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Adams, M.C. (1994). //The best war ever//. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press. The author of this book looks at the causes of World War II and how since the end of the war America has over glorified it. He then cites specific examples of this, giving the truce facts of figures of the war. An example of this is that 95% of all combat troops during the war could not survive longer than 30 days in combat without suffering from combat fatigue. This book is beneficial to this lesson plan by giving additional information about World War II that is not found in most text books.

Lyons, M.J. (Ed.). (2010). //World War II: a short history//. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. This is a text book that describes a detailed history of the Second World War. Within the text the author describes all the origins of World War II, as well as events and battles that took place during the war. This text book is a use reference guide a teach can use while teach this lesson plan.

//[|Pictures of World War II]//. (2010). This website is maintained by the United States National Archives. Within the webpage are dozens of pictures taken during World War II. This website is useful for this lesson plan because the teacher has the ability to show their classroom dozens of photos from World War II, that they would be able to include them within their digital video projects.

//[|World war two: timeline]//. (2006, April). This website is a complete timeline of World War II. The timeline starts with the prelude to the war and goes all the way through 1945. This website is beneficial to this lesson plan because a teacher is able to view which dates events occurred on and where they occurred at through this easy accessible time line.

Lord, W. (2001). //Day of infamy.// Henry Holt and Co. This book gives a whole and complete account of the events that took place on December 6, 1941. The author of this book gives an unbiased account of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. This book is valuable to the lesson plan by allowing teacher to be well versed on the events of Pearl Harbor when having to teach about the attack.

Hachiya, M. (n.d.). [|Eyewitness to history: hiroshima.] This is Dr. Michihiko Hachiya’s first person account of the dropping of the Atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Dr. Michihiko goes into detail about his experience on August 6, 1945 and the direct aftermath of the bomb. This article is valuable to the teacher for the lesson because through this article one is able to better gain an understanding of what it is like to go through a nuclear attack and will be beneficial to the discussion about the Atomic bomb.

//[|Avalon project: World War II documents]//. (2008). This is a website maintain by Yale Law school, within the website are hundreds of articles, documents, and photos pertaining to World War II. For example one document is a note the United States sent to Japan in November of 1941 in which the United States tries to come to an agreement with Japan for the pacific to remain at peace. This website will be invaluable to the lesson plan by allowing teachers to view primary source documents that pertain to World War II.

Bytwerk, R. (2010, March 29). [|Nazi propaganda: 1933-1945.] This website is a series of articles and posters that was released by Germany during the Nazi regime. Many of the posters and articles depicted blatant Nazi anti-Semitism and pro-Aryan propaganda. This website is invaluable to the lesson plan for the discussion on propaganda used during World War II. Using this website a teacher is able to select which art and articles to use for the discussion.