TeachersFirst's Pearl Harbor and World War II Resources
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This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers and students honor Pearl Harbor Day and the important events of World War II through related projects and classroom activities. Whether you focus on Pearl Harbor for one class or spend an entire unit on World War II, the ideas included within the "In the Classroom" portion of reviews will launch discussions and meaningful projects for student-centered learning. Take your classes beyond infamy to inspiration.
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Moment Garden - Chris Kundinger and Zachary Garbow
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4 to 12
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This site allows you to create electronic/colorful timelines! Though Moment Garden was designed for families to record their child's timeline of events or family gatherings, this tool...more
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This site allows you to create electronic/colorful timelines! Though Moment Garden was designed for families to record their child's timeline of events or family gatherings, this tool can make an electronic timeline and slideshow on any topic. The "moments" are intended to be shared with others by URL. If you simply want them to see the timeline, you can provide the link (URL) via email or put the link on a web page. You can invite others to add to the timeline through their email address, if you wish. You must be a member (free) to add to a story or timeline.
tag(s): timelines (31)
In the Classroom
If you use this tool as a teacher-only, or whole-class account, you can keep a digital/timeline scrapbook of class events throughout the year. Make a timeline using local, national, or international current events. Make timelines as part of a unit in history, cell growth in science, and any project, story, or biography. Or look back in time and create a historical timeline, scanning old pictures or using copyright free images from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection.Have your students create biographical timelines for artists, musicians, writers from a certain period in history, the twentieth century in different countries, World War II timeline, Civil War timeline, timeline of insect stages, timeline of the rock cycle, of a plant or tree. Have students create timelines of the life cycle of migratory animals or even personal timelines. Students can work in small groups or individually. Want something more elaborate from your students? Have have them use Moment Garden for the timeline and Glogster, reviewed here, for their overall report. They can then show their timeline as a link on their Glogster report.
More ideas: Students could interview grandparents and create a timeline about their grandparents for Grandparents' Day. For collaboration, link up with another classroom in another town (or another country) to build a timeline that shares events in each local area so students can see what was happening at the same time in another location, maybe in the opposite hemisphere (compare weather and seasons!).
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Science (and more) to Music - Dr. Lodge McCammon
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4 to 12
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This site offers many songs related to math, social studies, and science concepts. Science concepts include water & pollution, scientific inquiry, changes in matter, and much more....more
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This site offers many songs related to math, social studies, and science concepts. Science concepts include water & pollution, scientific inquiry, changes in matter, and much more. Math concepts range from order of operations to quadratic and exponential functions. After choosing a topic, you can listen to the song online, download the mp3, view lyrics, and possibly view an accompanying video. (Not all topics include the video.) Some topics also include a teacher guide with lesson suggestions. This site does mention that you can create your own videos. However, at the time of this review, that feature was not working.
tag(s): africa (168), area (24), atoms (28), bill of rights (20), branches of government (18), cells (57), civil war (78), constitution (59), elements (26), equations (68), exponents (19), factoring (11), factors (28), functions (36), inquiry (24), integers (25), matter (27), nutrition (98), oceans (101), order of operations (9), quadratics (6), rainforests (8), ratios (20), songs (36), sound (70), volume (23), water (88), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Play songs related to math, social studies, or science concepts in class to supplement current lessons. Download and play the tunes on iPods or mp3 players in a listening corner. Have younger students sing along with the songs (reading the lyrics). ESL/ELL students will benefit from such an alternate presentation of concepts, as will any who have strong musical/rhythmic intelligence. Give students copies of song lyrics, and have them create their own songs. After listening to a song, have students create their own song relating to current classroom topics. Suggest some familiar tunes so students do not have to start from scratch. Create a video of the songs and share using a site such as SchoolTube reviewed here.
