Kaz's Unit Presentations
Required Readings & Reading Guides for this Unit
Reading on WWII:
Reading on Post-War America & 1950s:
- FIRST Required Non-Textbook Reading: Complete the short review of America during WWII (click here). There is no Reading Guide. This reading can be completed in 1-2 days. Optional: This reading is followed by a sample chapter from U.S. History for Dummies on WWII because it is interesting and follows the lecture fairly closely! This book is an easy read and a great study tool.
Reading on Post-War America & 1950s:
- SECOND Required Textbook Reading: Read these excerpts from Chapter 35 and 36 (click here). Click here for the Reading Guide. This reading is 33 pages. Aim for 3 pages a day to stay on track.
Optional Additional Resources
America During WWII
Video Reviews:
History Channel Short Videos (SORRY THE LINKS KEEP CHANGING SOMEHOW - WILL EDIT SOON!)
- **Crash Course: WWII Part One** <-- strongly recommended
- **Crash Course: US History Homefront ** <-- strongly recommended
- WWII Oversimplified Part One and Part Two
- Watch Mojo: How did it begin?
- Watch Mojo: Which countries fought?
- Watch Mojo: Nuclear Bombing of Japan
- Watch Mojo: Important Battles
- Watch Mojo: Tactics,Weapons, and the Holocaust
- Watch Mojo: WII The Aftermath
- *USHMM: WWII and the Holocaust
- Now This: Atomic Bomb
- NowThis: What is Fascism? and What is Communism?
- NowThis: WWI Japanese Internment Camp Diary
- Executive Order 9066: Internment of Japanese Americans
- Bill of Rights Institute: Korematsu Case
- Mini Docuseries - Fred Korematsu
- Navajo Code Talkers
- Remembering Manzanar Documentary
History Channel Short Videos (SORRY THE LINKS KEEP CHANGING SOMEHOW - WILL EDIT SOON!)
- Did WWI lead to WWII?
- Adolf Hitler (5 minute intro from History Channel)
- Tuskegee Airman
- Lend-Lease Act
- Pearl Harbor - Events Before and During Attack
- Japanese-American Soldiers during WWII
- D-Day Invasion of Normandy
- D-Day Invasion
- WWII Spy Strategy
- Battle of Iwo Jima
- Japanese Internment Camps in America
- Coroner's Report: Atomic Bomb
- Kamikaze Pilots
- WWII in North Africa
- WWII Soldiers Come Home
- Einstein in WWII
- The real Rosie the Riveter?
- Zoot-Suit Riots
- We We Fight Part 1 - American Propaganda
- Disney - Anti-Nazi Propaganda
- Internment of Japanese Americans
- Truman Warning
- Truman Audio: 2nd Warning on August 9th
- BBC WorldWide: Truman's Ultimatum
- BBC WorldWide: Dropping the Bomb on Hiroshima
- BBC WorldWide: Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
- The Path to Nazi Genocide Video from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Ugly History: Japanese American incarceration camps - Densho
- WWII Spy Story
- Brother's Divided by the War
- Secret Student Resistance to Hitler
- The Kissing Sailor
- Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima - Survivor Recalls Horror
Current Events & WWII Connections:
Audio:
Photo Galleries:
- Pictures that Defined WWII
- US Propaganda
- American Women During WWII
- D-Day
- The Holocaust
- Japanese Internment Camps
- Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- End of WWII
- WWII Political Leaders
Interactive Learning Options:
Games:
Electronic Field Trips:
Games:
Electronic Field Trips:
Optional Reading Material:
- *USHistory.org Summaries: WWII Before Pearl Harbor (keep clicking next to see all the pages)
- *USHistory.org Summaries: America During WWII (keep clicking next to see all the pages)
- Examining the Beginning of WWII - short review from www.dummies.com
- WWII Comes to America - short review from www.dummies.com
- American Preparation for WWII
- History Channel: WWII General (links and videos within)
- History Channel: The US Homefront
- During WWII (Excellent Overview)
- History Channel: American Women during WWII
- History Channel: Black Americans during WWII - Facing Segregation at Home and Abroad
- History Channel: Pearl Harbor
- Road to War Brief Summary (from John D. Clare)
- Road to War: Outline Overview (from John D. Clare)
- Supreme Court Cases that upheld Internment Camps for Japanese
- Black Americans during WWII - Facing Segregation at Home and Abroad
- History Channel: Nuremberg Trials
- Why did foreign policy of USA change between 1929-1945? BITE SIZE. HELPFUL!
- Bite Size BBC
- PBS: War Production
- Italian American Interment- Persecution during WWII
- America's Most Decorated Unit - 442 Japanese American Regiment
- Judging an Injustice - Japanese American Internment
- When Hitler Realized the End of the War was Upon Him
- 9 Things You May Not Know about Mussolini
- Firebombing of Tokyo
- Operation Downfall
Post-War America
Video Help:
Social Roles and Cultural Changes - Video Clips:: 1950s "Educational" Films:
Note! I haven't watched all of these films. The sheer breadth of their availability tell us something about the "conformity" and consistency that was sought in the 1950s. If you find more that you find think reveal important information, please email me!
Foreign Affairs:
Hip Hughes Reviews:
Presentations:
Longer college-level presentation about the social changes in the 1950s
This Unit & Beyond...
- Heimler's History: America in the 1950s
- Heimler's History: Cold War (Version One) and Version Two
- Heimler's History: Red Scare
- Heimler's History: US Economy
- Heimler's History: US Culture
- Heimler's History: Foundations of the Civil Rights Movements (1940s and 1950s)
- Review of the textbook reading Part One and Part Two (note: this doesn't match up perfectly with your selected pages)
- Part 1 of Cold War Documentary - very helpful review of most important concepts
- President's Series: Harry Truman
Social Roles and Cultural Changes - Video Clips:: 1950s "Educational" Films:
Note! I haven't watched all of these films. The sheer breadth of their availability tell us something about the "conformity" and consistency that was sought in the 1950s. If you find more that you find think reveal important information, please email me!
- Duck and Cover
- How Quiet Helps at School (1953)
- How to Say No: Moral Maturity
- How Much Affection? (1957)
- What to Do on a Date (1950)
- Mind Your Manners (1953)
- Are You Popular? (1947)
- Habit Patterns
- 1949: How to Be Well Groomed
- The Show Off (1954)
- The Procrastinator (1952)
- Appreciating Our Parents (1950)
- Snap Out of it! Emotional Balance (1951)
- Going Steady (1951)
- How Do You Know its Love? (1950)
- The Trouble with Women (1959)
- A date with your family! (Dinner in a 1950s home) - reveal a lot about gender roles and parents' role
- Obligations (1950)
- A Word to the Wives
- The Outsider (1951)
Foreign Affairs:
- Postwar Challenges - Quick Reading about the Cold War - VERY HELPFUL
- Impact of Atomic Warfare
- Crash Course for US History: The Cold War
Hip Hughes Reviews:
Presentations:
Longer college-level presentation about the social changes in the 1950s
This Unit & Beyond...
- American Foreign Policy 1945-1980 (goes beyond this unit but is helpful for the remainder of the year and Final Exam)
- American Domestic Policy 1945-1980 (goes beyond this unit but is helpful for the remainder of the year and Final Exam)
Optional Reading Material:
Audio Clips:
- USHistory.org Summaries: Post-War Challenges
- USHistory.org Summaries: 1950s "Happy Days"
- US and Japan after the war
- Korean War from BBC History
- Great reading! Very short! Keep clicking through until you get to Chapter 54.
Audio Clips: