Maps, Photos, and Timelines

The History Place
Includes five Pearl Harbor photos and a timeline

Pearl Harbor Rememberd
Includes maps, photos, posters, and "Survivor's Remembrances"

NavSource Naval History
Includes over 50 photos of the attack, complete listing of American vessels located in the harbor at the time of the attack, and the official chronology of the attack

Government-Affiliated Websites

Navy Pearl Harbor Site
This official website of the Navy's Pearl Harbor includes a self-guided tour of the Naval base

Naval Station Pearl Harbor
Includes information on typical day-to-day life at today's Pearl Harbor

National Archives and Records Administration
Includes an audio recording of Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor speech to Congress

Pearl Harbor Documents

The Avalon Project at Yale University: Documents on Pearl Harbor
Includes the US note to Japan, November 26, 1941; the message from the President to the Emperor of Japan on December 6th; and the Japanese note to the US on December 7, 1941

The Knox Report
The official report by the Secretary of the Navy

Pearl Harbor Lineages Database

Pearl Harbor Lineages Database
A database of casualities from the Pearl Harbor attack

Lesson Plans

Alabama Department of Archives and History: Lesson Plans
World War II Lesson Plans

New York Times Daily Lesson Plans
Pearl Harbor Lesson Plan for classroom use

Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans: Pearl Harbor
Complete lesson plan based on the USS Arizona's involvement with Pearl Harbor

Miscellaneous

National Geographic: Pearl Harbor Expedition
Fascinating story of an expedition to the first sub sunk at Pearl Harbor

Surfing the Net with Kids: Pearl Harbor
A series of links to help students explore Pearl Harbor information on the internet

World War II and the Atomic Bomb 1945

Eyewitness Accounts

University of Arizona Library Resources on Pearl Harbor
An index of online photos, articles, and first-person accounts

Battleship Row: Photos & Documents on Pearl Harbor
Includes 12 eyewitness accounts and many photos of the attack taken from various American vessels

Eyewitness: Pearl Harbor
Eyewitness account of the attack by Marine Corporal E. C. Nightingale

Scholastic My Story: Pearl Harbor
Eyewitness account by a Naval seamen and his wife stationed at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack

National Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor
An online memory book about Pearl Harbor

Navy Historical Center
Offers a narrative about the events prior to, during, and following the attack on Pearl Harbor; includes photos and three eyewitness accounts