World History
Japanese War Crimes Online Activity
We have just finished researching a number of the
Holocaust-related sites available on the Internet, but did you know that during
Once you have chosen your site of interest, open up a new MS Word document and title it “Japanese War Crimes Online Activity.” It is required that you complete the assignment as a Word document. Make sure that you answer each and every question completely and in your own words! Don’t forget your name, date and period at the top of your document.
After you complete the initial site review, I ask that you choose an additional site relating to any other country’s war crimes during World War II (for example, some people believe that the United States’ atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were horrendous examples of war crimes against humanity), not already on this list of choices. Remember: it cannot be an encyclopedia entry, including Wikipedia! This entry should also be on MS Word.
As always, students may print out a hard copy of this assignment or email an attachment to afine@bhusd.k12.ca.us.
This assignment is worth 30 points total! Please see the rubric for details!
INVESTIGATIVE QUESTIONS:
Author (Last Name, First Name). Title of the web page. Copyright date (if available). Available online at [insert complete web address]. Date visited [insert date].
ADDITIONAL SITE
PROPOSAL:
THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE MAY 11 AT THE END OF CLASS!!
http://www.centurychina.com/wiihist/
Although specifically about the Rape of Nanjing, this site also includes a number of links to other pages regarding other Japanese crimes. Some of this site’s links are in Chinese.
http://www.kimsoft.com/kr-japan.htm
This graphic site describes in vivid detail the horrors Korean women faced from the Japanese. This site also contains explicit photographs that may not be viewed through the school filters. In addition, the site has links to several sites on Japanese-led genocides and germ warfare.
http://www.cnd.org/njmassacre/
The majority of this site focuses on the Rape of Nanjing. Many of the listed links are to sites containing primary sources. Some links are in Chinese.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/battleforaustralia/WarCrimeIntro.html
A website sponsored by the Pacific War Historical Society that records a number of sources and testimonials to the actuality of Japanese war crimes. This site also theorizes the reasoning behind such crimes ranging from the treatment of Allied POWs to the comfort women. This site contains a warning about the graphic nature of some of the content (photos and text).
http://www.slatewiper.com/slatelinks.shtml
This is a comprehensive and continually updated site containing primary source material and articles on the various aspects of the Japanese war crimes from descriptions of the actual crimes to the continued denials from the Japanese government.
http://www.archives.gov/iwg/japanese-war-crimes/introductory-essays.pdf
This .pdf posting contains a number of essays published in 2006 regarding primary research into the subject of Japanese war crimes.
http://worldwar2database.com/html/warcrimes.htm
This is a database covering all aspects of Japanese war crimes, including an explanation
of why the
http://chinasite.com/JapanWarCrime.html
Although this site was recommended by students, many of the
links do not currently work. One that
does describes a museum to the victims of the rape of
http://www.skycitygallery.com/japan/japan.html
This site focuses on the reasons why the “Japanese Holocaust” was not publicized nor prosecuted as vigorously as the German Holocaust. Much of the site has links regarding Japanese use of WMDs before and during WWII.
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.12.96/cover/china1-9650.html
This page contains an interview with Iris Chang, Author of The Rape of Nanking, considered by many to be the greatest sourcebook of this massacre.
http://www.geocities.com/nankingatrocities/index.htm
This online documentary of the Japanese Atrocities focuses on the Rape of Nanjing, but does look at other atrocities during World War II and the aftermath of those atrocities in the world view of the Japanese government/military. This site does contain some graphic material, as well as some actual footage available through Real Player.