Late in 1917, the War Department created two all-black infantry divisions. The 93rd Infantry Division received unanimous praise for its performance in combat, fighting as part of France's 4th Army. In this lesson, students combine their research in a variety of sources, including firsthand accounts, to develop a hypothesis evaluating contradictory statements about the performance of the 92nd Infantry Division in World War I.

Imagine being forcibly relocated from your home, your school or your family to a bleak prison surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards. This was not a nightmare from Nazi Germany but an American injustice endured by nearly 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry living in the United States following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Thousands of innocent Japanese Americans were forced into isolated internment camps because of racial prejudice and wartime hysteria. Remarkably, they created courageous communities where patriotism prospered, loyalty to the U.S. did not falter, and they played baseball to sustain their pride and morale.

This resource gives an overview of women's efforts on the homefront during WWII including social, political, and economic efforts.

This lesson highlights the changing relationship between the city center and the suburb in the postwar decades, especially in the 1950s. Students will look at the legislation leading up to and including the Federal Highway Act of 1956. They will also examine documents about the history of Levittown, the most famous and most important of the postwar suburban planned developments.

Resource to help students learn about how children were involved in the war effort in the 1940s. Includes propaganda posters with students creating their own. Some patriotic songs are provided that were taught in schools and look at ways to compare contributions during the war to modern times.

The Supreme Court website provides a brief background, ruling, and reopening the case of Korematsu v. US. This is helpful for students or teachers to have a basic understanding of the course case without reading through the entire case study, brief, and opinions. It helps explain the ruling and its overturning year later.

The federal Appeals Court agreed with the government. Korematsu appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court agreed with government and stated that the need to protect the country was a greater priority than the individual rights of the people of Japanese descent forced into internment camps. This resource includes teacher materials, guides, and activities for teaching about this Supreme Court case.

This assignment will require studens to create a poster and a short video (optional) representing the propaganda of the Era that includes the World Wars and Roaring 20’s (1914-1945),  Using your creativity to show the effects that propaganda had on the citizens of the United States during this time period.Image credit: Library of Congress, obtained as free licensed image from Unsplash, found hereDirect access on Library of Congress website: here. 

Smithsonian. Collection of primary resources shows students the changing role of women during WWII. Each photograph includes guiding questions for discussion. Can be used in many different ways.