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FBI: The Vault - FBI
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8 to 12
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The FBI is in the process of digitizing many of its documents and other items; this website is the growing accumulation of what they are offering so far, but updates ...more
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The FBI is in the process of digitizing many of its documents and other items; this website is the growing accumulation of what they are offering so far, but updates are continuing. You can search by a specific subject, keyword, or time period to view the documents that are available. Once you have found the document you would like to look at, the site has its own viewer. Documents include those handwritten, typed, scanned, etc. Some of the categories in the collection include: Administrative Policy Procedures, Anti-War, Bureau Personnel, Civil Rights, Counterterrorism, Foreign Counterintelligence, Fugitives, Gangs Extremist Groups, Gangster Era, Hot Topics, Miscellaneous, Organizations, Organized Crime, Political Figures Events, Popular Culture, Public Corruption, Supreme Court, Unexplained Phenomenon, World War II, Violent Crime, and others.
If a search does not return something immediately, there is a feature which will notify you of the results of your search at a later time. The time range of these documents is quite wide. Both a simple search and an advanced search make it easy to find interesting data. The A to Z index is a fun place to browse for subjects. Many of the documents are in PDF format.
If a search does not return something immediately, there is a feature which will notify you of the results of your search at a later time. The time range of these documents is quite wide. Both a simple search and an advanced search make it easy to find interesting data. The A to Z index is a fun place to browse for subjects. Many of the documents are in PDF format.
tag(s): 1920s (8), 1930s (4), 1940s (5), branches of government (18), civil rights (58), cross cultural understanding (32), inquiry (24), politics (51), supreme court (21), world war 2 (116)
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Use this site as a resource for researching primary documents from different eras in American history. Looking at the authentic documents is always exciting, so share one or two on a projector or interactive whiteboard with your class before assigning students to search on their own. Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. Have students make a mash-up presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge Tools reviewed here. This is a great find for gifted students (unusual topics, historical documents, fascinating photos)!
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Night - a Study Guide - The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
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7 to 9
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District offers a straightforward, simple study guide for students reading Elie Weisel's book Night about a Nazi Concentration Camp....more
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District offers a straightforward, simple study guide for students reading Elie Weisel's book Night about a Nazi Concentration Camp. The site has a plot summary, information about the story's themes and key issues, and a brief discussion of the moral and life implications brought out in the haunting book.
tag(s): holocaust (35), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Include this study guide as a link for students to use while reading the book or for students/groups reading separate selections related to the Holocaust. Ensure that students go beyond the basics offered in this guide (and actually read the book!) by challenging them to create an audio character interview using a tool such as Podomatic, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Anne Frank Guide - Anne Frank Stichting
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8 to 12
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The site provides information about the life of Anne Frank and also enables you to see the role the United States played in the Second World War and the Holocaust. ...more
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The site provides information about the life of Anne Frank and also enables you to see the role the United States played in the Second World War and the Holocaust. This online guide, which can be viewed in almost twenty different languages, helps students create a project or prepare a talk. The Timeline gives an overview of the most important events in the life of Anne Frank and the Second World War. The Search function is a valuable tool that allows you to type in a word and see what sections of the site contains that word, so you get all the information in one place. Although you must register to use the online project maker, you can view images and information about a variety of themes related to the holocaust and World War II by just clicking on the topic or images, without having to log in.
tag(s): anne frank (10), holocaust (35), jews (13), nazis (10), remembrance day (6), women (79), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
You can use this online guide in a variety of ways ranging from simplistic to complex. It can give you project ideas, and you can collect relevant information and images on a variety of related themes, such as persecution and the liberation and aftermath, right from this site. Use this site for research and challenge your students to use a site such as TimeRime reviewed here to create and share interactive timelines. Have students or student groups create an online, interactive poster known as a "glog," using GlogsterEDU, reviewed here. Students must register to start an online project, which allows them to save all the information they have collected, so that they may come back and continue their work from where they left off. Since your user name is the name that the computer recognizes you by, students can make one up, but teachers should keep a list of the fictitious log in information for future reference.
