PechaKucha: Beyond 1939 – Pacific
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- The Atomic Bomb
- Hiroshima
- Nagasaki
- The Battle of Iwo Jima
- Pearl Harbor
- Japanese Internment Camps
- Native American Code Talkers
The Atomic Bomb
The Invention of the Atomic bomb by Clara MacCarald
12 Incredible Facts About the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs by Angie Smibert
Top Secret: The Story of the Manhattan Project by Kathleen Tracy
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Atomic Bomb
Headings include: Background / The Decision to use the Bomb / Hiroshima / Nagasaki / Consequences.
The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb
Headings include: Overview / The Manhattan Project / Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Necessary?
Headings include: Preliminary Organization / Preliminary Research / Forming the Manhattan Project / Project Sites / Producing Results / Legacy…
Also includes links to PRIMARY SOURCE materials.
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America Declares War / The Manhattan Project Begins / Robert Oppenheimer and Project Y / The Potsdam Conference / Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Legacy fo the Manhattan Project / Sources.
Includes links to Related Articles.
Hiroshima
PRIMARY SOURCE: Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Photographs.
Featured Document Display: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Includes PRIMARY SOURCE letter about the bombing of Hiroshima.
A series of 6 short documentary videos: Testing the Atomic Bomb / Truman’s Ultimatum Regarding Hiroshima / Hiroshima: Dropping the Bomb / Remembering Tragic Aftermath of Hiroshima / Harrowing Aftermath of Atomic Bomb / Nagasaki Bomb and Surrender.
This Day in History: August 06
1945 – American Bomber Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
Atomic Bomb Wipes Out Hiroshima in a Matter of Seconds
8 minute video.
The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
From the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Office of History and Heritage Resources, The Manhattan Project – an interactive History.
Includes PRIMARY SOUCE images.
Short animation.
Nagasaki
Video. Accounts of the American Justification for dropping a second bomb on Nagasaki.
This Day in History – August 09, 1945
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki.
Atomic Bombing in Nagasaki – Destruction of a City
Includes PRIMARY SOURCE images.
Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Includes: Background / Key Questions / Directions / Materials / Handouts. Designed to be used as part of a lesson plan, the Materials tab includes PRIMARY SOURCE materials.
Battle of Iwo Jima
PRIMARY SOURCE: 11 Rare Photos From the Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima: a Gruesome Victory for the Allied Forces
In cooperation with All About History. Headings include: Where is Iwo Jima / How the Battle Went Down / Casualties and Recognition of Bravery.
Headings include: Background: Summer/Fall 1944 / The Battle / The Flag Raising / Awards.
Headings include: Iwo Jima before the Battle / Marines Invade Iwo Jima / Battle of Iwo Jima Rages On / Iwo Jima Falls to American Forces / Letters From Iwo Jima / Sources.
World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima
Headings include: Where is Iwo Jima / When was the Battle? / The Battle / Raising the Flag of the United States / Interesting Facts.
Pearl Harbor
Headings include: Japan and the Path to War / Where is Pearal Harbot / USS Arizona / Impact of the Pearl Harbot Attack / ‘A Date Which Will Live In Infamy’ / America Enters World War II.
Includes links to videos and images.
Attack On Pearl Harbor Facts For Kids
Headings include: After the Attack / Quick Facts.
Includes links to images and maps.
Headings include: The Plan / The Attack / The Aftermath.
Today in History – December 7: Air Raid on Pearl Harbor
Includes links to PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS including: audio clips, dispatches, images…
What Happened at Pearl Harbor?
Includes links to PRIMARY SOURCE materials including images and video.
Japanese Internment Camps
Includes links to articles, an opinion piece, images and PRIMARY SOURCE marerials.
Introduction to WWII Incarceration
This site preserves stories of the past for the generations of the future. Headings include: A Community Grows Despite Racism / Looking Like the Enemy / American Concentration Camps / Japanese American Responses to Incarceration / Righting a Wrong / Why Does it Matter Now?
Headings include: Executive Order / Anti-Japanese American Activity / John DeWitt / War Relocation Authority / Relocation to ‘Assembly Centers’ / Life in ‘Assembly Centers’ / Conditions in’Relocation Centers’ / Violence in Prison Camps / Fred Korematsu / Mitsuye Endo / Reparations / Sources.
Headings include: Overview / Executive Order 9066 / Korematsu v. United States (1944) / Aftermath and Redress…
PRIMARY SOURCES: Japanese American Incarceration During World War II
Native American Code Talkers
Life as a Navajo Code Talker in World War II by Kate Shoup
Includes PRIMARY SOURCE images.
How Navajo Code Talker Marines Used their Indigenoud Language to Help Win World War II
Headings include: The Navajo People’s Indigenous Language was Perfect For a Code / 29 Original Code Talkers Developed the Navajo Code / Navajo Code Talkers Were the Best of the Best / The Navajo Code Was Never Broken / The Navajo Code Talker Program Was Classified / Navajo Code Talkers’ Legacy Lives On.
How Native American Code Talkers Engineered a New Type of Military Intelligence
Article includes PRIMARY SOURCE images.
Navajo Code Talker Explains His Role in WWII
2.20 minute Video.
