Complete this activity on Japanese Internment. Get the code from Mr. Ferlazzo.

ON YOUR OWN

World War II: Internment of Japanese Americans

WITH A PARTNER

Read more on this website.

Read even more here.

Executive Order 9066: Japanese American internment in World War II is a photo gallery from The L.A. Times (February 19th is the anniversary of the Order).

ON YOUR OWN

One of the major reasons Japanese Americans were put into camps was because other Americans were afraid that they might help Japan in the war against the United States. In other words, it was an example of people doing bad things to other people because of fear.

Have you ever done something bad to someone else because you were afraid (Start a fight? Say something nasty to someone?)? Has a person you know ever done something bad to someone else because they were afraid? What happened?

Has someone ever done something bad to you or your family because you think they were afraid of you?

Write your answers on your website.

Learn about Adolf Hitler in this activity. Get the code from Mr Ferlazzo.

ON YOUR OWN

Watch this movie about the causes of World War II and take the quizzes.

Watch this movie about World War II and take the quizzes.

Watch this movie about Adolf Hitler and take the quizzes.

Learn about what happened in the War in 1941. Click on "Go" when you get to the page.  Be sure to click on the lower-left corner to see the words as they are spoken.

Learn about the war in Europe and Africa.  Click on "Go" when you get to the page.

Learn about the war in the Pacific.

Watch this video of Adolf Hitler.

Learn about Albert Einstein and take the quizzes.

Explore these sites about Pearl Harbor:

EL Civics has A Pearl Harbor Day Lesson

Holt, Rinehart & Winston have a Pearl Harbor Interactive.

Scholastic has another interactive on the Pearl Harbor attack.

National Geographic has its well-known Remembering Pearl Harbor site.

Learn About Pearl Harbor comes from Pearson.

The National Park Service has many good photos of the Arizona Memorial and ones that were taken on the day of the attack.

How Stuff Works has a series of online videos about Pearl Harbor and its aftermath.

You can find the transcript and audio, along with images, of President Roosevelt’s “Infamy” speech at the History Place.

Glencoe has some online clozes (fill-in-the-blanks) on Pearl Harbor.

Learn about Albert Einstein and take the quizzes.

WITH A PARTNER

Read about the causes of World War II.

Complete this cloze and then this quiz.

SPANISH LANGUAGE PREVIEW

Brainpop Causes Of World War II

Brainpop Albert Einstein

Go to FDR and The New Deal. Get the code from Mr. Ferlazzo.

Go to African-Americans and the New Deal. Get the code from Mr. Ferlazzo.

ON YOUR OWN

Watch all the videos on this page.

Watch this move about what caused the Great Depression and take the quizzes.

Watch this second movie about the Great Depression and take the quizzes.

Watch this movie about The New Deal and take the quizzes.

Learn more about The Great Depression. Be sure to click on the lower left hand corner so you can read the words as they are spoken.

Look at these color photographs of the Great Depression.

Watch this movie about Eleanor Roosevelt and take the quizzes.

Watch this movie about Franklin Roosevelt and take the quizzes.

Watch this slideshow about the Great Depression.

Watch these videos about The Great Depression.

Take this test about the Depression.

Watch this movie about Franklin Roosevelt and The New Deal. Take the quizzes, please.

Read about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Watch this movie about Amelia Earhart and take the quizzes.

Learn about the Tennessee Valley Authority.

WITH A PARTNER

Read more about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Read more about The Great Depression.

Take this quiz on The Great Depression.

SPANISH LANGUAGE PREVIEW:

Brainpop Movie