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Anne Frank Tree - Anne Frank Stichting
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5 to 12
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The Anne Frank Tree is an interactive monument where students can write a message on a leaf in the virtual chestnut tree that Anne so often wrote about in her ...more
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The Anne Frank Tree is an interactive monument where students can write a message on a leaf in the virtual chestnut tree that Anne so often wrote about in her diary. Unlike the real tree that Anne Frank often looked at from the attic window, the students' leaves in the virtual tree will live on forever to keep her ideals alive and represent how they have been inspired by Anne's life story. Your leaf can be written and read in 5 languages other than English, (French, Italian, Spanish, Deutsch, and Nederland). An email address is required to write the messages.
tag(s): anne frank (10), holocaust (35), jews (13), nazis (10), remembrance day (6), women (79), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Give your students a vehicle to reinforce Anne Frank's wish to make a lasting impact on others, to make the world a better place, and to go on living after her death. This site offers a means for students to put emotional closure on their feelings by giving them an opportunity to express their thoughts in writing, after reading about the history of Anne Frank or her diary, and emphasizes that her spirit lives on through the millions of people she has touched all over the world. You can view other leaves that have been left on the tree and search for classmates' leaves.Students must enter an email address to post their leaf. If you plan to have students register individually, you may want to create your own Gmail account with up to 20 subaccounts for each group of students (by code name or number) within your classes. Here is a blog post that tells how to set up GMail subaccounts to use for any online membership service.
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The War in Europe - History Place
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6 to 12
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Chronology & photos from The History Place. ...more
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tag(s): europe (47), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Divide students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Have them look at the timeline, and then in groups select 5 events on the timeline that the site failed to go into detail on. Have the students create their own excerpts of those events, including what they think is the most important information. Have students create online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard (reviewed here) or PicLits (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hawaii School Reports - Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau
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3 to 6
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Find basic facts about the state of Hawaii for school reports at this site. Links within the site lead you to pages with the state symbols including the flag, seal, ...more
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Find basic facts about the state of Hawaii for school reports at this site. Links within the site lead you to pages with the state symbols including the flag, seal, motto, and more. Especially helpful is the information included about the state's weather including water and surf information. Be sure to explore the state history link which includes in-depth information about the state's rich history beginning with the early Polynesian explorers up to present day statehood.
tag(s): hawaii (5), pearl harbor (8), states (144), volcanoes (42), weather (148)
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Brainstorm with Edistorm (reviewed here), having students add sticky notes of things they learn - or questions-- on the online shared whiteboard. Use this site when your class is researching for state reports to gather information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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EncycloMedia - EncycloMedia.com
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2 to 12
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Use this video encyclopedia to learn about a variety of school and non-school topics. Share videos by link or use the embed code to share the video clip on a ...more
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Use this video encyclopedia to learn about a variety of school and non-school topics. Share videos by link or use the embed code to share the video clip on a blog, wiki, or site. The video topics are amazing and include such a variety: Discovery of the Holocaust, I Have A Dream, The Great Barrier Reef, Polio Vaccine, several current events videos, and some "pop culture." You may want to preview this site before allowing students to peruse on their own, as some of the videos are not appropriate for younger students. (For example, Anna Nicole Smith Dies.) The videos do not include information on their creators or sources. Like Wikipedia, this site relies on the "wisdom of crowds" to point out erroneous information. Have knowledge to share? Upload your own pictures or video.
tag(s): civil rights (58), coral (16), diseases (29), holocaust (35), martin luther king (27), reefs (12), video (51), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Users must be able to use the search feature to find appropriate videos.When sharing a specific clip, consider embedding the clip on your class page. If uploading videos to this site, be sure to check the content of student videos prior to uploading.
