Ad*Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu:80/adaccess/
“The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.”
Advertisements and marketing schemes for commercial products offer a fascinating and entertaining glimpse into the history of our culture. Hosted by Duke University’s Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, this archive features magazine advertisements from the early to mid 20th century. It is divided thematically and also can be searched via an internal search engine. The WWII Era propaganda adds for War Bonds, rationing, and other social programs to support the war are particularly interesting and potentially usable in the classroom. Other ads for beauty and cosmetic products may not be as useful in the classroom, but amusing nonetheless. The simple organization of the archive and search engine should facilitate easy access and research. These ads could be effectively incorporated into a wide range of lessons dealing with the early 20th century and World Wars. (BR)

The Churchill Era: An Education Resource
http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/churchill_era
“Welcome to the Churchill Archives Centre education website which was formally launched on 30 January 2003. Here you can… gain insight into some of the great events that shaped the modern world, beginning with the cataclysmic upheaval of World War I…”
As a site dedicated to the public issues and events arising during the career of Winston Churchill, the visitor is able to view information pertaining to many historical events, specifically the First World War. This is an educational website designed to aid teachers (and students) in making use of pertinent archived material in the classroom. On this site one can find exercises (document comparisons, working with pictures and maps, etc.), as well as a terrific World War I search engine that allows the visitor to locate terms and selected persons/places from this war.

Cryptology—Navajo Code Talkers in World War II
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm
“Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Iwo Jima: the Navajo code talkers took part in every assault the U.S. Marines conducted in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945. They served in all six Marine divisions, Marine Raider battalions and Marine parachute units, transmitting messages by telephone and radio in their native language -- a code that the Japanese never broke.”
Cryptology—Navajo Code Talkers in World War II describes the role of Navajo code talkers during World War II and contains a dictionary of the codes used. The material was prepared by the Navy & Marine Corps WWII Commemorative Committee. Although the narrative gives a very general overview of the code talkers’ actions, contributions, and troubles during the war, browsers interested in either Navajo history or military codes and code breaking should find the dictionary of special interest.

Heart Mountain Digital Preservation Project
http://chem.nwc.cc.wy.us/HMDP/homepage.htm
“The Heart Mountain Digital Preservation Project features documents and photographs from the Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection at the John Taggart Hinckley Library …”
Originating from a grant written to the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, the Heart Mountain Digital Preservation Project was started. The primary function of this site is to provide visitors with information pertaining to Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians “so that the events surrounding the exclusion, forced removal and internment of civilians and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry will be remembered.” There are many photos of internment camps, along with photos of the people and activities consequently associated with such camps. Also provided on this site are text versions of Executive Orders 9102, and 9066 pertaining specifically to the internment of civilians.

Holocaust Denial on Trial
http://www.hdot.org/ieindex.html
“This website is a project of Emory University’s Witness to the Holocaust Program and the Institute for Jewish Studies…”
The Holocaust Denial on Trial website, based on the David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt lawsuit, brings an interesting piece of history to the visitor. In 1993 Deborah Lipstadt, a professor at Emory University wrote a book to expose the lies and political agendas that drove Holocaust denial. Calling Mr. Irving a "dangerous spokesperson" for Holocaust denial, he in turn sued Lipstadt and her British publisher, Penguin Books Ltd. … Justice Gray ruled for Dr. Lipstadt… The textual information derived from this site addresses many factors from this case such as The Judgment, Transcripts (day by day), Evidence, Background, Timelines (from 1933 to 1997), and News Articles. This site provides a good look into the fallout of the Holocaust, and a good supplement for any World War II unit.

Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in WW II Arkansas
http://www.lifeinterrupted.org
“This site, developed by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Public History program and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, offers a nicely composed historical overview to the human experience within the two relocation camps in Arkansas during World War II.”
Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in WW II Arkansas deals with Executive Order 9066, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed on February 19, 1942, consequently giving the Secretary of War the authority to designate "military areas from which to exclude certain people." The result of this order was over 120,000 Japanese-Americans relocated to camps all over the United States. This site, offered in Flash or HTML has a very easy-to-follow design with many interesting features. With the history and photographs presented here, this site is definitely worth viewing.

A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/
“An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature…”
A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust offers the visitor excellent material this tragedy in our recent history. With content presented in various areas such as “Timeline”, “The People” (with general categories like liberators, victims, perpetrators, bystanders, etc.), and “The Arts” (art done by victims, in the ghettos), one will be able to convey the tragedies that occurred. The greatest aspect to this site lies in its VR feature that offers the viewer a chance to view virtual reality content like “Amersterdam”, “Bernburg”, “Breendonk”, “Bullenhuser Damm”, Ebensee”, “Majdanek”, “Miami Beach”, “Mittelbau-Dora”, “Terezín”, and “Wernigerode.”

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website offers the visitor a narrative history of the atrocities committed by the Nazi party during World War II. The site (and also the museum exhibit) is recommended for visitors 11 years of age and older as the content can tend to be rather graphic, so discretion should be employed when sending students to this site. In the Online Exhibits section of this website one can find sections providing information pertaining to the Introduction to the Holocaust, Personal Histories, Immediate American Responses, and Recurring Symbol (swastika). While the information on this site primarily comes in textual format, there are some accompanying photographs and images (posters, banners, newspaper images, etc.). If one is not finding specific information that they are looking for concerning the topic of the Holocaust on this site, there is a section of related links and articles one can access for further research.

World War II Timeline
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/start.html
Don’t be deceived by the title; this website is much more than a simple timeline. The timeline it does present is a valuable resource but more significant are the host of other sources included in and with the timeline. The timeline itself can be searched chronologically or by topic and there are occasionally essays mixed in with the timeline. There are four other major resources on this website. The map section includes a large collection of maps and there are additional geographic diagrams and photographs in the picture section. The documents part includes military records, accounts of battles and other primary resources. The last section is the bibliography that gives an extensive list of useful books on World War II. One last feature that makes the entire website more valuable is that sources are provided for all of the primary documents, maps and images. Together, the factors make this an excellent website for casual browsing, general information or primary document research.