Unit 1 History: The 20th Century 1900-1945
Key Search Terms
WW2 / WWII
Second World War
Germany
Nazi
Swastika
SS
Adolf Hitler
Concentration Camps
Holocaust
Judaism / Jewish
Winston Churchill
Pearl Harbour
D Day
Reference Sources:
Encyclopedia Brittanica Online (School Edition)
Print Resources in the Library
See Dewey Reference Numbers 940 – 943
WW2 Fiction / Memoir:
Boyle, J. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Britton, LE. Elli – A Coming of Age in the Holocaust
Frank, A. Diary of a Young Girl (Memoir)
Heller, J. Catch 22
Johnson, G. My Brother Jack
Lemelman, M. Mende’s Daughter (Graphic Novel)
Levi, P. If This Is A Man (Memoir)
McEwen, I. Atonement
Mutaro, B. The Sacrifice (Graphic Novel)
Schlink, B. The Reader
Spinelli, J. Milkwood
Spiegelman, A. Maus (Graphic Novel)
Vonnegut, K. Slaughterhouse 5
Weisel, E. Night
Zuzac, M. The Book Thief
Digital Resources in the Library
Clickview:
BBC (1989). The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler (20 minutes)
Classroom Video (1999). Life Under Adolf Hitler. (1999)
Fredrickson, S. Clarke, J & Sivanaesan, C. (2009). The Young Historians: Resistance. (3 hours)
RBC Entertainment. NewsReel: History of WWII (Parts 1-4). (90 mins each)
RBC Entertainment. The Greatest Battles of WWII. (Parts 1-4). (47 minutes each)
Twentieth Century Fox (1958), The Diary of Anne Frank. (90 mins)
Britannica Online
Resources on the World Wide Web
Australian War Memorial
Australia’s War: 1939-1945
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Jewish Virtual Library – Holocaust Wing
The Holocaust History Project
Jewish Holocaust Centre
secondworldwar.co.uk
BBC – The Second World War