Many students prefer videos to understand and research information. Share the videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use the videos to teach information literacy skills such as evaluating or comparing sources. As you share the videos, ask students how they can tell whether the video is a reliable source or whether they can validate its information fro another source. Use this site for research about the Holocaust, Civil Rights, or one of the many other topics found here. Be sure to look at the fact sheets and/or information with the videos. Offer different ways for students to learn information to suit the way they learn.
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Old Radio World - OldRadioWorld.com
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4 to 12
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Find a treasury of old radio shows from the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's. There are seven genres from which to choose (comedy, mystery, western, drama, etc..), and each genre has ...more
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Find a treasury of old radio shows from the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's. There are seven genres from which to choose (comedy, mystery, western, drama, etc..), and each genre has at least ten different old radio shows for your selection. There is a miscellaneous section that has such treasures as "Voices From History," "World War II News Broadcasts," and "Fireside Chat with Franklin D. Roosevelt." To listen to this program you will need to have QuickTime on your computer. Download of the mp3 files takes a while, so be patient.
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tag(s): 1930s (4), 1940s (5), 1950s (5), listening (63), oral history (8), radio (17), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
As a class, listen to a couple of radio shows, taking note about the sound effects heard. Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to list the sounds. Have the class speculate about what objects could have created each sound. Post the radio site on your web page and assign the students to determine what household objects are responsible for the sounds for homework. Back in class the next day, use your interactive white board to share the student discoveries. From here it would be natural to have your students create a two or three minute radio show for a topic being studied in history or science. Students could also turn part of a short story into reader's theater (including sound effects) and record it as a radio broadcast. Use a site such as PodOmatic (reviewed here).Another idea would be to introduce a unit on the 20th century, the Great Depression, or WWII or by having the class listen to a broadcast from that time period. Have them experience radio as it was, with everyone huddled around to listen (and no multitasking!).Talk about how the changes in entertainment formats have changed the way we interact in our homes.
To hone in on listening skills, you could create a worksheet with questions to answer, or have students take two column notes, asking questions about what they are hearing in the left column.
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Webquests - National Museums Online Learning Project
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K to 11
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These Wequests send students on an exciting search through the online collection of nine major British galleries and museums. Each lesson is an interdisciplinary problem-solving task...more
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These Wequests send students on an exciting search through the online collection of nine major British galleries and museums. Each lesson is an interdisciplinary problem-solving task that requires students to search and gather information from online collections. These inquiry based learning activities promote both web literacy skills and higher-level thinking. Every Webquest has links that carefully direct the focus of Internet searches, but are diverse enough that students can learn how to select valuable information. Each task has a carefully formatted lesson complete with learning objectives, outcomes, lists curriculum covered, prior knowledge required, teaching points, extensions, ways to differentiate the subject and the amount of time required to complete it. The site has built-in tools for bookmarking, a glossary, and a notepad.
The British Key Stages are equivalent to the following age groups; KS 1 is for five to six years old, KS 2 is for seven to eleven years old, KS 3 is for twelve to fourteen years old, and KS 4 is for fifteen to sixteen years old. Since this site was created in the UK, some of the pronunciations and spellings may differ from those in American English. Our editors noticed this site was very slow to open during certain times of the day.
The British Key Stages are equivalent to the following age groups; KS 1 is for five to six years old, KS 2 is for seven to eleven years old, KS 3 is for twelve to fourteen years old, and KS 4 is for fifteen to sixteen years old. Since this site was created in the UK, some of the pronunciations and spellings may differ from those in American English. Our editors noticed this site was very slow to open during certain times of the day.
tag(s): abolition (6), animals (157), chinese new year (3), climate change (32), creative writing (53), critical thinking (50), design (64), evolution (86), museums (29), painting (50), symbols (11), volcanoes (42), weather (148), world war 1 (20), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Model with your projector or interactive whiteboard how to use "My Bookmarks" to save valuable web pages and or take notes on the "Notepad". Younger students can collect imagery for a counting book or create a toy museum with artifacts from the past. Have older students learn to write a first person narrative from the perspective of a First World War solider. Ask students to examine artwork, diaries, poetry, and films from the Great War to help them decide what to include in their writing.Adventurous Teachers can download directions on how to design their own inquiry-based Webquest on a pre-formatted PowerPoint template. Not only does this give teachers the opportunity to build a task directly suited to their own class and curriculum but allows the use of any website.
