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World War II . image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Dec. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/185261. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
“Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service: The WAVES Program in World War II.” Si.edu, 14 Sept. 2020, airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/waves-program-color-world-war-2. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
Curated Source List about Daily Life in US in WWII and Rationing
Curated Source List about Daily Life in US in WWII and Rationing
Benson, Sonia, et al. "Rationing." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History, vol. 7, UXL, 2009, p. 1294. Gale in Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3048900508/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=e2e2998b. Accessed 16 Jan. 2024.
Dorman, Gary Jay. "Rationing." World Book Student, 2025, www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar460220. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
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Lee, Karen. “10 Clever Dessert Recipes from WWII Rationing - the Official Blog of Newspapers.com.” Newspapers.com, 26 Mar. 2025, blog.newspapers.com/10-clever-dessert-recipes-from-wwii-rationing/. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
“Rationing.” Ncpedia.org, 2025, www.ncpedia.org/anchor/rationing. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
Curated Source List about Victory Gardens
Curated Source List about Victory Gardens
"Gardening for the Common Good." Smithsonian Institution, 2018, library.si.edu/exhibition/cultivating-americas-gardens/gardening-for-the-common-good. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024.
"Victory Gardens." Ncpedia.org, 2024, www.ncpedia.org/anchor/victory-gardens. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024.
"Victory Gardens on the World War II Home Front (U.S. National Park Service)." Nps.gov, 2022, https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/victory-gardens-on-the-world-war-ii-home-front.htm. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024.
Curated List of Sources about Codebreaking in Europe
Curated List of Sources about Codebreaking in Europe
Barbier, Mary Kathryn. "Bletchley Park." World Book Student, 2025, www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar752053. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
"Cryptography in World War II." Gale In Context Online Collection, Gale, 2022. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BUKWMO769603029/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=8a4c6595. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
"Ultra." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 30 Nov. 2021. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Ultra/339080. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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"The Colossus machine, a British computer used during World War II." World Book Student, World Book, 2025. Online photo, www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/media/pc370981/type/photo. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
"An Enigma machine (shown on the left) during World War II." World Book Student, World Book, 2025. Online photo, www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/media/pc377248/type/photo. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
"Enigma Machine Used By The Nazis During WWII To Be Auctioned." UPI Photo Collection, 2019. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/ZZMBOH514621510/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=0b63ed5b. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
Curated List of Sources about Native American Code Talkers
Curated List of Sources about Native American Code Talkers
"code talker." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 7 Jan. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/code-talker/624639. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
Jones, Catherine. "Code talkers." World Book Student, 2025, www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar726532. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
"Navajo Code Talkers." Gale Middle School Online Collection, Gale, 2022. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BDNUNE950910252/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=f2dc319b. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
Curated List of Sources about Fashion in the 1940s
Curated List of Sources about Fashion in the 1940s
"Clothing, 1930–45." Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages, edited by Sara Pendergast, et al., 2nd ed., vol. 4: Modern World Part I: 1900 to 1945, UXL, 2013, pp. 779-808. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2760000126/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=611d8d86. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
"Fashion in the 1940s: Overview." DISCovering U.S. History, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2104240189/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=fdb5e34f. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
Curated List of Sources about Daily Life in Nazi Germany
Curated List of Sources about Daily Life in Nazi Germany
“Hitler Youth | Holocaust Encyclopedia.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, 2024, encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hitler-youth-2. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
Short, Paul. "Education in Nazi Germany." Hindsight, vol. 20, no. 1, Sept. 2009, pp. 9+. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A208884291/SUIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=c82028a2. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
“Women in the Third Reich.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, 2026, encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/women-in-the-third-reich. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
Zapotoczny, Walter S., Jr. "Hitler Youth." World Book Student, 2026, www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar753720. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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“Even If All Others Do—I Do Not!” Facing History & Ourselves, 2 Aug. 2016, https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/even-if-all-others-do-i-do-not. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
Curated List of Sources about the Holocaust
Curated List of Sources about the Holocaust
“Gay Men and Lesbians under the Nazi Regime | Holocaust Encyclopedia.” Ushmm.org, 2026, encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/series/gay-men-and-lesbians-under-the-nazi-regime. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
"Podcast series explores how LGBT people were treated during the Nazi era." Weekend All Things Considered, 13 June 2025. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A844000679/SUIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=f0f3346b. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
“African Americans in Nazi Germany | Holocaust Encyclopedia.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, 2023, encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/african-americans-in-nazi-germany. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
Curated List of Sources about Resistance in France Against Nazi Occupation
Curated List of Sources about Resistance in France Against Nazi Occupation
"World War II." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 7 Jan. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/World-War-II/277798#210402-toc. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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"French Resistance." Gale In Context Online Collection, Gale, 2022. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/QNRUBV855277343/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=1eb3547d. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
Curated List of Sources about Hiding and Rescuing Victims of the Holocaust
Curated List of Sources about Hiding and Rescuing Victims of the Holocaust
“Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust | Holocaust Encyclopedia.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, 2026, encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/life-in-shadows-hidden-children-and-the-holocaust?series=16. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
González, Echo Elise. "Sendler, Irena." World Book Student, 2026, www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar758345. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
Midway Islands . image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Dec. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/249148. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
German tanks . image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Dec. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/37468. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
Spitfire . image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Dec. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/226768. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
Curated List of Sources about Daily Life of WWII Soldier
Curated List of Sources about Daily Life of WWII Soldier
"Draft Registration Card." Smithsonian Primary Sources in U.S. History, Gale, 2016. Smithsonian Primary Sources in U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/portal/VZTIWM006845367/SMPS?u=dur51189&sid=bookmark-SMPS&xid=51d8a41f. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
"Fighting the War." Ncpedia.org, 2024, www.ncpedia.org/anchor/fighting-war. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024.
Curated List of Sources about the Miracle of Hickory, NC
Curated List of Sources about the Miracle of Hickory, NC
"The 1940s: The Miracle of Hickory | Our State." Our State, 25 June 2018, www.ourstate.com/the-miracle-of-hickory/. Accessed 19 Jan. 2024.
Sink, Alice E. "A Miracle at Hickory." Jack & Jill, vol. 63, no. 4, June 2001, p. 27. Research in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A75373077/MSIC?u=dur51189&sid=MSIC&xid=e1c3cd83. Accessed 19 Mar. 2019.
Zuber, Richard L. "'Miracle of Hickory'." Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press, 2006. NCPedia, www.ncpedia.org/history/miracle-of-hickory. Accessed 19 Mar. 2019.
Curated List of Sources about Polio and Iron Lungs
Curated List of Sources about Polio and Iron Lungs
"The Iron Lung | Science Museum." Science Museum, 2018, www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ objects-andstories/medicine/iron-lung. Accessed 24 Jan. 2024.
"Polio." Sick!, UXL, 2000. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CV2643900099/MSICu=dur51189&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=fddaa6cc. Accessed 8 Jan. 2024.
Schuelein, Marianne. "Poliomyelitis." World Book Advanced, World Book, 2019, www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar437100. Accessed 19 Mar. 2019
“Polio - Symptoms and Causes.” Mayo Clinic, 2024, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/polio/symptoms-causes/syc-20376512. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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