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Dropping the Bomb

Atomic Bomb Decision http://www.dannen.com/decision

A Bomb is Dropped (WebQuest) http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/itec815_s99/rfishtrom/pages/students.html

The Decision to Drop the Bomb http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large /bomb.htm

Atomic Bomb: Decision http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html

Nothing to Debate http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/special/vj/vets.html

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Holocaust

Holocaust Timeline http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html

Anne Frank: The Interviewand Beyond (WebQuest)
http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/Anninterview/annbillversion.htm

The Holocaust History Project (Hotlist) http://www.holocaust-history.org

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust

An Auschwitz Alphabet -- Key Points About Auschwitz Explained
http://www.spectacle.org/695/ausch.html

Education -- A Legacy Forum for Teachers (Extensive Hotlist)
http://remember.org/educate/index.html#Study

Museum of Tolerance Online http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/index.html

Schindler's List Teaching Guide http://www.tulane.edu/~so-inst/schind.html

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust -- Student Activities
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/activity.htm

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/education/index.htm

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Women in the Wars

Civil War Women http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html

Women's Roles in the War (World War I) http://www.harboro.ndirect.co.uk/women.htm

What Did you Do in the War Grandma? (World War II)
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women

Women Come to the Front (World War II) http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html

Women in Vietnam http://www.illyria.com/vnwomen.html

Women Were There (Korean War) http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets6.html

Women Were There (The Gulf War) http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvetsds.html

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African-Americans in War

African-Americans in the Civil War http://www.hist.unt.edu/09w-acwd.htm

African-Americans in World War II http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/ww2.htm

African-American Freedom Fighters -- Soldiers for Liberty (Korean, Vietnam and Gulf Wars)
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaffsfl.htm

African-Americans in the Korean War http://korea50.army.mil/history/factsheets/afroamer.shtml

The Unofficial Tuskegee Airmen Homepage
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/SJ/TuskegeeAirmen/Tuskegee_HomePage.html

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Germ Warfare

Germ Warfare Hall of Shame (in the US) http://home.earthlink.net/~bkonop/GermIncidents2.html

Germ Warfare: The History http://home.earthlink.net/~bkonop/GermWarfare.html

Biological Warfare http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/history/A0807621.html

Invisible Death http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1590/14_55/55183119/p1/article.jhtml

Fact Sheet on Chemical-Biological Warfare http://travel.state.gov/cbw.html

Chemical Warfare http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/history/A0811637.html

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Monuments and Memorials

Arlington National Cemetery http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org

The War Dog Memorial http://www.petcem.com/famous_monuments.htm

Korean War Veterans Memorial http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/home.htm

Korean War Children's Memorial http://www.koreanchildren.org

National Korean War Memorial http://www.kwva.org/memorials/nationalmem.html

National World War II Monument http://www.wwiimemorial.com

Vietnam Veterans Memorial http://www.nps.gov/vive/home.htm

Vietnam Women's Memorial http://www.nps.gov/vive/memorial/women.htm

Vietnam Women's Memorial http://www.vietnamwomensmemorial.org/intro.html

Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Three Servicemen Statue
http://www.nps.gov/vive/memorial/servicemen.htm

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page http://thewall-usa.com/index.html

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Lesson Plans

Memorial Day Lesson Plans
http://www.eduhound.com/showlinks.cfm?subj=Holidays&skey=Memorial%20Day

Veterans Day Lesson Plans
http://www.eduhound.com/showlinks.cfm?subj=Holidays&skey=Veterans%20Day

Social Studies Hotlist http://wneo.org/hotlists/socstud/socialstudies.htm

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War Presidents

The Time of the Lincolns (American Experience)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/politics/es_mcpherson.html

FDR Pearl Harbor Speech
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/nf/resource/fdr/primdocs/pearlharbspeech.html

Harry Truman Announcement on Pearl Harbor
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/nf/resource/truman/primdocs/hiroshima.html

Harry Truman -- Statement of Support of South Korea
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/nf/resource/truman/primdocs/sokorea.html

Truman (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/truman/filmmore/pt.html

Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell Address -- Statements About the Military
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/nf/resource/eisen/primdocs/farewelladdress.html

President Lyndon B. Johnson -- First Major Speech on the War in Vietnam
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/nf/resource/john/primdocs/hopkins.html

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Civil War

The American Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

The Civil War, Education World (list of great sites) http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites022.shtml

The Time of the Lincolns (American Experience)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/politics/es_mcpherson.html

The Bloodiest Field (takes viewers on a journey back in time to the battlefields of the Civil War)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/goingplaces2/civil_war/index.html

Ancestors: Military Records -- Online Civil War Resources (if you have Civil War ancestors, one of the best starting points online is the Civil War Research Database, available at Ancestry.com)
http://www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/records/military/extra4.html

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World War I

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century http://www.pbs.org/greatwar

Encyclopedia of the First World War http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

Art of the First World War (Major Museums of Europe) http://www.art-ww1.com

The Aircraft of World War I http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/index.html

In the Trenches: The Soldiers' Experience in World War I
http://www.people.virginia.edu/%7eegl2r/wwi.html

World Wars I and II, Education World (list of great sites)
http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites060.shtml

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World War II

World War Two in Europe (The History Place Timeline With Photographs and Text)
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

World Wars I and II, Education World (list of great sites)
http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites060.shtml

Poster Art From World War II (Powers of Persuasion) http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html

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Korean War

Korean War http://korea50.army.mil

The Korean War http://www.korean-war.com

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (The History Place) http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam

Battlefield: Vietnam http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam

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Gulf War

The Gulf War (Frontline) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf

Gulf War Syndrome http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/syndrome/interviews/hyams.html

Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages http://www.gulfweb.org

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Controversy

The Future of War (What's the New Face of War, and How Should the U.S. Prepare for It?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/future/

Plague War: A Report on the Biological Weapons' Threat and How the Soviet Union Amassed an Arsenal of Bio-Weapons (Frontline) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plague

Demonstrations Revisited (Vietnam War)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/vietnam/vietnam_4-28.html

Gulf War Syndrome http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/syndrome/interviews/hyams.html

Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell Address Statements About the Military
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/nf/resource/eisen/primdocs/farewelladdress.html

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