World War II Additional Resources

World War II Activities

Iwo Jima Lesson Plans
Rosie the Riveter Activity
Smithsonian Lesson Plan: World War II Homefront

World War II Web Links

TVA and World War II

This website was developed by TVA and has great resources including images and interviews for teaching about TVA’s role in WWII.

Youtube: Cornelia Fort

Link to a video about Cornelia Fort produced by Nashville Public Television

Manhattan Project Voices

This site has a searchable database of oral history interviews with men and women who worked in Oak Ridge on the Manhattan Project

C-Span Video

Video from C-Span on Oak Ridge and the Manhattan project

Y-12 Video Library

Link to Y-12’s video library.  Excellent videos from A Nuclear Family Series especially Episode 2: The Manhattan District

History of Y-12

Link to website on the History of Y-12.  There are videos, pamphlets and other primary source material that you can view or download

Facing History

Excellent lessons  on the Holocaust and how it relates to students’ lives today.

Harry Truman Dropping the Atomic Bomb Announcment Lesson Plan

FDR and World War II Curriculum Guides with DBQ's