About Regional Topic 13: Second World War and the Americas
Lesson 1 - The Atomic Bombing of Japan
Lesson Objectives:
- Identify factors influencing a) Japanese surrender in August 1945, b) the use of atomic weapons against Japan by the USA
- Discuss multiple historical perspectives concerning the justification of the use of atomic weapons against Japan
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- John Hersey's landmark 1946 report on the bombing of Hiroshima: www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima
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Lesson 2 - Involvement of USA and Canada in WWII
Lesson 2A - Canada's Military Contributions
Lesson Objectives:
- Evaluate Canada's impact on the outcome of the Second World War
- Develop our use of historiography and perspectives in our paper 2 and 3 written responses
Lesson Tasks:
Dieppe Raid
Canadia's other military contributions
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Lesson 2B - Contributions of the Canadian and American Home Front
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Lesson 3 - Hemispheric Reactions to War
Lesson 4 - Japanese Internment
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Japanese Canadian experience
- National Film Board documentary on Japanese internment in Canada: http://www.nfb.ca/film/enemy_alien/
- David Suzuki produced a short documentary on Japanese internment in Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8TQTuMqM9
- A case study of disappearing evidence of Japanese internment: http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/12/should-this-town-save-its-japanese-internment-camp/509933/
- Excellent National Post article with a great summary of Japanese internment: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/rare-views-of-japanese-canadian-internment-19-images-remembering-one-of-canadas-darkest-hours
- CBC article about the 75th anniversary of internment policy: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/japanese-canadian-internment-camp-anniversary-75-1.3996885
Japanese American experience
- Radio program with great primary source material about internment in Oregon: http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/oregon-japanese-american-internment-wwii-stories-racism/
- Colour photos by the New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-colors-of-japanese-internment?mbid=nl_TNY+Template+-+With+Photo+%28136%29+remainder&CNDID=12685283&spMailingID=10470536&spUserID=MTMzMTc5NTgwMTI3S0&spJobID=1101640016&spReportId=MTEwMTY0MDAxNgS2
- NYT photo slideshow: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/rarely-seen-photos-japanese-internment-dorothea-lange/?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=wide-thumb&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=1
- George Takei made a musical! http://allegiancemusical.com/article/allegiance-film-encore/#GYyUAgUYgFlYE3fe.97
- An excellent NPR piece on the politics behind photographic evidence of internment: http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/02/17/466453528/photos-three-very-different-views-of-japanese-internment?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160217
- History Matters website with 4 very useful primary sources on US internment of Japanese. Read all 4! You can find the links to the other documents at the bottom: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5153
Lesson 5 - Social Impacts
Lesson 5A - Impact on the Role of Women
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The brand new Centre for Women's History (New York Historical Society)
http://www.nyhistory.org/womens-history/exhibitions/womens-voices-talking-back
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- http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39927255
- http://artofthebuild.bechtel.com/behind-the-build/drastic-times-lead-monumental-change-marinship/#.WL2tZZZXs60.facebook
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/12/08/the-only-u-s-politician-to-vote-against-war-with-japan-75-years-ago-was-this-remarkable-woman/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-world%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.f8b97c614204
- http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36537605
- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/12/120_194189.html
- http://www.upworthy.com/15-badass-women-of-world-war-ii-you-didnt-learn-about-in-history-class?c=ufb4
- https://timeline.com/rosenstrasse-protest-world-war-2-ce3c2bfb3033
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