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Database Resources
The CHS Library has a variety of research databases that make for a great place to begin your inquiry. Check them out below. Find login information here.
Print Resources
Print Resources
Britannica School is a great place to start your research. Read informative entries, choose your reading level, extend your searches with the "related" tab, and get your fully formed MLA citation for each article.
Try these search terms or come up with your own:
"World War II"
"Holocaust"
"Nazi Party"
"Third Reich"
"Pearl Harbor"
The Vermont Online Library has a number of databases that are particularly useful for this topic. Try one (or all) of the following options:
Check out this list of recommended resources in the CHS Library, or browse the library catalog for more options!
Factcite's Defining Moments in U.S. History database is a great place to find primary source documents as well as articles providing context and additional supporting information. Read about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the response of the U.S. government, the Japanese-American Internment camps, U.S. forces' involvement on both WWII fronts, and more.
Recommended Websites
Recommended Websites
The National World War II Museum offers student resources that are full of good stuff. Read informative articles about the history of the war from many different angles, explore topics around the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, check out digital exhibitions of photographs and other realia related to WWII, and more. Bonus: The Research Starters section provides bitesize introductions to a range of WWII topics.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provides a wide array of resources including articles, images, videos, and more. The site includes a great site-specific encyclopedia where you can search topics related to WWII and The Holocaust. A search for "Kristallnacht" for instance, yields a handful of articles and images to help you better understand the events and impact of what came to be known as "The Night of Broken Glass."
UC Berkley's Oral History Center offers transcripts from a large number of interviews related to WWII. Check out their sections entitled: "Japanese American Confinement Sites" and "Rosie the Riveter/World War II American Home Front" for starters, as well as The Holocaust collection.
Listen
Listen
BBC podcast, The Outlook, created this episode in January 2025 upon the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The episode follows a few firsthand stories of children of the Holocaust.
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