The WWII Sounds & Pictures Page from EarthStation1

http://www.earthstation1.com/wwii.html

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This site includes World War II propaganda posters, radio recordings of Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally, speeches by political leaders like Hitler, news reels, and news broadcasts. Standards 11.7.2

Comments: This site is in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and German as well as English. Students can download wonderful graphics and sound to use in presentations.

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3118

U-Web, The U-Boat War 1939-1945

http://uboat.net

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This project is a top quality reference about the U-boat arm of the German navy. It has maximum accuracy and a very wide scope. It includes an excellent section on the sailors and life aboard the U-boat. Standard 10.8.3

Comments: Excellent research site.

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3235

Voices of the Holocaust

http://voices.iit.edu/

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This site is a set of transcripts and audio files of survivors of the holocaust interviewed in 1946. Hear the actual voices of survivors and pinpoint geographic locations mentioned in transcripts. Standard 10.8.5

Comments: This site makes one appreciate the incedible power of technology for learning.

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3388

Winston Churchill

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/churchill_winston.shtml

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: The English statesman Sir Winston Churchill successfully led Britain through World War Two. He described this achievement as his 'walk with destiny' - a destiny for which he believed he had spent all his life in preparation. This BBC site has a brief biography and links to articles, media archives and biographies of other World War II leaders. Standard 10.8.4

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3477

An Auschwitz Alphabet

http://www.spectacle.org/695/ausch.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This is a presentation by Jonathan Wallace. In an Auschwitz Alphabet represents his own selection, after many years of research, of the most significant facets of life and death in Auschwitz Standard 10.8.5

Comments: A very different approach.

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 214

Britain Declares War on Germany 1939

http://www.ibiscom.com/vocham.htm

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Hear the voice of Neville Chamberlain as he announces Britain's declaration of war on Germany, September 3, 1939, after the invasion of Poland. Standard 10.8.3

Comments: This speech will bring the emotion and heavy sense of responsibility of the decision for war alive for students.

Resource Type: Sound or Music.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 448

Churchill Archives

http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/churchill_papers/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: The Churchill Archives Centre was built in 1973, specifically to house the papers of Sir Winston Churchill. It is the closest British equivalent to one of the U.S. Presidential Libraries. Standard 10.8.4

Comments: Extensive archive of all documents Churchill sent or received.

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 664

Churchill: The Evidence

http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/churchill/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This exploration of the life of Sir Winston Churchill has been created by the National Library of Scotland and the Churchill Archives Centre, and is based on a major exhibition in the National Library of Scotland in the summer of 1999. It uses original documents and photographs to tell the story of one of the twentieth century's most important figures.Standard 10.8.4

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 665

Cybrary of the Holocaust

http://www.remember.org/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This is a very comprehensive compilation of resources on the Internet concerning the Holocaust with lots of visuals that could be used in student projects. It contains guide for teachers, historical perspectives, and witness sections. Standards 10.8.5 and 12.9.1 civics

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 869

Dad's War: Finding and Telling Your Father's World War II Story

http://members.aol.com/dadswar/index.htm

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This is an interesting site which deals with the research techniques and sends you to other links having resources to put together your own story. It also has the story of Walter Johnson Jr., the author's father. Standards 10.8.6 and 11.7.3

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 873