World History
With the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki now upon us, this site, called "Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered, on first person accounts might help you as you teach it to your students this year.
- Nagasaki
Nagasaki The city of Nagasaki is situated on the southeastern coast of the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. Nagasaki is port of entry for vessels coming from the south and the west. Nagasaki was opened as an important trading port for the Portuguese...
- Shimabara Rebellion
remain of castle destroyed in shimabara rebellion The Shimabara Rebellion of 1635 was the last major uprising against the Tokugawa Shogunate, which Tokugawa Ieyasu had established after his victory at the Battle of Sekigahara (1600). He was appointed...
- Pearl Harbor: Strong Reactions Still
(The USS Arizona Memorial on 6 January 2008.)For the last several years, this blog has featured a post on Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii every December 7th. I did so again recently in 2007. However, I am going to post about it again now. Recently,...
- Editing In Youtube
Believe it or not, but a fellow chair asked what we are doing for our end of the year project. Some of my students will be looking at an immigrant in their family and writing an original essay on that person, but they also need to have a narrated...
- Hiroshima 1946
This is a seventeen minute film of Hiroshima in 1946 made by the US Air Force. I found it on Open Culture. ...
World History
Hiroshima First Hand
- Nagasaki
Nagasaki The city of Nagasaki is situated on the southeastern coast of the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. Nagasaki is port of entry for vessels coming from the south and the west. Nagasaki was opened as an important trading port for the Portuguese...
- Shimabara Rebellion
remain of castle destroyed in shimabara rebellion The Shimabara Rebellion of 1635 was the last major uprising against the Tokugawa Shogunate, which Tokugawa Ieyasu had established after his victory at the Battle of Sekigahara (1600). He was appointed...
- Pearl Harbor: Strong Reactions Still
(The USS Arizona Memorial on 6 January 2008.)For the last several years, this blog has featured a post on Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii every December 7th. I did so again recently in 2007. However, I am going to post about it again now. Recently,...
- Editing In Youtube
Believe it or not, but a fellow chair asked what we are doing for our end of the year project. Some of my students will be looking at an immigrant in their family and writing an original essay on that person, but they also need to have a narrated...
- Hiroshima 1946
This is a seventeen minute film of Hiroshima in 1946 made by the US Air Force. I found it on Open Culture. ...