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Carmen Conteras Bozak

US/VA History PBL:

What was the experience of women and minorities during World War II? Which of the following statements do you support?

  • As a result of World War II women and minorities gain ground socially and/or economically.
  • Women and minorities saw no significant changes to their social and/or economic quality of life as a result of World War II

About this guide

  • Must be logged into your FCPS google apps account in order to  access most of the links in this guide.
  • When at home you will need the database passwords to access the articles that originate from a database.
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Overview

Video

The Unfinished Nation - A Nation at War

** Pay attention to the segments 

  • Segment 1: America as an Arsenal of the Allies
  • Segment 2: World War II and American Minorities 9:10
  • Segment 3: Mistreatment of Japanese Americans during World War II 21:40

Citation:

“The Unfinished Nation-A Nation at War.” Films Media Group, 2004, learn360.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102783&xtid=71443. Accessed 8 Apr. 2019.

Article

Birth of the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1954 (Newsela article)

Source citation:

National Park Service. "Birth of the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1954." Newsela, 8 May 2017, newsela.com/read/lib-history-civil-rights-1940s-1950s?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=web. Accessed 22 Apr. 2019.

Websites

Minority Groups during World War II

  • Statistics

Source citation:

"Minority Groups in World War II (1948)." U.S. Army Center of Military History, 2003, history.army.mil/documents/WWII/minst.htm. Accessed 22 Apr. 2019.

Distribution of active-duty enlisted women and men in the U.S. Military in 2017, by race and ethnicity*

  • Statistics

Source citation:

"Distribution of Active-duty Enlisted Women and Men in the U.S. Military in 2017, by Race and Ethnicity*." Statista, 2019, www.statista.com/statistics/214869/share-of-active-duty-enlisted-women-and-men-in-the-us-military/. Accessed 22 Apr. 2019.

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