WWII Project – LA/SS
Assigned: Jan 20th Tuesday
Due: Feb 20th Friday
Directions/Requirements:
· Choose one of the possible 32 research topics (listed on the back) for the WWII unit. If there is a topic that you would like to research that is not on the list, please see me and get it approved.
· You will write a 1-2 page paper
· 12 font using New Times Roman
· Double spaced
· You must cite your sources in a “Works Cited” page and cite your sources in your paper if you use direct quotes, paraphrase, or use another author’s idea.
· Once you have your topic, you must research this topic using at least FIVE credible sources. This is a separate page not included within the Research Paper.
· In Language Arts, You will write a 1-2 page paper that answers these research questions
· In your research, you should explain the following:
· to define the topic,
· explain what it is,
· explain what its SIGNIFICANCE was to the WWII era.
· Why is it an important topic?
· Analyze the effect that your topic had on the war and what impact it has had on the world today.
· Be sure to include the facts that you found interesting!
· In Social Studies, You will create a form of propaganda that either supports your topic or fights against it.
· Your project can take the form of one of the following:
· Poster created on poster board
· Commercial – video recording for TV commercial or voice recording for radio commercial
· Billboard advertisement created on large butcher paper
· Political Cartoon on oversized paper
· If you have another idea for a form of propaganda, see your teacher for permission
· Brief answers to the Language Arts research questions are typed in a bulleted list and attached to your propaganda project
· The Works Cited page created with your research paper is will need to be attached to your propaganda project as well.
Possible WWII Research Paper Topics
War in EuropeStalingrad
Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
Battle of Britain
Blitzkreig
Victory in Europe Day
Fascism
Nazism
Winston Churchill
Battle of the Bulge
Gestapo
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
The Munich Pact
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
U-Boat
The Invasion of Poland
War in Japan
Navajo Code Talkers
Manhattan Project
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan’s Aggressive Search for Resources
Victory in Japan Day
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Hideki Tojo
Kamikaze Pilots
The Bataan Death March
Other Topics
Airplanes of WWII (chose 3 or 4)
Vehicles used in WWII (chose 3 or 4)
Weapons used in WWII (chose 3 or 4) / America’s Influence in WWII
Wartime Era Songs
All-American Girls Professional baseball
league
North African Campaign
Pearl Harbor
American War Propaganda
Dwight D Eisenhower
George C Marshall
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Tuskegee Airmen
Ira Hayes
Lend Lease Agreement
Neutrality Act of 1939
Women’s Army Corps- WAC
War Bond Drives
Women in the Workforce
Japanese Internment Camps
German Internment Camps
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Charles A Lindbergh
Doris Miller
Arizona’s Training Bases (Luke Airforce Base/Davis Montham)
Braceros
Rationing
Holocaust
Poston
Kristallnacht
Auschwitz
Dachau
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Scoring/Grading
Research Report : WWII Research Paper – Language ArtsStudent Name: ______
CATEGORY / Full points / ¾ points / ½ points / ¼ points
Organization
15 points / Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. / Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. / Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed. / The information appears to be disorganized.
Quality of Information
50 points / Information clearly relates to the main topic. Information answers the required research questions thoroughly and discusses the significance/importance of the topic to the WWI era and to today. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It answers the required research questions, but could have been done more thoroughly. Discusses the importance/significance in an adequate manor. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. Not all research questions were answered or they were not done thoroughly. Importance/Significance not discussed or discussed minimally. / Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Sources
20 points / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the desired format. / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format. / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format. / Some sources are not accurately documented.
Mechanics
15 points / No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. / Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors / A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. / Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Total points: ______/100
Scoring/Grading
Student Name: ______
CATEGORY / Full points / ¾ points / ½ points / ¼ points / 0 points
Organization
15 points / Project is very organized and colorful/well-scripted.
Message of the project is clear to the viewer. / Project is organized and colorful/well-scripted.
Message of the project is somewhat clear to the viewer. / Project is organized but not colorful or poorly scripted.
Message is muddy and clarifying questions must be asked of the author to fully understand. / The project is unorganized, not colorful, and hastily created.
Message is unclear and hard to understand. / No project attempted.
Quality of Propaganda
50 points / Images/Script clearly relates to the main topic. It is apparent to the viewer that the author took time and effort to create their project. Includes a Wow Factor. / Images/Script relates to the main topic. It is apparent to the viewer that the author spent an adequate amount of time to create their project. / Images/Script somewhat relates to the main topic. It is apparent to the viewer that the author did not spend adequate time or effort to create their project. / Images/Script has little or nothing to do with the main topic. It is apparent to the viewer that the author scrambled to assemble their project last minute. / No project attempted.
Research Questions are attached to Propaganda
15 points / All 6 Research Questions are answered in a bulleted list on the back of their propaganda project. / Some of the research questions are answered in a bulleted list on the back of their propaganda project. / No project attempted, or no research answers are provided on the back of the propaganda project.
Works Cited is attached to Propaganda
20 points / Works Cited page is attached to the propaganda project. / Works Cited page is attached but incomplete. / No project attempted, or the works cited page is not attached to the propaganda project.
Total points: ______/100