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Take a walk through this part of American history surrounding World War II. Each section includes cultural history of the time, with links pertaining to art and architecture, books and literature, education, fads and fashion, historic events and technology, people and personalities, and theater and film.
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decade of 1940-1949, jitterbug, zoot suit, franklin roosevelt, aaron copeland, all-american girls baseball league, american culture in ww ii, andrew wyeth, big band music, bing crosby, caldecott award winners, charlie parker, dr. benjamin spock, gi bill of rights, glen miller, howdy doody, jackson pollack, levittown, newbery award winners, rita hayworth, rosie the riveter, shirley jackson, `ella fitzgerald, atomic bomb, domestic life in ww ii, life on the home front
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)