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Open Educational Resources: Build a Lesson Using Free Government Resources

Teaching with Primary Resources

"Classroom Materials" by Library of Congress is in the Public Domain
"Resources for Educators" by Library of Congress is in the Public Domain
"Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool" by Library of Congress is in the Public Domain
"Teacher Resources" by Central Intelligence Agency is in the Public Domain

OER Research Resources

"Office of Strategic Services Personnel Files from World War II" by National Archives is in the Public Domain
"World War II Resources" by Library of Congress is in the Public Domain

Copyrighted Research Resources

Zimmerman, K. (2019, April 15). State copyright resource center. Retrieved from http://copyright.lib.harvard.edu/states/

Additional Workshop Topic Resources

Attu Island Military History

"Crew of World War II U.S. Navy Aircraft Found, Identified" by Department of the Navy is in the Public Domain
"The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Aleutian Islands" by U.S. Army Center of Military History is in the Public Domain
"An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians" (PL 100-383, 10 August 1988), 102 United States Statues at Large, pp. 903 - 916. S

Lesson Plans

"Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar" by Library of Congress is in the Public Domain
"Manzanar: Photo Gallery" by National Park Service is in the Public Domain
"Manzanar: Virtual Museum Exhibit" by National Park Service is in the Public Domain

"Veterans History Project Indianapolis Survivors" by Library of Congress, American Folklife Center is in the Public Domain
- "Lindsey Zeb Wilcox: Veterans History Project" by Library of Congress, American Folklife Center is in the Public Domain
- "Paul J. Murphy: Veterans History Project" by Library of Congress, American Folklife Center is in the Public Domain