Socials Studies 11: World War II Project (Mr. Walker)
Project Outline:
Starting Your Own Online Research:
* Have you used Google Site Specific Searching?
site:.edu
site:.gov
site:.org
*Have you tried using WebPath Express?
* Have you used Google Site Specific Searching?
site:.edu
site:.gov
site:.org
*Have you tried using WebPath Express?
Online Research
These are some recommended links to get you started in your research for each of the topic:
1. Technology
Corvettes (see Canada At War video: Action Stations & Corvette Port Arthur)
Mines (see video "Canadians in Caen" &
Submarines (see Juno Beach Centre: Canadians at Sea & LER Military Museum)
Tanks (See World War II Tanks Encyclopedia)
Bombers (see LER Military Museum & Juno Beach Centre)
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
3. Impact on Canada's Homefront
A. Conscription
b. Treatment of Japanese Canadians
Internment of Japanese Canadians
National Association of Japanese Canadians – World War II Experience Internment Centres
Map of Internment Camps in BC
Japanese Canadian History.net
CBC “Canada: A People’s History” – Japanese Internment
University of Alberta , Centre for Constitutional Studies –Japanese Internment During WWII
The Canadian Encyclopedia – Japanese Internment
Video Clips from CBC - Relocation to Redress: The Internment of Japanese Canadians
c. Wartime Prices and Trade Board
d. Women and the War Effort
Canadian War Museum – Life on the Homefront
WarTimeCanada.com – Food on the Home Front During the Second World War
National Film Board of Canada – The Home Front
Canadian Encyclopedia – Wartime Home Front
CBC “Fighting From the Homefront”
Archives of Ontario- Working Women on the Homefront: WWII
e. Total War
f. Propaganda
Propaganda Critic
National World War II Museum – Propaganda posters at a glance
Canadian Second World War Propaganda Posters & Sketches
Canadian WWII Propaganda Poster
Wikipedia – Nazi Propaganda
Wikipedia – American Propaganda during World War II
A. Conscription
b. Treatment of Japanese Canadians
Internment of Japanese Canadians
National Association of Japanese Canadians – World War II Experience Internment Centres
Map of Internment Camps in BC
Japanese Canadian History.net
CBC “Canada: A People’s History” – Japanese Internment
University of Alberta , Centre for Constitutional Studies –Japanese Internment During WWII
The Canadian Encyclopedia – Japanese Internment
Video Clips from CBC - Relocation to Redress: The Internment of Japanese Canadians
c. Wartime Prices and Trade Board
d. Women and the War Effort
Canadian War Museum – Life on the Homefront
WarTimeCanada.com – Food on the Home Front During the Second World War
National Film Board of Canada – The Home Front
Canadian Encyclopedia – Wartime Home Front
CBC “Fighting From the Homefront”
Archives of Ontario- Working Women on the Homefront: WWII
e. Total War
f. Propaganda
Propaganda Critic
National World War II Museum – Propaganda posters at a glance
Canadian Second World War Propaganda Posters & Sketches
Canadian WWII Propaganda Poster
Wikipedia – Nazi Propaganda
Wikipedia – American Propaganda during World War II
5. The Holocaust
The Holocaust (Canadian views, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Introduction to the Holocaust & the online exhibitions)
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide – The World's Oldest Holocaust Memorial Institution
Bibliography of the Holocaust
The Holocaust (Canadian views, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Introduction to the Holocaust & the online exhibitions)
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide – The World's Oldest Holocaust Memorial Institution
Bibliography of the Holocaust
MLA Formating & Bibliography
You should construct your bibliography using Noodletools for this project.
If you do not yet have an account, the librarian will help you set one up!
If you would like more detailed information about formatting your bibliography or paper, please refer to the OWL Purdue Online Writing Guide .
