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Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Cairo Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
The brief document outlining the resoulutions made at the Cairo Conference at the end of World War II.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: The War: The Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," read three descriptions of the atomic bomb and its use.
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Website
Other

Imperial Japanese Navy Page: Guadalcanal Naval Battles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents information on the many navel battles that were a part of the Guadalcanal Campaign.
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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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Handout
Other

Los Alamos National Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. You will find the history of the laboratory as well as many of the key figures. There is also an interactive history of the Manhattan Project. Be sure to check out the photo...
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Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Soviet Japanese Neutrality Pact

For Students 9th - 10th
Original document which stated that the "neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union was concluded on April 13, 1941" when Germany attacked the Soviet Union.
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Article
ibiblio

Ibiblio: The Silent War Against the Japanese Navy

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive article which chronicles the efforts of U.S. Naval intelligence to read the secret radio messages of the Japanese Navy.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Tojo Hideki

For Students 9th - 10th
The life, military and political career of former Japanese Prime Minister Tojo Hideki are included here. Most known for his military attack against Pearl Harbor in 1941, Hideki was one of his nation's heroes.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: San Francisco Civic Center

For Students 9th - 10th
The United Nations Charter was signed here in 1945 as well as the post WWII peace treaty with Japan. This collection of Beaux Arts buildings serves a number of uses, including the Exposition Auditorium from the 1915 Panama-Pacific...

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