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The following is a list of documents for you to analyze. Click on each link to view them. Determine what each one tells you about the attack on Pearl Harbor, and let them help you to form your answer to our questions: How did this attack impact America? How did it bring the United States into World War Two? Finally, how was the bombing a turning point for the war?
https://education.blogs.archives.gov/2020/12/03/pearl-harbor/
This link will lead you to the National Archives, where you will find a photograph of the attack, three different posters that were created right after, a photo of a draft to Congress, and an audio recording of President Franklin T. Roosevelt addressing the attack and declaring war. As you look through each source, ask yourself this series of questions.
What emotions were the posters meant to stir?
What am I looking at in this photograph of the attack?
Why were they so particular about their word choice in the draft of congress?
What was the impact of Roosevelt's declaration of war on the general public?
https://pearlharborwarbirds.com/pearl-harbor-map-world-war-ii/
This next link will lead you to maps of Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack. As you scroll through, answer these questions.
What are these maps depicting?
Why is the map key so important?
Finally, we have three letters from individuals who experienced the attack. Two were soldiers, and one from a woman writing to her brother. Answer these questions after reading.
What do you think it was like experiencing the attack firsthand?
How did regular citizens feel after receiving news of the attack?
What was the significance of writing these letters?
Do you think Lucille and her family knew her letter would be returned unopened?
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