Here are some books in the Burbank Library that may help you with this assignment, plus some photographs that you can find online.
California
“Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace” by Kevin Starr. 979.4052 STARR (CEN, BV, NW). There should also be a more concise version of the same material in “California: A History” by the same author. 979.4 STARR (CEN, BV, NW).
“Oh, California” by Beverly J. Armento p. 248-253. J 979.4 OH (BV).
“California: A History” by Andrew Rolle p. 311-319. 979.4 ROLLE (CEN, BV, NW).
"California: An Illustrated History" by T.H. Watkins p. 426-440. 979.4 WATKI (BV, NW).
“California: A History of the Golden State” by Warren A. Beck p. 411-428. 979.4 BECK (BV, NW).
“It Happened in Southern California” by Noelle Sullivan p. 73-79. 979.49 SULLI (BV, NW).
Burbank
“The San Fernando Valley: America’s Suburb” by Kevin Roderick p. 108-114. 979.493 RODER (BV, NW).
“A History of Burbank” by Mary Jane Strickland p. 50-59. 979.493 STRIC (CEN, BV, NW).
“Burbank: An Illustrated History” by E. Caswell Perry p. 60-66. 979.493 (CEN, BV, NW).
“A History of Burbank” p. 103-104. 979.493 (CEN, BV, NW).
Lockheed books at the Central Library (in the library catalog search "words or phrase" for “Lockheed”).
Manzanar and Internment
“Behind Barbed Wire: the Story of the Japanese-American Internment During World War II” by Lila Perl. J 940.5472 PERL (CEN, BV).
“I am an American: a True Story of Japanese Internment” by Jerry Stanley. J 940.53 STANL (CEN, BV).
“The Internment of the Japanese” by Diane Yancey. J 940.5472 YANCE (BV).
“Japanese American Internment Camps” by Gail Sakurai. J 940.5472 SAKUR (BV).
“So Far from the Sea” by Eve Bunting. J 940.5472 BUNTI (CEN, BV, NW).
“Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment” by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. PAPERBACK CLASSIC HOUST (CEN, BV, NW), also J 940.5472 HOUST (CEN, NW), J PAPERBACK HOUST (BV).
“Born Free and Equal: the Story of Loyal Japanese Americans, Manzanar Relocation Center, Inyo County California” by Ansel Adams. 940.547273 ADAMS (CEN, BV, NW).
“Elusive Truth: Four Photographers at Manzanar” by Gerald H. Robinson. 940.547273 ROBIN (CEN, BV).
“Last Witnesses: Reflections on the Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans” by Erica Harth. 940.547273 LAST (BV).
“Only What We Could Carry: the Japanese American Internment Experience” by Lawson Fusao Inada. 940.547273 ONLY (CEN, BV).
Online Photographs
Ansel Adams’s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar: Photographs taken by the famous photographer during World War II. From the Library of Congress.
Calisphere: Browse themed collections “1939-1945 World War II”, and select a topic. From the University of California.
San Fernando Valley History Digital Library: Enter "World War II" in "The exact phrase" box. From Cal State Northridge.
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(Microsoft Word document): California in World War II.doc