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Lesson Plan
American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Hiroshima Through Japanese Eyes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan lets students research about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima from the viewpoint from a Japanese girl, Sadako.
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Article
Johns Hopkins University

Asian American Students at Risk [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This scholarly paper gives information about Asian immigrants in the U.S. It offers many insights into the Asian American population. It also reviews intervention programs and how they work. It is a useful resource for gaining...
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Attacks on American Soil: Pearl Harbor and September 11

For Students 9th - 10th
The resources here, including cartoons, photographs, paintings, and posters, represent both events in order to compare them.
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Unit Plan
American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: The Japan Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore the many ways in which China has influenced Japanese culture and cultural borrowing has occurred.
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eBook
Library of Congress

Loc: Born Free and Equal

For Students 9th - 10th
Compete digitized copy of Ansel Adam's book about Manzanar.
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: War, Victory and the Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the final stages of WWII in which war in the Pacific and the Atomic bomb lead to Japanese surrender and criminal trials against Nazi generals.
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Website
University of Washington

University of Washington: Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Minorities were hit the hardest by the Great Depression. Explore the challenges African Americans, Japanese Americans, Native Americans, Filipinos, and the Jewish people faced and how those challenges led to activism. Included is a...
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Article
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Japanese and American Propaganda During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Michigan State University is an interesting article analyzing the propaganda war between the U.S. and Japan during World War II. Also has cartoons that were used.
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Primary
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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Website
Other

Asian Pacific Americans in the u.s. Army: The Bataan Death March

For Students 9th - 10th
A good description of the Bataan Death March and conditions in the POW camps following the fall of the Philippines in 1942.
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Website
Brown University

Brown University Library Center: Perry Visits Japan: A Visual History

For Students 9th - 10th
Showcases a beautiful Japanese scroll that depicts Commodore Matthew Perry's landing in Japan in 1854 and a set of lithographs by Willam Heine that illustrate Perry's expedition. These visual images accompanied by student essays are...
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Graphic
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Disposition of Bataan Defense Force

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the advance of Japanese forces against American guns on Bataan from Jan. 6-16, 1942. Map from University of Texas.
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Activity
Cornell University

Cornell University: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is useful because it offers a database of over 300,000 questions asked on surveys since the 1930s. Also contains Latin American and Japanese data bank retrieval system as well. Listing of general social surveys 1972-1998.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Foreign Policy 1890 1914: Roosevelt's "Big Stick" Foreign Policy

For Students 11th - 12th
The 'Big Stick' foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt is explained, and how it was used in the building of the Panama Canal and to maneuver an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
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Other

Mississippi Museum of Art: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson is the largest museum in the state, and has the largest collection of art by and about Mississippians. The collection is also notably strong in 19th and 20th century American landscape paintings,...
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Graphic
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Philippine Islands, 1941

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a full map of the Philippines in 1941 showing Japanese troop advances and American airfields.
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Website
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The home page of Encyclopedia Mythica from which you can access its full range of content on myths from throughout the world. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Japanese, and Chinese mythology are the site's most popular areas, but many...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Immigration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A content-rich site and Library of Congress "Featured Presentation" that looks at the immigration experiences of Americans from many backgrounds and countries. Includes lesson suggestions and resources, online immigration vocabulary...
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Unit Plan
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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Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Balancing Sources

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is from an American history course designed for teachers to enrich their knowledge and their teaching practice. This interactive is a set of nine exercises where teachers evaluate primary resources related to a specific event in...
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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...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: The War: The Philippines (Bataan)

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," find a write-up about the key battle of the failed American defense of the Philippine Islands. With links to related resources, including archive photos and series video.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Coming to America: The Era of Mass Immigration

For Students 11th
From 1865 to 1914, up to 25 million people immigrated to the United States. This tutorial examines their reasons for coming, where they came from, the Ellis Island processing center, and how they adapted to their new country. The...
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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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