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Handout
BBC

Bbc: 1941: Japanese Planes Bomb Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
On This Day is an archive of significant news stories broadcast by the BBC. Link takes you to its report of the bombing of Pearl Harbor broadcast on December 7, 1941. With in-context notes to aid understanding.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii History: Ww2 Pearl Harbor Attack for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. America is forced to go to join WW2.
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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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Article
A&E Television

History.com: 8 Tales of Pearl Harbor Heroics

For Students 9th - 10th
From the man who led the evacuation of USS Arizona to the fighter pilot who took to the skies in his pajamas, learn the stories of eight of the many servicemen who distinguished themselves on one of the darkest days in American military...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: World War Ii and Japanese American Relocation [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th
This lesson plan is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at Japanese aggression in China and Indochina prior to and during World War II, the quandary in the United States of whether or...
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Website
Other

Pacific War: Increasing Tensions Between the United States and Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at actions taken by the United States and Japan that eventually resulted in the attack at Pearl Harbor. Read about the treaties signed by each, the economic embargo against Japan, and the increased militarization of Japan.
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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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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Timeline: Pearl Harbor: 1600s 1853: Black Ships Open Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
An easy-to-understand site on the opening of Japan to the West via Commodore Perry and and the intimidating Black Ships.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Road to Pearl Harbor

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief overview of the decade prior to the American entrance into World War II. Read about the rise in militarism in both Europe and Japan.
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PPT
California Digital Library

Calisphere: Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring Japanese-Americans during World War II can be found on this site by Calisphere. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.
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Primary
The History Place

The History Place: For a Declaration of War Against Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the History Place provides the original speech delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Congress regarding Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor resulting in a declaration of war.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Pearl Harbor Scene

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an example of a little story within the big story of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Government blamed two high ranking men at the base of being derelict in their duties thereby "giving them sole responsibility for the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

U.s.s. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Famous Landmarks of Hawaii - USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu."
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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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Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides links to all of FDR's inaugural addresses, State of the Union addresses and Pearl Harbor speech.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: 8 Moments When Radio Helped Bring Americans Together

For Students 9th - 10th
These are just a few of the historic radio broadcasts that seemed to have the whole nation listening. This article discusses eight of the most seminal moments in radio -- from KDKA's 's live nighttime Fireside Chats, the 'Fight of the...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Isoroku Yamamoto

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia provides a biography of Japanese naval commander, Isoroku Yamamoto. Includes information on his accomplishments and his involvement in World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Eyewitness to History: I'm American No Matter What

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] TThis passasge contains a first person account of a child who was rounded up and placed in a Japanese internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Beyond Call of Duty

For Students 9th - 10th
This inspirational WWII poster targets the black community by spotlighting African American navy messman Dorie Miller, who performed heroic feats when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Causes of Ww2 for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on the causes of WW2 provides detailed facts and summary of events that started the war including the attack on Pearl Harbor and the rise of dictators in Germany and Italy.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: America Enters the War

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the events surrounding the decision of the United States to join the war against Germany in 1941 after the attack on pearl Harbor, and the reaction of Hitler to that attack.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The viewing goals for this lesson were for students to use a visual text, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech (played first without sound), to identify visual cues & understand why he may have chosen to use certain...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Decision to Drop the Bomb [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave the go-ahead to scientists to develop an atomic bomb. This site gives a good overview of the war in the Pacific against Japan, the increasing successes of the...
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Other

Japanese American National Museum: Dear Miss. Breed: Letters From Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
Peruse this collection of letters, recordings, and home movies of several Japanese Americans from their internment following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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