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The American Journey: Modern Times - McGraw Hill
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6 to 12
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McGraw Hill publishes this set of videos as a companion to their textbook "American Journey: Modern Times" which covers US History from the Civil War to the Present. This collection...more
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McGraw Hill publishes this set of videos as a companion to their textbook "American Journey: Modern Times" which covers US History from the Civil War to the Present. This collection of over 50 short videos is designed to accompany sections of the text; the videos are labeled according to the section of the text. There is a short title that will help you locate videos focused on various eras even if you are not using this particular textbook. If that's the case, however, you'll need to do a little digging to see what each video covers, as the titles are very general.
tag(s): civil war (78), great depression (13), presidents (76), world war 1 (20), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Use these videos on an interactive whiteboard or projector as a class opener, or as a transition between lecture and an activity. Their length (2 to 3 minutes) makes them perfect for helping visual learners focus on the main events, or for providing a preview or summary of lecture topics. They may not form the centerpiece of your lesson, but they're nice to have in your "back pocket" to use as an enhancement.
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We Remember Anne Frank - Scholastic
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5 to 12
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We Remember Anne Frankis an opportunity for classrooms to go beyond Anne's diary to meet two of the heroic people who actually knew her and survived to tell her story. ...more
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We Remember Anne Frankis an opportunity for classrooms to go beyond Anne's diary to meet two of the heroic people who actually knew her and survived to tell her story. Use this site to develop empathy and the theme of endurance of human spirit and courage in the face of horrible circumstances which enabled them to risk everything to help Anne Frank. This online project will enable students to understand how the events of World War II led to the Nazi's rise of power and how the Holocaust impacted the lives of real people.
tag(s): anne frank (10), holocaust (35), jews (13), nazis (10), remembrance day (6), women (79), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Use this site to initiate cross-curricula ELA/Social Studies projects that utilize technology to provide opportunities for group collaboration and exploration as well as individual learning that connect students to the world beyond their personal locations. Provide a link from your class wiki or webpage for easy access to the interactive timeline, the story of Miep Gies, and the interview with Hanneli Pick-Goslar, one of Anne's childhood friends. Assign students one or more of the many suggested extension activities. Perhaps create a bulletin board display or ask students to interview their grandparents and other family members and then each develop a time line that shows what their families were doing during the years 1941-1945, and share their histories, or compare and contrast life then and now. Challenge students to create interactive online timelines to share with the class using a site such as Timetoast reviewed here.
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Go For Broke National Education Center - Go For Broke National Education Center
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9 to 12
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With the number of World War II veterans dwindling each year, today's students may not have had the opportunity to speak directly to a World War II vet. This site ...more
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With the number of World War II veterans dwindling each year, today's students may not have had the opportunity to speak directly to a World War II vet. This site provides video oral histories from Japanese American World War II veterans. There are some short video clips available for any site visitor, but access to the majority of the archive requires registration. Consider registering under your email address; however, be aware that you must agree not to share your password to the site. The site requires RealPlayer to view the videos. The link to the "learning center" provides additional resources for teachers using the archive.
