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World War II (Mr. Walker)

Assignment Outline:

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Marking Rubric:

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Online Research

These are some recommended websites to get you started in your research. These sites are generally good for all the topics listed in all three parts of the assignment:

Canadian War Museum
Veteran Affairs Canada - WWII
The Canadian Encyclopedia - World War II
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum 
(use the search bar)

  • Part 1: Causes of World War II
  • Rise of Fascism in Germany
  • Failure of collective security (League of Nations)
  • Great Depression
  • US Isolationism
  • Appeasement (e.g. 1938 Munich Pact)
  • Non-Aggression Pact
  • German acts of aggression (e.g. Anschluss, Czechoslovakia, invasion of Poland)


Part 2: Major Events
Some helpful website links to get your research started:
Phony War

The Phony War (see Veterans Affairs Canada & Encyclopedia Britannica)

Dunkirk

Dunkirk (see History.com)

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain (see Canada at War )

Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa (see The United States Holocaust Museum & Imperial War Museum)

North Africa - El Alamein
El Alamein (see BBC & National Army Museum)

Dieppe

Dieppe Raid (see Canadian Encyclopedia  & Juno Beach Centre)

Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Atlantic (see Veteran Affairs Canada & Canadian Encyclopedia)

Italian Campaign
Italian Campaign (see Veteran Affairs Canada & Canadian Encyclopedia)

Bombing of German Cities
The Bombing of Dresden

PBS Firebombing of Germany and Japan

Official Memorial for the Bombing of Dresden
The Bombing of Berlin
National World War II museum

D-Day

D- Day (see LER Military Museum & Juno Beach Centre)

War in the Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Eyewitness to History - Attack At Pearl Harbor, 1941

History.Com - Pearl Harbor


Archives & Manuscripts Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library Hawaii War Records Depository

7 Dember 1941 The Airforce Story

Naval History and Heritage Command - Pearl Harbor Attack

United States History - Pearl Harbor Attack

Encyclopedia Brittanica -Pearl Harbor Attack


Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan

Wikipedia: Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Pacific War Organization – Was the Atomic Bombing of Japan Justified?

US History Organization- The Decision to Drop the Bomb

World War 2 on History Channel

“Pro and Con on Dropping the Atomic Bomb”- article in Seattle Times by Bill Dietrich, 1995


Holocaust
Anti-Semitic Propaganda
Nazi Propaganda - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Defining the Enemy- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Legislation used to restrict the freedoms and liberties of the Jews in Nazi Germany

Antisemitic Legislation 1933-1939 - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum


Ghettoes
Ghettoes -The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Types of Ghettoes - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Ghettoes - Yad Vashem 

Warsaw Ghetto - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum


Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference and "The Final Solution" - the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The Wannsee Conference - Jewish Virtual Library

The Minutes of the Wannsee Conference - The Holocaust Research Project.Org


The Beginning of the Final Solution The Wannsee Conference- Yad Vashem

Death Camps

The Implementation of the Final Solution The Death Camps - Yad Vashem

Extermination Camps -
The Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Killing Centers: An Overview- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Rescuers
Rescue - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Rescue by the Righteous - Yad Vashem
Wikipedia - Individuals and groups assisting Jews during the Holocaust

Lebensborn Program
The Lebensborn Program - Jewish Virtual Library

Lebensborn - The History Learning Site

Daily Mail. uk -
The nurses behind the Nazi 'Super Race Children'
NBC News "Secret Nazi Lebensborn Children go Public"


Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg Trials - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 


Library of Congress, Military Legal Resources - Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials: Brief Overview of Defendants & Verdicts- Jewish Virtual Library

Nuremberg Trials - History.com

Nuremberg War Crime Trials - History Learning Site 

Denial of the Holocaust  

Holocaust Denial and Distortion - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Holocaust Denial Timeline - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Combating Holocaust Denial - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Denying the Holocaust - BBC History

Part 3: Impacts and Significance of World War II  
  • WWII Conferences – Teheran, Yalta, Potsdam
  • United Nations
  • Balance of Power (USA/USSR)
  • Impacts on both winning and defeated countries.
  • Historical Significance


Starting Your Own Online Research:
* Have you used Google Site Specific Searching?
site:.edu
site:.gov
site:.org

Google News Archive 

Have a look at archival newspapers here!

MLA Formating & Bibliography

You should construct your bibliography using Noodletools for this project.

If you do not yet have an account, watch the instructional videos HERE

If you would like more detailed information about formatting your bibliography or paper, please refer to the OWL Purdue Online Writing Guide .


Presentation
You may wish to present your learning as
a formal report (e.g. word document), google slides,  power point or video.

Movies about WWII to Watch for Free:

Click on the Criterion logo below to browse movies OR click on the film title to get quick access to that movie. You will need to login in the top right corner of the screen.
Username: 91088
Password: howesoundss

Picture
Saving Private Ryan
Dunkirk
Life is Beautiful
Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Imitation Game