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