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Senior Seminar students on the day of their Ancient Greece presentation

Who says school can't be fun?

Japanese American Internment

Abundant Dreams Divided

A Seattle Times article that describes the racist treatment of Asia Americans before the War and after Pearl Harbor.

Ansel Adams Photographs

Photographs of Japanese American Internment at Manzanar

Topaz Relocation Center

The history of the Topaz camp in Utah

Medal of Freedom

The story of Fred Korematsu's fight to vindicate himself

Manzanar National Historic Site

Information from the National Park Service

The Japanese American Internment

A report covering the internment. Photographs, timelines, related links

Internment Archives

Photographs, maps, and documents of Manzanar

Internment of San Francisco Japanese

Newspaper articles, timelines, historical documents

The War Relocation Authority

Timeline, photographs, personal stories

Topaz Museum

Facts about Topaz

Manzanar

Daily life, violence in the camp

Manzanar, California

Daily life, photographs, descriptions, newspaper articles

Manzanar, Committee

Life in the camp, information about the committee

Manzanar National Historic Site

Gardens, ponds, orphanage of the camp

American History

Letters, photos, war documents, information about the camps and the government, listen to former internees tell their stories

Camp Harmony Exhibit

From the University of Washington. Includes letters written by students

FBI: Hate Crimes

From the FBI's official web site

The 1940s

Overview of the 1940s

What things cost, toys, inventions...

American Home Front

Remembering World War II (Scholastic)

American Home Front: Family Life

Five Family Life Simulations (from ThinkQuest)

Propaganda Posters

Collection from the University of North Carolina

Within These Walls: The Scott Family

Discover what life was like for the Scott family during World War II on the home front (from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History)

For the Duration: Kids on the WWII home front

An article that describes what life was like for children

Dear Home: Letters from WWII

What would it have been like to get a letter from a family member on the front?

1940s Fashion

From Vintage Blues

Cars of the 1940s

From The People History

1940s Sports and Games

Bowling, the NBA, Jackie Robinson, Scrabble, the Slinky, Tonka trucks...

Life in the 1940s

Art & architecture, books, fashion, fads, historic events, music & radio, sports, TV, film... (from the Kingwood College Library)

1940s Music

History, music charts, groups, and more.

Genocide

Use the search box in the upper right-hand corner

Click here for MLA help

(Opens a Word document)
MLA help for genocide sources

Senior Seminar

IPL's Literary Criticism

Over 3,300 critical and biographical sites and entries

Literary History

LiteraryHistory.com

American Writers

From C-SPAN

PAL

Perspectives in American Literature

Women Writers

Biographical information for hundreds of authors

The Libyrinth

Spotlights select 20th century writers

LitLinks

Brief biographies and author links

Ancient Greece Pathfinder

Erenberger

Elie Wiesel

Teaching Guide from the PBS video

Newspaper Template

From Read Write Think

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