1940s Research Project

 

For this project, you will choose to research one topic from the 1940's: Japanese American Internment, Role of Women during WWII, the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb or African Americans and the War. You will take notes on your graphic organizer and enter your sources into Noodletools.

 

Japanese American Internment

Encyclopedias   Websites

World Book Online

History Of Japanese American Relocation                     
  Japanese Internment
Online Databases Facts About Internment
SIRS Decades Internment Background Information
US History in Context Internment Timeline
Sirs Discoverer – “A Grave Wrong”  Japanese Internment Camps and their Effects 
 Sirs Discoverer – “ Forced From Home in WWII”  The Internment Camps
 Japanese Americans: The War at Home
  Children of the Camps
  Relocation of Japanese Americans
  Japanese Americans and the US Constitution

 

Role of Women During WWII

 

Encyclopedias                                                   Websites
 World Book Online                                               

Rosie the Riveter: Working Women During World War II

 

American Women in WWII 

 

Partners in Winning the War

Online Databases

What did you do in the war, Grandma?

SIRS Decades Women After the War
US History in Context The Perilous Fight
  From Homemaker to Shipbuilder
  Voices of World War II

 

Dropping the Atomic Bomb

 

Encyclopedias                                                Websites                                                              
World Book Online                                               

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Encyclopedia Britannica   

Pro and Con of Dropping the Bomb

   Atomic Bomb – Truman Press Release
Online Databases Hiroshima Kids Peace Station
SIRS Decades Newseum: Hiroshima
US History in Context Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered
History Reference Center The Atomic Option
  Hiroshima: Was it Necessary?
  Hiroshima: Who Disagreed with Dropping the Bomb?
  Truman's Diary - July 25, 1945
  The First Atomic Bomb Blast

 

African Americans and the War

 

Online Databases                                             Websites                                                               
SIRS Decades   Civil Rights for Minorities
US History in Context   PBS: Civil Rights
Sirs Discoverer: Black Eagles PBS: Fighting for Democracy
Sirs Discoverer: Wings of Glory The Perilous Fight

Student Resource Center: African Americans

and the Military

 African Americans In WWII at a Glance  
Student Resource Center: Civil Rights in the 1940s African American Soldiers Pave the Way for Integration
  World War II Manpower and Segregation