Home Front - A World War II Field Trip |
Scope
This virtual field trip will give you the opportunity to observe and comment on World War II artifacts, including
primary documents, photographs, poster art and oral histories. You will obtain a copy of President Roosevelt's
Day of Infamy speech, locate 4 World War II Posters, comment on American participation on the Home Front
and locate an oral history about the Japanese Internment camps from one of the databases, a book or one of the
web sites listed below. Recommended Subject Headings
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
Front cover of a book of World War II Posters, entitled "Design for Victory: World War II posters on the American home front"
Print Resources
To locate books on any of the topics listed above, Click on RHS Book Catalog or select one of the books
listed below.
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Girdner, Audrie. The great betrayal; the evacuation of the Japanese-Americans during World War II. [New York] Macmillan 1969. |
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Stanley, Jerry, 1941- . I am an American: a true story of the Japanese internment. New York: Crown, c1994. |
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Yancey, Diane. Life in a Japanese American internment camp. San Diego , CA: Lucent Books, c1998. |
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Ng, Wendy L. Japanese American internment during World War II: a history and reference guide. Westport , CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. |
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Bailey, Ronald H. The Home Front: USA. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1977. |
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Bird, William L. Jr. Design for victory: World War II posters on the American home front. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998. |
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Van der Vat, Dan. Pearl Harbor : the day of infamy--an illustrated history. New York: Basic Books, c2001. |
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Bigelow, Barbara C. World War II: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2000. |
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The New Grolier Encyclopedia of World War II: The Home Front. Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational Corp., 2001. |
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The perilous fight: America 's World War II in color , Part 1, v, 381. [Alexandria , VA]: PBS Video, c2002. |
Online Databases
The following databases and Web sites listed below will provide you with access to photographs, primary documents dealing with the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and oral histories from Japanese American citizens who were forced to leave their homes.
In Student Resources in Context you can obtain a copy of FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech along with other documents, articles or images of Pearl Harbor. Type in the keyword Pearl Harbor and then click on the tab Primary Sources. You obtain 6 primary source documents including FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech as well as Roosevelt's Fireside chat on declaring war on Japan. The Student Resource Center provides articles from reference materials, magazines, academic journals, primary source documents, images and podcasts.
By clicking on this link, you will find President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 establishing the Internment Camps. Then read a young Japanese American girl relating her experience in being relocated after Pearl Harbor and Senator Daniel Akaka sharing his experience in witnessing the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and then read President Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech and his Fireside Chat on declaring war on Japan.
In Salem History you can obtain a copy of FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech, along with a Document Analysis of the speech. If you type in the search bar, Day of Infamy, it also will bring up FDR's Executive Order 9066, the original document and an analysis of the Executive Order.
Internet Resources
British WWII Propaganda Poster Story
Day of Infamy - "man on the street interviews" following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
FDR's War Message to Congress - full text of Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech.
A People at War - This exhibit highlights the contributions of thousands of Americans, military and civilian, who served their country during World War II.
Posters of World War II - Minneapolis Public Library Kittelson Collection.
Poster Girls - Maryland State Archives.
Photographs of Japanese American Internment - photographs by Ansel Adams documenting Japanese Americans
interned at the Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Japanese Internment - exploring Japanese internment through film and the internet.
Camp Harmony - story of Seattle's Japanese American community in the spring and summer of 1942.
Documents of World War II - documents from 1939 through 1946.
Google Video of World War II
Real Rosie the Riveter
WPA - By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 collection consists of 908 boldly colored and graphically diverse original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of FDR's New Deal.
World War II Caricatures
World War II
Posters at Miami University of Ohio - includes large .pdf files.
World War II Propaganda Posters - poster art from World War II.
World War II Poster Collection - from Northwestern University a comprehensive collection of over 300 posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945.
World War Poster Collection - a collection of over 600 original World War I and World War II posters.
Document Analysis Worksheets
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