Geography & Geology For Kids - By KidsGeo.com. GeoBee Challenge Game, Geographic Bee Practice, Geography Trivia - Historypin. History Engine: Tools for Collaborative Education and Research. Two World War II reference apps for the iPad Review. When I was about 10 years old, I decided it was time to graduate from the Scholastic Reader-approved books of my youth to what I determined was meatier, more adult fare.
I checked out a book from the library about World War II—it may well have been one of those Time-Life overviews of the war that doubtlessly make serious historians cringe. But for a 10-year-old it was just the sort of stuff to spark an interest in history that continues to this day. The 10-year-olds of 2012 have more sophisticated tools at their disposal in the form of Apple’s iPad. And that’s given developers a chance to use the iPad’s touch interface and multimedia support to make history come alive in ways that few people probably imagined back in 1982.
I’ve recently spent some time with a pair of apps—World War II Interactive and Timeline World War 2—that take the same information about the war that I pored over decades ago and present it in an eye-popping new fashion. [Philip Michaels is Macworld.com’s editor. Home/IWitness:Video testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses. MapFab is a Fabulous Map Creation Tool. MapFab is an excellent free map creation tool built on top of Google Maps.
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World War II and the Postwar Period The United States entered World War II in 1942.
During the war, immigration decreased. There was fighting in Europe, transportation was interrupted, and the American consulates weren't open. Fewer than 10 percent of the immigration quotas from Europe were used from 1942 to 1945.In many ways, the country was still fearful of the influence of foreign-born people. The United States was fighting Germany, Italy, and Japan (also known as the Axis Powers), and the U.S. government decided it would detain certain resident aliens of those countries. Also because of the war, the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1943. I believe that the admission of these persons will add to the strength and energy of the Nation.
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