tag(s): japan (56), japanese (37), oral history (8), veterans (8), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Sharing a video clip from a Japanese American World War II veteran would be useful in a discussion of the lives of Japanese Americans during the war. Share the video clips on your interactive whiteboard or projector. While many were sent to internment camps, others served honorably in the US military. Students who are doing research would also find these archives useful, provided they are able to register and gain access. If you can research and find your own World War II vet, consider connecting with them in person of via Skype reviewed here. Skype allows you to make FREE phone calls from computer to computer anywhere in the world. If you have students working on history day projects, this site can demonstrate the power of primary sources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Capturing the Atom Bomb on Film - New York Times
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6 to 12
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This slide show with audio commentary chronicles attempts by photographers between 1945 and 1962 to capture atomic explosions on film. While the issue of nuclear proliferation is often...more
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This slide show with audio commentary chronicles attempts by photographers between 1945 and 1962 to capture atomic explosions on film. While the issue of nuclear proliferation is often in the news, tests of atomic bombs are no longer regularly conducted, and students may have little concept of what such an explosion looks like or what impact it has.
tag(s): atomic bomb (9), cold war (16), energy (112), world war 2 (116)
In the Classroom
Share this presentation on your interactive whiteboard or projector. If individual computers are available, have students explore on their own (with headsets). Create a class wiki to share their thoughts and reflections on what they saw. Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries - check out the TeachersFirst's Wiki Walk-Through. The 23 photographs in this slideshow are very powerful. Ranging from those that capture the scope and power of the blast itself to a series that show the impact of the blast, students who have not really considered what it means to detonate a nuclear device will find these images sobering. Use the slide show to introduce a lesson on the Cold War, on the end of World War II or on the issue of atomic energy.
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Blipsnips - blipsnips.com
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K to 12
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Use this online application to take videos from either You Tube or Vimeo and snip the unwanted sections by only choosing the part to share with others. After registering, click ...more
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Use this online application to take videos from either You Tube or Vimeo and snip the unwanted sections by only choosing the part to share with others. After registering, click "Create a blipsnip." Enter the URL of the video. Click "Play It" to start watching the video. Click "Tag it" to mark the portion of video you wish to keep. Click "Save and share" to send to others. Blipsnip can also be used by dragging a bookmarklet into your browser toolbar.
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This application is very easy to use. Users must create an account and be able to find the URL of a You Tube video they wish to bookmark and share.Check with your technology department about using You Tube videos in your school. If your school blocks You Tube, ask about getting selected videos unblocked.
Use this application to find little segments of videos that can be used in the classroom. Bookmark (or save in your favorites) the sections and use to show only the parts of what you want. This is great for removing extraneous or unneeded material as well as keeping portions of videos hidden for the purpose of meaningful discussion. Separate World War II videos into separate battles. Clip different cell processes apart from each other in a Biology class. Share the "meat" with your class, and take out the parts of the videos that are not useful for learning. Even in primary grades, the ability to show "clips" from longer videos makes them more classroom-friendly.
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Interactive Map of Auschwitz - BBC
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6 to 12
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This interactive slide show pulls together the geography of German expansion and Hitler's "Final Solution" into a classroom-ready presentation that gives students an overview of German...more
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This interactive slide show pulls together the geography of German expansion and Hitler's "Final Solution" into a classroom-ready presentation that gives students an overview of German death camps with a particular focus on Auschwitz. Beginning with maps of Europe showing Germany's spreading power and leading into increased control of Jews within the Germany empire, the presentation finishes with an overview of the Auschwitz death camp.
tag(s): german (49), germany (17), hitler (6), holocaust (35), world war 2 (116)
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The slide show makes a good introduction to a discussion of the Holocaust within the context of World War II, and is ideal for use on an interactive whiteboard or projector for use with the entire class. There is text commentary for each slide, so students could explore the site individually at home or in a computer lab as an enrichment activity as well.
