Savvas Learning
Prentice Hall: Documents Library the Gi Bill of Rights
This site offers some historical background information about the passing of the GI Bill. Also lists the current benefits provided by the bill, along with the main provisions of the GI Bills associated with World War II, the Korean...
PBS
Pbs Newshour: The Gi Bill's Legacy
Jim Lehrer, on his NewsHour program, offers an extensive interview with several historians discussing the impact of the GI Bill in transforming American society. Read what Stephen Ambrose, Doris Kerns Goodwin, Haynes Johnson, and Michael...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Post War Prosperity, Cold War Fears 1945 1960: Challenges of Peacetime
Examines the challenges of demobilization after World War II, how Harry Truman addressed them, and how the government responded to the needs of war veterans.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Postwar Tension and Triumph
Comprehensive teaching unit on tensions of the Cold War era: conflicts between domestic prosperity and unfulfilled expectations, ideals of conformity and individualism. Contains video and text materials, web interactives, student...
Other
National Wwii Museum: Primary Sources: Gi Bill
Find primary sources related to the GI Bill.There are pdf files that explain how the bill provides money for education, promotes home ownership, and incorporates the recently discharged servicemen back into civilian life.
US Department of Veterans Affairs
U.s. Department of Veterans Affairs: The Gi Bill's History
The GI Bill has been a great piece of legislation that has improved the country economically and socially. Find the history of the bill, how difficult it was to pass, and President Roosevelt's speech heralding its passage.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Edith Nourse Rogers
The National Women's Hall of Fame recognizes Edith Nourse Rogers for her work as a political leader during the 1920s and 1930s, in addition to her legislation that established the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Gi Bill
The GI Bill is explained. It provided benefits to American veterans of World War II in the form of education, loans, unemployment income, etc.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: African Americans, Women, and the Gi Bill
Although the GI Bill was intended to provide benefits to all WWII veterans, African Americans and women who had served had difficulties taking advantage of them due to discriminatory practices at the state and local levels.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Growth of Suburbia
The GI Bill made it possible for World War II veterans to finance the purchase of a house. This, combined with mass production of houses, led to the growth of suburban communities, including three Levittown suburbs.
Library of Congress
Loc: u.s. History Timeline: The Post War United States 1945 1968
Includes how the United States' entry into WWII caused vast changes in every aspect of American life, how arts and entertainment showed continuity and change, and details of the 1960 election of John F. Kennedy as President.
Wessels Living History Farm
Living History Farm: Farming in the 1940s: The Gi Bill
Find a summary of the benefits offered to veterans of World War II through the GI Bill. See how college attendance was affected by the return of veterans and their enrollment in post-secondary education.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: African Americans, Women, and the Gi Bill
Female and minority veterans faced difficulties accessing their GI Bill benefits.
US National Archives
Nara: Committee to Investigate Programs Under g.i. Bill
This National Archives and Records Administration site discusses the select committee to investigate education, training, and loan guaranty programs under the G.I. Bill.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Gi Bill Facts
Comprehensive resource features a summary and detailed facts about the GI Bill that provided a range of benefits to returning veterans from WW2 to make an efficient and speedy readjustment to civilian life and the economy.
Syracuse University
Syracuse University: "Remembering the Gi Bulge"
Gives basic information about the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more commonly known as the GI Bill.