Pearl Harbor | Teaching with Primary Sources

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Maryland Public Television MPT Teaching with Primary Sources Thinkport primary sources World War II WWII Pearl Harbor
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Pearl Harbor | Teaching with Primary Sources

This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources related to American public reaction to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Thinking Questions

  • Finish this sentence: After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, most Americans ______________.
  • Americans heard about the attack from the American press. How did the press want people to feel? What did they do to make people feel that way?
  • America was not ready for the attack on December 7, 1941. Why not? What did they need to do differently to be ready?
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PBS Learning Media

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