The curated resources linked below are an initial sample of the resources coming from a collaborative and rigorous review process with the EAD Content Curation Task Force.
This lesson plan focuses on two prominent Supreme Court cases on the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, and it asks students to consider the executive branch's authority regarding individual liberties during times of war.

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Annenberg Classroom

This learning resource uses geospatial technology to help students understand the many components of the Pearl Harbor Attacks. Guided by inquiry, students will use the ArcGIS map to investigate the how the Japanese executed this attack and how the positioning of the U.S. in Oahu made the perfect target.

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Esri

The War of 1812 is often referred to our country’s second war of independence. As a young nation, the United States' economy, territory, and rights of individual citizens were again threatened by the British. A Sailor’s Life for Me! presents life at sea during the War of 1812 for those serving aboard USS Constitution, one of the few naval vessels in America’s young navy, and now a national symbol, through interactive games, primary sources, and Museum resources.

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USS Constitution Museum

A Visual History, 1940–1963: Political Cartoons by Clifford Berryman and Jim Berryman presents 70 political cartoons that invite students to explore American history from the early years of World War II to the civil rights movement. These images, by father-and-son cartoonists Clifford Berryman and Jim Berryman, highlight many significant topics, including WWII and its impact, the Cold War, the space race, the nuclear arms race, and the struggle for school desegregation.

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National Archives Center for Legislative Archives

America and the World presents 63 political cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman that invite students to discuss American foreign policy from the Spanish American War to the start of World War II. This eBook presents a selection of cartoons that show Berryman’s insight into the people, institutions, issues, and events that shaped an important era of American history.

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National Archives Center for Legislative Archives

In this lesson, students explore the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism and the humanitarian refugee crisis it provoked during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Facing History and Ourselves

This unit plan deeply explores the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism and the humanitarian refugee crisis it provoked during the 1930s and 1940s. Students will examine why widespread American sympathy for the plight of Jewish refugees never translated into widespread support for prioritizing their rescue.

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Facing History and Ourselves

In 1898, the U.S. officially annexed Hawaii—but did Hawaiians support this? In this lesson, students read two newspaper articles, both hosted on the website Chronicling America, which make very different arguments about Hawaiians' support for—or opposition to—annexation. Students focus on sourcing as they investigate the motivations and perspectives of both papers and why they make very different claims.

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Stanford History Education Group

The unit contains three case studies all focusing on immigration policies: Chinese Exclusion Act, Hart Celler Act and DACA

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Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Go on a virtual field trip to the Museum of the American Revolution with Lauren Tarshis, author of the I Survived... books! You'll go behind the scenes to meet a museum curator and a museum educator, to examine real and replica artifacts, and to learn stories of real people - including kids and teens - who lived during this dynamic time. This program is presented in partnership with Scholastic, Inc.

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Museum of the American Revolution

Although different in many ways, antisemitism in Nazi Germany during the 1930s and anti-Black racism in Jim Crow-era America deeply affected communities in these countries. While individual experiences and context are unique and it is important to avoid comparisons of suffering, looking at these two places in the same historical period raises critical questions about the impact of antisemitism and racism in the past and present.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This lesson gives students the opportunity to interact with historical newspapers available through Chronicling America and read the conflicting viewpoints of America's opinion leaders and ordinary citizens. Students will engage in dialogue as they struggle to decide: should the Unites States remain neutral or join the fight?

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National Endowment for the Humanities
