In this lesson, students will understand the definition of isolationism as it applies to the U.S. pre-WW II through analysis of political cartoons by Dr. Seuss dealing with isolationism. Students will be able to make their own decisions about whether the U.S. should have stayed out of the war based on his political cartoons.

This film was selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. It is a famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

In this lesson, students will collaboratively analyze the content of editorial cartoons that focus on the rise on Hitler's dominance of Europe. Students will also demonstrate their knowledge of the chronology of WWII in Europe by placing the cartoons in an order that shows a progression of WWII in Europe.

In this lesson, students understand the war from the point of view of soldiers in the trenches through analysis of photographs, war poetry, and memoirs. Students will explore the power of visual images, including propaganda posters, political cartoons and postcards, that emphasize how governments and civilians prepared for war.

In this lesson, students analyze the changing perception of the Soviet Union in the eyes of American citizens from 1920 to 1950 by examining visual and written primary sources from the period.

In this lesson, students review the history of turmoil in Haiti and the issue the U.S. faced in how to assist Haitian refugees during the 1990s. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students will write down their opinion on the issue and then work with a small group to brainstorm possible actions the UN and the U.S. could take regarding the Haitian refugees.

Students learn about President Obama's visit to Hiroshima, Japan by watching videos and researching images of the Hiroshima bombing then and now.

In this lesson, students are introduced to the experiences of various groups of Americans at home during WWII, highlighting race, gender, and ethnicity. Students will analyze and interpret historical documents and images.

This curriculum unit from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute is designed to help students explore the essential question of "How has fear threatened freedom over time, with special emphasis on the Cold War and the McCarthy Era?" Each student will be able to evaluate the effect of fear on civil liberties, with special emphasis on the Fifth Amendment, and will be able to connect the Cold War and McCarthyism with current events.

 This inquiry is set up to look at what motivated the United States in its foreign policy in the post-World War II/early Cold War era. The fear of communism not only dominated foreign policy, it also affected domestic policy and actions by the federal government. The lesson is focused on 1945-1960, but could be extended.  Also, this is a question that may fit other periods of US History such as the Red Scare following World War I or even more recent events such as 9/11—replacing terrorism (Islamic terrorism to be more specific) for communism.

In this lesson, students will gain historical reasoning skills by studying primary sources and
comparing them to secondary sources. They will become more familiar with the conditions in Japanese American concentration camps through the personal writings of Stanley Hayami, a high school student who was incarcerated in the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming.

In this lesson, students learn about various aspects of Japanese Internment through a rotating stations activity where they examine various artifacts related to the period. The lesson culminates with students assuming the role of a Supreme Court Justice and deciding the constitutionality of Japanese internment.

Learn about the effects that the Second World War had on jazz music as well as the contributions that jazz musicians made to the war effort. This lesson will help students explore the role of jazz in American society and the ways that jazz functioned as an export of American culture and a means of resistance to the Nazis.

This lesson plan will survey the nature of what Winston Churchill called the Grand Alliance between the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union in opposition to the aggression of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

This lesson from the Smithsonian has students taking the roles of Japanese Americans who faced internment during WWII. Students will read, sythesize and respond to first-hand accounts of internment and publish their responses on a Smithsonian blog page.

In this lesson, students will learn about the different types of propaganda that were used in WWII and what the designed goals of these were. Students will reflect their knowledge by answering several questions regarding the pieces of propaganda and will participate in a class discussion about them.

In this lesson, students examine the Great War through analysis of primary and secondary sources with an emphasis on different viewpoints and types of mediums. Students will then choose their own medium to demonstrate views of the different countries and the impact of the Great War on individuals.

This Educator Notebook provides information on Women’s History in North Carolina for teachers to use as a resource, either as stand-alone units, or integrated into standard curriculum. Included is research from museum curators and educators, and articles published in the Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine which are written for students in grades 4-12. Lesson plans and suggested activities complement many of the topics. Adaptable to multiple ages, they meet curriculum goals set forth by the NC Department of Public Instruction and connect to classes in national and world history, geography, economics, and the arts, and can be part of any unit of social studies. This resource's link takes you to a very short form that gives you free downloadable access to the complete PDF book.

In this lesson, students will explore the human dimension of the September 11 attacks as a turning point by conducting an oral history interview.

Posters are the focus of this online exhibit. It explores the strategies of persuasion as evidenced in the form and content of World War II posters. Quotes from official manuals and public leaders articulate how the Government sought to rally public opinion in support of the war's aims; quotes from popular songs and sayings attest to the success of the campaign that helped to sustain the war effort throughout the world-shaking events of World War II.