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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Myth of Voluntary Internment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the Alien Enemies Act and Executive Order 9095. They explore both the financial and emotional ramifications of having a parent arrested or interned. They research what daily life was like in U.S. Internment camps during...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Immigrant Women and the American Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the ways that immigrant women have transformed America socially, politically, and economically.
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Handout
Other

Women in World History Curriculum: Heian Period

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the status of women in Japanese society during the Heinan Period.
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Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...
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Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: East Asian History Sourcebook: East Asian History Sourcebook

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University, known for its excellent primary historical resources in English translation, provides one for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese history.
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Primary
Other

Utah Division of State History: Teaching Utah With Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
"Our Past Their Present" offers primary source sets on Utah history topics such as Japanese Internment and Women during World War II. Created by the Utah Division of State History to meet Social Studies Core Standards.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: American Women and World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the opportunities that women had during World War II to work in jobs that had previously been unimaginable. To assist working mothers, the first childcare programs were begun, and efforts were made to make jobs in the defense...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: A History of the Kimono

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Japanese kimono from the primitive Jomon period to today. Includes specifics on kimono for men, women, and children.
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Handout
Other

University of Arkansas Libraries: Land of (Un)equal Opportunity

For Students 9th - 10th
A vast collection of records and photographs that documents the struggle for equality in Arkansas by African Americans, women, and Japanese Americans. Timeline, lesson plans, and similar resources available for added depth.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Fighting the Good Fight in World War Ii 1941 1945: The Home Front

For Students 11th - 12th
Discusses how America prepared for war, the impact on the work force in the United States, how women and other civilians supported the war effort, and how the war affected race relations.
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Activity
Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: Tokyo Rose

For Students 9th - 10th
Students investigate ?Tokyo Rose? the name given by American GIs to nearly a dozen women of American descent who broadcasted propaganda for the Japanese during World War II. The resource consists of an audio clip of Tokyo Rose broadcasts...
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Website
Other

Women in World History Curriculum/murasaki Shikibu

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a biography of Murasaki Shikibu, the writer of The Tale of Genji.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: America in the Second World War

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief description of the course of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific. Read about the new technologies developed for the military by both the Allies and Axis powers, and find out about the millions who died as a result of the...
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eBook
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: The Pursuit of Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
This book analyzes 30 Supreme Court cases chosen by a group of Supreme Court justices and leading civics educators as the most important for American citizens to understand. An additional 100 significant cases included in state history...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
World War II was the second war to embattle the entire globe, lasting from 1939 to 1945. It not only witnessed the Holocaust and the nuclear bombings of Japan, but became the deadliest conflict in human history. This collection includes...
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Website
Other

Asiaart: Japanese Ceramics

For Students 9th - 10th
At this page from Asiaart, 5/6 of the way down is a description of Otagaki Rengetsu's work.
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Website
Curated OER

Cbc.ca: The Crucible Fighting From the Home Front

For Students 6th - 8th
Canada went from a country in economic crisis to one of the world's most industrialized nations during WW11. Canada's economy was revitalized, women joined the work force, the war effort was actively supported; yet unfair times did exist...
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Primary
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: The World War Ii Home Front

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] World War II had a deep impact on the United States. The war affected all phases of American life both on the home front and overseas in battle. This text document addresses the many and varied ways...