U.S.+Hist.+-+Post+WWI+-+1945

__Name of Collection__: US History Post WWI-1945 __School Name__: Long Island City High School Address: 14-30 Broadway Astoria, NY 11106 Phone: (718) 545-7095 ext.4467 Librarian: Ed Hodel Librarian's e-mail: ehodel@schools.nyc.gov __Introduction__: After World War I, the United States went through a period of transition. Rapid changes in the economic and social structure of the country dominated this period, leading the U.S. through the Progressive Era (Roaring Twenties), the Great Depression and World War II. Our collection encompasses the political, social, and economic aspects of the era including events, key figures, cultural phenomena, and political movements. __Questions for Inquiry__ What effects did the Great Depression have on government policies and public attidudes? Why did Japan decide to attack the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor? What was appeasement? When did it become clear that that policy had failed? What were the consequences of the Nazi’s policy labeled “The Final Solution of the Jewish Question?” __Keywords__: progressive era, suffrage, holocaust __Subject Headings__: World War, 1939-1945, atomic bomb, prohibition-United States- History, New Deal, 1933-1939. __Dewey Decimal Classification(s__): World War II, 1939-1945. 940.53 Holocaust 940.531 Administration of Franklin Roosevelt 973.917 __Key Books__ Reference: //Encyclopedia of the Great Depression//. The 1920s from Prohibition to Charles Lindbergh, Macmillan Reference USA, c2004. Non-fiction: //The 1920s from Prohibition to Charles Lindbergh// / Feinstein, Stephen. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow. c2006. Fiction: //Nothing to fear// / Koller, Jackie French. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. c1991. __Databases__: Gale Virtual Reference Library. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_77_lic A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. __Web Sites__: [|www.nypl.org] NYPL Digital Gallery. The library's rare and unique collections in digitized form. __Videos/DVDs__: //Jazz/// Burns, Ken. PBS Home Video, 2000. 10 videocassettes, approx. 19 hours. //The Speeches of Franklin D. Roosevelt// / Oak Forest, IL: MPI Home Video, c1988. //The Roaring Twenties// Volume 1, 1919-24 / Republic Pictures Home Video, 1986. //History in focus, 1930-1939// / Evanston, IL : AGC/United Learning, c1998. __Music CDs__: //We'll Meet Again, music of 1940s// / Universal City, CA: MCA Records, Inc., c1993. __Community Resources__: Queens Public Library ([|http://www.queenslibrary.org]) Brooklyn Public Library ([|http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org]) New York Public Library ([|http://www.nypl.org])