The United States – A Century of Warfare

This is a broad list of high quality resources selected for their quality information content, sound source perspective, and rich multimedia interactivity. The resources could be shaped to serve instructional objectives at any learning level. The resources are not grouped by specific school/age levels and should be reviewed and distilled down as they are woven into planned instructional activities and aligned with educational standards.

Comprehensive War Sites:

Experiencing War – Voice of War ( Excellent ) www.loc.gov/vets/stories/voicesofwar

America 's Wars – A complete history: www.multied.com/wars.html

Imperial War Museum ( U.K. – Extensive collection of media reflective of 20 th Century Conflicts)

www.iwmcollections.org.uk

Civil War:

PBS: The Civil War http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

Smithsonian Institution: Civil War http://www.civilwar.si.edu/

The Valley of the Shadows – Two Communities in the American Civil War http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

World War I:

WWI – The Great War (PBS): www.pbs.org/greatwar

Trenches on the Web www.worldwar1.com

First World War (multimedia history of WWI) www.firstworldwar.com

World War One (UK Perspectives – BBC) www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone

EyeWitness to WWI: www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm (see other areas here)

World War I Posters: www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/amposter.htm

Women of WWI: http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets4.html

Huge Listing of WWI & WWII Links: http://killeenroos.com/link/war.htm

World War II:

Victory in the Pacific: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pacific/

Huge Listing of Resources: www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/war.html

The Perilous Fight (PBS) www.pbs.org/perilousfight

A People at War ( Excellent ): www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/a_people_at_war/a_people_at_war.html

Pictures Archive of WWII ( Excellent – Preview ):

www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/world_war_2_photos/world_war_2_photos.html

They Drew Fire – Combat Artist of WWII (PBS - Excellent ) www.pbs.org/theydrewfire

Remembering Pearl Harbor http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/

Essential Pearl Harbor (Very Cool!): www.essentialpearlharbor.com/

A Day that Will Live in Infamy: http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112601/

World War Two (UK Perspectives – BBC) www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo

World War II Posters: www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters

www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html

WWII Poster Lessons: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/wartimeposters/

WWII Online (online simulation): www.wwiionline.com/scripts/wwiionline/index.jsp

Children of WWII: www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/index.shtml

Tankbooks (Oral Histories of WWII Vets.) www.tankbooks.com

ThinkQuest (WWII – The Homefront) http://library.thinkquest.org/15511

Women of WWII: http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets5.html

EyeWitness to WWII: www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w2frm.htm

Hiroshima - A Survivor's Story http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/hiroshima/index.htm

ThinkQuest – The Holocaust, A Tragic Legacy: http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/

America and the Holocaust (PBS): www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/

Korean War:

Commemorating the Korean War: www.defenselink.mil/specials/korea/index.html

Interactive Korean War Timeline ( Download!! – Exceptional ) http://www.usni.org/freestuff/koreanwartimeline.htm

CCN Interactive (The Cold War-Korean War) www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/05/

Korean War (Interactive Map/Info) www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/maps/koreaintro.html

Korea - The Unfinished War: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/korea/

Korean War: www.army.mil/cmh-pg/reference/Korea/kw-remem.htm

The Cold War - Korean War (BBC) www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/coldwar/korea_hickey_01.shtml

Korean War (Encarta MSN) http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761559607/Korean_War.html

Biography Korean War (Smithsonian) www.smithsonianeducation.org/spotlight/korean.html

The Korean War Project: www.koreanwar.org/index1.html

Lesson Ideas (9-12 Adapt to ML) http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/koreanwar/#lin

The Korean War (Vast Resource Site): www.koreanwar.com

Korean War (WebQuest): www.davison.k12.mi.us/dhs/staff/hewitt/webquests/korea/korea.htm

The Korean War (BBC – Multimedia) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/asia_pac/03/the_korean_war/html/default.stm

Vietnam War:

The Vietnam Project: www.vietnam.ttu.edu/index.htm

The War in Vietnam – A Story in Photographs ( Lessons - Excellent ): www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/vietnam_photographs/vietnam_photos.html

CNN – Cold War (Vietnam): www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/11

American Experience – Vietnam Online (PBS): www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam

A Different War – Vietnam 25 years later (NY Times Retrospective) www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/vietnam-war-index.html

Battlefield Vietnam (PBS): www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam

Military Women in Vietnam : http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvetsnam.html

About the Vietnam War: www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/vietnam/vietnamwar.htm

Vietnam – Echoes of War (CNN): www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/vietnam

Remembering Vietnam (PBS): www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/vietnam/index.html

Make Love not War: www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/

Revisiting Vietnam (American RadioWorks): http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/vietnam

The Fall of Saigon (CBS News): www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/saigon/framesource.html

Radical Times – The Anti-war Movement of the 1960's (ThinkQuest): http://library.thinkquest.org/27942/indexf.htm?tqskip=1

Cold War:

CNN Interactive (The Cold War): http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/

The Cuban Missile Crisis (Cold War Resources) http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/cubanmissile/

A Concrete Curtain – The life and death of the Berlin Wall: www.wall-berlin.org/gb/berlin.htm

The Cold War (BBC): www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/coldwar/index.shtml

Gulf War:

The Gulf War (PBS- Frontline) www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf

Desert Storm (Unknown Source) www.desert-storm.com

Fog of War ( Washington Post) ( Excellent ) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/fogofwar/fogofwar.htm

Strike on Iraq (CNN): www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/iraq/

War in Afghanistan :

War in Afghanistan (Interactive) www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/interactive/0,10981,576718,00.html

Afghanistan – Land in Crisis (Nat. Geo.): www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis

Hunting for Bin Laden (CBS): www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/america_under_attack/bin_laden/framesource.html

War in Iraq :

War in Iraq (CNN) www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/Special Coverage – War in Iraq (Alternet – Excellent Reputation for Media Coverage) www.alternet.org/waroniraq