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Handout
US National Archives

Nara: The Treaty of Kanagawa

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about,and a scanned copy of, the Treaty of Kanagawa between the United States and Japan.
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: War and Uneasy Neutrality

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Roosevelt administration U.S. foreign policy and the challenge to remain neutral in an era of expansionist totalitarian regimes of Italy, Germany and Japan.
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Website
Other

Famous Personages in Japan

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site includes information about a number of famous people in Japan. Designed by a Japanese college to help people learn about modern Japan.
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Website
Other

Famous Personages in Japan

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site includes information about a number of famous people in Japan. Designed by a Japanese college to help people learn about modern Japan.
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Handout
US Navy

Nhhc: Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942

For Students 9th - 10th
The Doolittle Raid was a gutsy attack on Tokyo made by heroic pilots of B-25 bombers launched from the deck of the USS Hornet, and aircraft carrier. Read about the daring mission and see photographs of the planes, pilots and others, and...
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Osu History Teaching Institute: The Manhattan Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will discuss the role of technology of the atomic bomb and explore the destruction of Nagasaki and Hiroshima during WWII. Students will then outline some of the social and political changes that resulted from the Manhattan Project.
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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: The Atomic Bomb

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] How necessary was it for the United States to drop the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in World War II? In this lesson plan, students will study varying accounts and develop their own opinions of...
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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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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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Article
Curated OER

History Matters: Japan Responds to Japanese Exclusion

For Students 9th - 10th
An editorial from the Japan Times and Mail denounced the the U.S. Senate's inclusion of the National Origins Act within the Immigration Act of 1924 that limited the immigration of Japanese to the United States. Read the background of the...
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Activity
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Twentieth Century Monsters

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides a detailed overview of America's involvement in World War II and the political movements lead by evil dictators that were sprouting up in countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy, and Japan.
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Website
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web Japan: Nipponia

For Students 9th - 10th
Nipponia is an online magazine, published quarterly, that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world. Browse articles on life and culture, travel and history, science and technology, art and entertainment, nature and geography,...
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Handout
Other

Postwar Japan: Statist Development

For Students 9th - 10th
The rebirth of Japan after WWII is explained. There was land reform, political reform, democratization, and the establishment of trade unions, all introduced by the Supreme Command of Allied Power. The phenomenal growth of business was...
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Website
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web Japan: Overview of Ceramics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an overview of ceramics in Japan. Explaining the history of ceramic production dating as far back as 10,000 B.C.
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Michelle Obama Visits First Lady of Japan, Akie Abe

For Students 9th - 10th
In an event at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, First Lady Michelle Obama met with Akie Abe, the First Lady of Japan, to launch the international Let Girls Learn initiative.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History for Kids: The Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Atomic Bomb during World War II. Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan to end WW2.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Ww2 Axis Powers for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the Axis Powers of World War II in history. These countries such as Germany, Italy, and Japan fought the Allies.
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Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Global Industrialization

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Europe and America were far from alone in the quest for industrialization. This unit explores just how far the age of industry impacted the world.
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Handout
Flow of History

Flow of History: World War Two in the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
The stages of World War Two in the Pacific is profiled. Through text and a colored graphic flowchart, one can easily follow the progression of hostility and battles in the Pacific. Useful for both students and educators.
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Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Early Economies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit tracks the development of economics through time, highlighting what early societies did to provide for themselves, how they established trade systems and political systems of taxed goods.
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Lesson Plan
Digital History

Digital History: The Yalta Conference [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a very extensive look at the Yalta Conference. Find the problems addressed at the conference, the enumerated possible solutions, the positions each of the Big Three leaders held, and the actual results of the conference. Included...
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Website
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Tpml: Truman and the Bomb, a Documentary History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a comprehensive list of primary source documents from Harry S. Truman regarding the Potsdam Conference and decision to use atomic weapons.
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Website
Other

Soramitsu: Historical Geographical Tour of Nara From the Air

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed aerial maps of the historic Nara district of Japan.
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Handout
Other

History of Japan: 1600 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides an overview of the Tokugawa era in China, its political system, and its conclusion.

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