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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History: Did the Attack on Pearl Harbor Unify America? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive learning module on how America reacted to the attack on Pearl Harbor that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will...
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US Navy

Naval Historical Center: Pearl Harbor Raid, Dec. 7, 1941

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview and special image selection of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Use the additional links, especially the FAQ link, to access expanded information on the Pearl Harbor raid. Lesson plans are available from the FAQ page.
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Primary
University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma College of Law: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Infamy Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Infamy Speech, December 8, 1941, declaring war on Japan.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: Pearl Harbor Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of the infamous speech delivered by Franklin Roosevelt asking Congress to declare war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Atlantic Monthly Group

In Focus: World War Ii: Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
From The Atlantic series about World War II photographs, this section has forty-five photographs with captions covering all aspects of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Several of the photographs are from film recovered from captured Japanese...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the excellent PBS site based on Joy Hakim's A History of US, this focuses on the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the ramifications of the attack. You can access primary sources and photographs to bring this part of...
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
Japanese submarines in use near the end of World War II had the potential to inflict heavy damage on the United States. This transcript looks at these 'killer subs' and what we now know about them. Additional materials discuss the threat...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Attacks on American Soil: Pearl Harbor and September 11

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to compare American responses to Pearl Harbor and September 11.
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Primary
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text report of the Congressional investigation into the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Japan, Pearl Harbor and War

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Japanese expansion in the Pacific, attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into World War II.
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Article
Scholastic

Scholastic: Relive the Experience: Pearl Harbor, 1941

For Students 9th - 10th
An article reliving the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After each page, there is an activity prompt which gives students the opportunity to stop and think about the information they are reading.
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Handout
Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebChron site contains text describing the attack of Pearl Harbor by Japan.
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Yale University

Avalon Project: Pearl Harbor Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains links to documents concerning Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Includes: United States note to Japan November 26, 1941, the message from the President of the Emperor of Japan December 6, and Japanese Note to the United States...
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Handout
Other

Warbird's Forum: Did u.s. Leaders Know the War Was Coming?

For Students 11th - 12th
Did the U.S. know about the Pearl Harbor attack weeks before it happened? Using the following information from the Top Secret Report of Army Pearl Harbor Board, 20 October 1944, students can debate this controversial question.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Pearl Harbor Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
A printable version of the speech delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 8, 1941 following the events on Pearl Harbor.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, an event that catapulted the United States into World War II.
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Lesson Plan
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 students 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, analyze, and...
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Lesson Plan
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...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Day of Infamy

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Richard Hansing's experiences in the Navy while stationed in Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: The Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor

For Students 3rd - 8th
December 7, 1941 is a "day which will live in infamy." Read about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the entrance to World War II by the United States.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Photographs of the Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Several photographs of the events that occurred in Pearl Harbor in 1941 give a visual account of the attack to pair with the facts of the day.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [3:08] of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's declaration of war against the Japanese the day after their attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Pearl Harbor

For Students 5th - 8th
A concise look at the economic relations between Japan and the United States just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Find out what the Japanese hoped to achieve with the attack, and read about the American response.
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Lesson Plan
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.