MIT Visualizing Cultures - Ground Zero - A Schoolboys Story
"Testimony of Hiroshima survivor Akihiro Takahashi Illustrations by Goro Shikoku English translation by Yuki Tanaka"
15: World War II
Letter from Cpl. Rupert Trimmingham to YANK Magazine (1944)
Choices that Define Us | Facing History and Ourselves
A graduation speech from the Dean of Yale Law School in 1988 in which he told four stories about individuals who made choices during World War II reveal the complexity of human behavior and suggest how difficult it can be to make sweeping judgments about good and evil. This short reading, with accompanying questions can be used to set up a "ethics in wartime lesson" or other lesson that explores the complexity of human choice
World War II Primary Source Documents | The American Yawp Reader
Primary source collection
Women Journalists reporting World War II - PBS Newshour Extra
How did war correspondents break barriers, inform the home front, and challenge public perceptions during World War II?
Our Documents - Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942)
This site, published and maintained by the federal government of the United States, describes the people forcibly incarcerated by the federal government in 1942 as "evacuees". Why? Students should be presented with this page, discuss where they see the word "evacuee" and what it means. Then write to the national archives and ask them why they use this word. education@nara.gov
Special Focus: 1943 Race Riot · Before the Unrest: 1940 - 1967 · 12th Street Detroit
The race riots in Detroit concerning civilian employment of black workers and the housing of their families directly contradicts the myth canon of a unified nation "coming together" to fight world war II. Move through the other sections of this site to get pictures and other primary documents to show to students. One approach is to show them without dates and ask the students to identify them
The Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome in rare color photos, 1943-1945 - Rare Historical Photos
Switch out those old black and white pictures in your slides with these.
Nine Harrowing Eyewitness Accounts of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | History | Smithsonian Magazine
Controversy over the Enola Gay Exhibition | Atomic Heritage Foundation
[Saving Private Ryan] and Historical Accuracy | C-SPAN.org
"The event was part of a symposium held at the National World War II Museum to mark the 20th anniversary of the film’s release"
Saving Private Ryan: History vs. Hollywood | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
"“Studying history … one of the hardest things to understand is that when you see that red and blue line on the map, when you see the arrow, when you see the unit identifiers, everything is presented in a concrete, discrete manner. It gives the impression of a sense of clarity and understanding that simply was not possible."
Why the Aircraft That Dropped the First Atomic Bomb Will Always Inspire Debate | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian Magazine
The Enola Gay Controversy - About - Overview
The Enola Gay and the Smithsonian Chronology of the Controversy Including Key Documents (1993-1995)
This is collection of documents includes the conceptual plans and script of the exhibit as well as correspondence
The End of World War II, The Atomic Bomband the Origins of the Cold War"
The Nuremberg Trials. Visual Tour | courtroom600
See You Next Year! High School Yearbooks from WWII : Home | The National WWII Museum
Easiest but perhaps most rewarding World War II lesson a teacher could use - just have students look through these to defensible understandings of the effect of World War II on the homefront. Search "Asian" or "Japanese", particularly in west coast schools, yields interesting results
Women On The Warpath (1943) - Inside The Willow Run B-24 Plant - YouTube
Pure propaganda from the Ford Motor Company describing the woman workers we know now as "Rosie the Riveter" How much of the language of this film is considered sexist by most people of the 2020s?
Project To Be Unveiled In LA Names Every Japanese American Incarcerated During WWII | LAist
Say their names
Exhibiting the 'Enola Gay' – FOCUS Interview with Gregg Herken - YouTube
15 minute interview regarding the exhibit controversy