World War One

American Leaders Speak

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml

Listen to the speaches of American Leaders during WW2

You may also view the text of these speaches and pictures of the speakers

Art of the First World War

www.art-ww1.com/gb/visite.html

Go through this time line to see art throughout the war with descriptions included

Encyclopedia of World War One

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

Offers many of the topics on Bucc's list

First Call: American Posters of World War One

www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/amposter.htm

Check out some posters that were created to address needs created by this war

First World War

www.firstworldwar.com

Find tons of information in this expanding web site

The Great War: 80 Years On

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197437.stm

"Using personal accounts and historical analysis BBC News Online looks back at what became known as "the war to end all wars"."

The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century

www.pbs.org/greatwar

Click on the numbered boxes at the bottom of this PBS page

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: World War 1

www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html

Click on the link to find many great sources

Newspaper Pictorials

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rotogravures/index.html

Follow the links on these pages for information from the Library of Congress

Stars and Stripes

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/sashome.html

Read the Stars and Stripes, a United States Army newspaper distributed to troops in 1918 and 1919

To view papers select List of Issues, then the page that you want

The page will come up and you may choose the portion and size of the item that you would like to see by selecting size and zooming in our out

Finally, click the picture and you will see the portion selected

This is really neat!

Trenches on the Web

www.worldwar1.com

Scroll down until you get to the information that you need

World War I Document Archive

www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi

Find MANY primary source documents

World War 1

www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone

Plenty of information from BBC

 

World War Two

Avalon Project: World War II Documents

www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm

Find primary source documents

Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War

www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/newspapers/intro_e.html

Offers over 144,000 newspaper articles about World War II from Canada

Dr. Seuss Went to War

http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic

Dr. Seuss is well known for his children's stories, but did you know that he was a political cartoonist during WWII?

Check out these cartoons here - listed by year and month

German Propaganda Archive

www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/index.htm

View posters and read proganda produced during the Holocaust

The History Net: World War II

www.historynet.com/wwii

Read some magazine articles from this periodical about World War II

Make sure that you check out the archives!

Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941

www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

An account and photos from the Naval Historical Center

A People at War

www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/a_people_at_war.html

Shares information about different roles in the war and the people who carried them out

People include women, those who fought in the Pacific and in Europe, scientists and more

From the National Archives and Records Administration

The Powers of Persuasion

www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html

Posters from WWII

Remembering Pearl Harbor

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor

Maps, timeline, historical information, personal accounts, and more

World War Two

www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo

Find the origins of WWII, learn about the Holocaust, D-Day and much, much more

World War II: Documents

www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm

From Yale's Avalon Project

Includes "digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government"

World War II Photos

www.archives.gov/research/ww2/

Find here a number of photos with descriptions from WWII, just read the links to find what you want

From the National Archives and Records Administration

World War II Timeline

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/start.html

Contains an abbreviated timeline - tons of introductory information

 

Atomic Bomb

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/bomb.htm

Primary documents about the decision to drop the bomb

National Atomic Museum

www.atomicmuseum.com

Virtually visit "the nation's only Congressionally chartered museum of nuclear science and history"

Race for the Superbomb

www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb

Check out info on people, events, maps and a timeline

 

Holocaust

America and the Holocaust

www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust

Pay special attention to the links entitled: Special feature, Timeline, People and Events

Ann Frank Place

www.annefrank.nl/ned/default2.html

Visit the Ann Frank Museum

To read this site in English, click on the words in the top right corner, the words change and mean language in different languages.

Elie Wiesel Biography

www.eliewieselfoundation.org/eliewiesel.aspx

A short Bio from the Elie Wiesel Foundation

Elie Wiesel Profile

www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0pro-1

Make sure to investigate the interview and bios found on this page by Achievement.org

The History Place

www.historyplace.com/index.html

Scroll down until you find links to information on World War II and the Holocaust

Interested in learning about Hitler? Try The Rise of Hitler

The Holocaust History Project

www.holocaust-history.org

Many articles and accounts of the Holocaust

The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority

www.yadvashem.org

Photos, Information and More

Documents the history of the Jewish people during the Holocaust

Learning About the Holocaust Through Art

http://art.holocaust-education.net

Look at these works of art and read related biographies at this site to get a better view from those who were there.

Life in the Shadows: Hidden Children in the Holocaust

www.ushmm.org

Learn more about the Holocaust and the children in hiding from the United States Holocaust Museum.

The Oskar Schindler Story

www.oskarschindler.com

Learn more about Schindler, his history, and the holocaust

Remember Images

www.remember.org/image

Images of the concentration camps, art, ghettos, and more

A Teachers' Guide to the Holocaust

http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm

Click on the links to find more information

Each page contains links to additional information, definitions, photos, documents and more

Not all links work

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

www.ushmm.org

Go to museum the click on exhibits. There are some wonderful online exhibits here! Check out the learning site for students - www.ushmm.org/outreach/nrule.htm

Voices of the Holocaust

http://voices.iit.edu

Read some interviews of those who were there

Spend a few moments glancing through this site to make the best use of your time

Click on Gateway for better access to information

Witnesses

www.remember.org/witness/index.html#Witness

This site covers information from the perspectives of many types of people involved in the Holocaust

Try the front page for more information - www.remember.org

 

The Japanese/American Experience

Exploring Japanese American Internment

www.jainternment.org

Learn about what happened before, during, and as a result of Japanese Internment

A More Perfect Union Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution

http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/index.html

Covers the Japanese/American experience during World War II including: immigration, removal, Internment, loyalty, service, and justice

From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Suffering Under a Great Injustice

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml/aamhome.html

View some photos by Ansel Adams about the Japanese Internment Camps

Read his book, Born Free and Equal - This is very SSLLOOWW!, but a great source of photos in information

 

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Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2008

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