World War II as the Setting in Historical Fiction

Student Resources
Clothing	Timeline of Costume History: 20th Century Western Costume 1940-1950 Study and Living History Group Civilian Population 1940/1945
London	Children of World War 2 At Home, Rationing Challenge, Evacuees' Letters, Research Room
Denmark	Beyond Number the Stars Nazi Occupation of Denmark Rescue in Denmark United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The Yellow Star Home Page
Radio and Music	Radio & Sounds (London) Modern History Sourcebook:There'll Always Be An England and other War Music
Documents	On the Homefront Library of Congress Teaching Historical Research using Primary Sources
Timeline	World War II
Magazines	Newsbank SchoolMate KidsPage  MCPS only  Sirs Discoverer  MCPS only
Encyclopedias	World Book Encyclopedia  MCPS only  New Book of Knowledge  MCPS only  Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia  MCPS only
Search Engines	Ask Jeeves for Kids  Kids Click!  Includes reading levels for each site!  Yahooligans
Teacher Feature
General Background	April 2001: Remembering the Holocaust PBS Number the Stars Lesson Plans Peachtree Pointers: Suggestions for Teachers and Librarians PDF The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Henri Sorensen