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The World at War and FDR's key decisions - Time Magazine
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6 to 12
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Sometimes you just need the right graphic to supplement a lesson. This page is an interactive time line of FDRs programs and actions spanning the World War II era. Clicking ...more
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Sometimes you just need the right graphic to supplement a lesson. This page is an interactive time line of FDRs programs and actions spanning the World War II era. Clicking on a particular entry gets you a somewhat fuller explanation of the event. You should be aware, however, that there are some fairly intrusive ads and popups that come with the page.
tag(s): great depression (13), world war 2 (116)
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We usually study FDRs programs designed to pull the US out of the depression separately from our growing involvement in World War II. This timeline pulls those together and gives a good visual overview. Because it's interactive, it would work well on an interactive whiteboard or projector as a backdrop to an introduction or summary of the time period. Have your students create an interactive online poster ("glog") using Glogster EDU, reviewed here to explain one of the programs or actions they learn about at this site.
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Anne Frank in the World - Utah Education Network
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3 to 12
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Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945 is an online critical thinking unit designed to use the story of a young girl as a catalyst to understand the themes of discrimination, ...more
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Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945 is an online critical thinking unit designed to use the story of a young girl as a catalyst to understand the themes of discrimination, diversity, peace, and justice. It includes several worksheets, readings, images, lessons and objectives delineated for various grade levels, and exposes students to vocabulary and concepts related to the cruel realities that Anne and other victims of the Holocaust endured. What distinguishes this site from many of the others is the sensitivity to Anne's story from her viewpoint, which is invaluable because she was a teenager during the Nazi period and had many similar interests and concerns as today's teenagers.
tag(s): anne frank (10), holocaust (35), jews (13), nazis (10), remembrance day (6), women (79), world war 2 (116)
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Use the activities and resources on this site to help students connect global and individual events, and realize that a positive attitude is possible despite terrible misfortune. Use the online resources to help you select the topics, activities, and articles that center around the themes you want to emphasize as a preview or follow up to reading The Diary of Anne Frank. Let the students collect and save their information on a class set of computers, (groups of three students work well.) Work toward one or several of the suggested final products, such as creating a wall poster, collage, or mosaic by using one of the online tools reviewed by TeachersFirst. Have students create an interactive online poster ("glog") using Glogster EDU, reviewed here. Challenge students to use Mosaic Maker reviewed here. You might want to start by having students brainstorm a list of past or present acts of discrimination of which they are aware. Develop their brainstorming list on an interactive whiteboard or projector using bubbl.us, reviewed here, and ask students to think about and associate feelings of the victims of these acts. How might those feelings look in graphic form? Have each student or groups of students choose one example from the list, along with a few words about the feelings that accompany the acts of discrimination, and select online images that reflect those emotions. When students express their feelings onto visual media, it helps them relate to what Anne did by writing in her diary. For more adventurous technology users, all individual or group work can be merged to create an online scrapbook that can be shared with the entire class and families, using Smilebox (reviewed here).
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A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust - University of South Florida
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Here you will find a wealth of information about the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature. There is an abundance of...more
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Here you will find a wealth of information about the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature. There is an abundance of lesson plans for elementary, middle school, and high school students. This site is a must see for any teacher who teaches about the Holocaust and possibly for those studying Anne Frank or The Giver.
tag(s): anne frank (10), holocaust (35), world war 2 (116)
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Use your projector and/or interactive whiteboard to review what is available with students for the separate sections on the "Timeline," "People," and "Arts." Each separate section has subtitles. "The Arts" includes "Art," "Literature," and "Music." Then there are multiple links for each of these subtitles. One idea is to have the students sign up for an area that interests them (Art as in paintings). You will want to structure the small groups so that each student becomes an expert on one subtopic. "Art" has the subtopics "Ghetto and Camp Art," "Nazi Approved Art," "Degenerate Art" (art that didn't fit the Nazi ideal), and "Art in Response to the Holocaust." Students would report back to the group about the subtopic they researched. The group would put together a collage of the most important information they learned for each subtopic. Then they could create one collage for all "Art" subtitles. A couple of good, online tools for creating the "collage" include Animoto reviewed here, or Glogster reviewed here. Sharing their group collage with the class insures each student will get an overview of the different areas of the Holocaust present on this site.
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