1.+The+Second+World+War

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 * ====** United States History II.14 on American isolationism after World War I **====
 * ==== **United Sates History USII.15 and World History WHII.24** on t **he battles of the war and contributions of African Americans, women, Native Americans and LGBTQ history**====
 * ====** United States History II.17 on the homefront during the war **====
 * ====** United States History II.16 and World History II.27 on the atomic bombing of Japan **====
 * ==== **World History II.26** on **Background, Course and Consequences of the Holocaust**====
 * ====** United States History II.18 and United States History II.19 on the Cold War **====
 * ====** United States History II.22 on domestic Cold War trends **====
 * ==== **United States History II24** on the **Origins and Consequences of McCarthyism**====

For information on African American soldiers, see a tag bundle of resources[| about the Tuskegee Airmen]on Delicious. R[|emembering Pearl Harbor] from National Geographic Education.


 * [|World War II: Teacher's Notes]from the National Archives provides primary source materials on the different theaters of the war as a way to organize inquiry-based investigations by students.


 * [|World War II Posters] from the Cincinnati Public Library.

[|The Atlantic Photo: World War II] features historic photographs from the war and the homefront

[|Washington Naval Conference, 1921-1922]and the subsequent Five Powers Treaty was a crucial development setting the stage for war between the United States and Japan.
 * Other interwar developments are detailed at this website from the Office of the Historian, United States Department of State.

[|Yamoto's Final Voyage] has archival photographs of the sinking of the Japanese battleship near the end of the war in April, 1945.

For lesson plans, see the [|website for Ken Burns' film The War].

[|Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers] from the University of Chicago Press (2006).

**[[image:Female_Rose.png]]Women Pilots in World War II**
Go here for information about [|WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) and WAFS (Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]
 * [|The Original Fly Girls] from NPR that describes American women pilots who flew all types of aircraft including bombers as part of the war effort.


 * [|Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project]from the Library of Congress for an interview with Walter Morris, a member of the 555th Battalion of African American paratroopers known as the Triple Nickel.

Go to World History II.24 to learn about the "Night Witches," Soviet women pilots who participated in war in Europe.

//Double Victory: A Multicultural History of World War II// by Ronald Takaki presents a view of the war against dictatorships abroad and racial and gender discrimination at home. For more, [|see following review of the book on double victory].




 * Development and Use of the Atomic Bomb **

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 * ** See Dramatic Event Page on The Manhattan Project**
 * =====** Go to United States History II.16 and World History II.27 for more information on the atomic b ** ombing of Japanese cities. =====