermath of WWII, and what influenced these changes?" They gather evidence from videos featuring historian Ben Weber and from primary source speeches, documents, and images.
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Interactive
- Lesson
- Provider:
- PBS LearningMedia
- Date Added:
- 11/06/2023
This resource presents photos taken in the Warsaw Ghetto that depict different perspectives of the lives of Jews living in this ghetto.
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Material Type:
- Lesson
- Provider:
- Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
- Date Added:
- 08/07/2023