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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPowers of Persuasion: FDR's Four Freedoms Speech
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryFind background information on Franklin D. Roosevelt s famous Four Freedoms speech, including an audio clip of the speech and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Marshall Plan
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Economics, United States HistoryThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrisoner in One's Own Home: An Examination of the Internment of Japanese-Americans During World War II
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the causes and effects of the internment of 120,000 J...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"I" Witness to History: Writing First-person Accounts of Historical Events
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, World History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students read a first-hand account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Har...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBataan Rescue
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Economics, GeographyThis PBS Teacher s Guide accompanies their Bataan Rescue film and Web site. The film and Web site offer insights into American...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkD-Day
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, United States History, American Democracy and 2 additional..This PBS Teacher s Guide accompanies their film and Web site D-Day. The film offers insights into topics in American history, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Their Own Words: Commemorating the Events of World War II through First-hand Accounts and Oral Histories
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Oral Presentations, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this New York Times lesson, students learn about the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. They then ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExperiments for Hydrogen Bomb Held Successfully at Eniwetok; Leaks About Blast Under Inquiry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how the United States exploded the first hydrogen b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJapan Wars on U.S. and Britain; Makes Sudden Attack on Hawaii; Heavy Fighting at Sea Reported
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on December 7, 1941, and reported that Japanese warp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSoviet and Britain Sign War and Peace Pact; Molotoff and Roosevelt Plan for 2D Front; Army Fliers Blasted Two Fleets off Midway
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, World HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on June 11, 1942, and reported that the United State...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHitler's Sea Wall Is Breached, Invaders Fighting Way Inland; New Allied Landings Are Made
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on June 6, 1944, and reported on the D-Day invasion ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkU.S. Marines Storm Ashore on Iwo Island
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, World HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on February 19, 1945, and reported on the American l...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmericans Invade Okinawa in Ryukyus; Seize 2 Airfields; First Resistance Light; 9th and 1st Armies Join, Circling Ruhr
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, World HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on April 1, 1945, and reported that American forces ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe War in Europe Is Ended! Surrender Is Unconditional; V-E Will Be Proclaimed Today; Our Troops on Okinawa Gain
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on May 7, 1945, and reported that Germany had signed...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAtom Bomb Loosed on Nagasaki
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, World HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on August 9, 1945, and reported that the United Stat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJapan Surrenders to Allies, Signs Rigid Terms on Warship; Truman Sets Today as V-J Day
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, World HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on September 2, 1945, and reported that Japan had fo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Physics, History-Social Science, World History, ScienceThis resource from HyperHistory Online is a brief biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. His work as director of the atomic bomb pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAs 60th Anniversary Dawns, D-Day Vets Remember
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this National Geographic News article, read about how, in 2004, two veterans and one historian led National Geographic Expedi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUntold Stories of D-Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, World HistoryThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the Allies landing at Normandy to liberate Europe during World War II. Ther...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHalf Life: The Lethal Legacy of America's Nuclear Waste
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Health Education, History-Social Science, Geography, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..This National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the radioactive waste that is the legacy of the Cold War s nuclear arms rac...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0