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Darnell

WWII Project

Directions:

Working in small groups of 4, students will create a video broadcast depicting the causes, course and consequences of WWII. Textbook References Include: Chapters 34-38.

Specifications:

  1. Groups must create a Project Layout
  2. displaying how the content will be used in segments
  3. Revealing the content and production responsibilities of each member
  4. All members must participate equally in terms of creating 16 Content feature segments
  5. All projects must answer/address the following
  6. Historical chronology of causes of the war including
  7. Map
  8. List of leaders and their countries
  9. Totalitarian Regime Characteristics
  10. Causes for shifting American policy from rigid isolationism to being the Arsenal of Democracy to declaration of war
  11. Wartime Management: Select 2
  12. War Production Board
  13. Office of Price Administration
  14. 1942 Revenue Act
  15. Wartime Policy: Select Both
  16. Pro and Con Arguments as to the justification for Japanese-, German-, and Italian-American internment
  17. Describe life in the Nazi concentration camps
  18. Editorial: Select 2
  19. The allies were not justified in conducting night time bombings of German and Japanese cities?
  20. Pro and Con Arguments as to the justification for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan
  21. Leaders of nations at war should not be held responsible for “crimes against humanity” committed during war.
  22. Human Interest: Select 2
  23. Role of women in the workforce
  24. Bracero Program or Zoot Suit Riots
  25. Great Black Migration or Tuskegee Airmen
  26. Military Tactics/Strategy: Select 2
  27. How did the German Blitzkrieg redefine total war from Sherman’s March across Georgia?
  28. Island Hopping/Leapfrogging Strategy
  29. D-Day Invasion
  30. Consequences Advertisement/Commercial: Select 3
  31. United Nations differences from League of Nations
  32. World Bank
  33. Universal Declaration of Rights compared to US bill of Rights
  34. Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
  35. GI Bill of Rights
  1. Historian’s Corner: Select Both
  2. WWII Origins of the Cold War? The US is responsible for the Cold War.
  3. Address potential parallels between Totalitarianism in the 1930s and Religious Fundamentalism today as threats to the US. Based on history of our response to totalitarian aggression in the 1930s and 1940s, is the US responding appropriately to religious fundamentalism today in order to safeguard democracy?
  1. News Video:
  2. Must be 10-12 Minutes long
  3. Must have title page/banner of broadcast show/segment
  4. Must have 16 required content features
  5. Must have Anchor Team
  6. Must have reporters in the field
  7. Must have commercials
  8. Must imbed relevant historical footage/images/music
  9. Must include names of contributing group members
  10. Must have bibliography
  11. Hardcopy of your individual contribution
  1. Brag Sheet:
  2. All members must complete brag sheet evaluating their contribution and their group members.
  1. Annotated Bibliography:
  2. See Social Studies Skills Guide for details and examples.
  3. A minimum of 4 primary sources
  4. Each team member must provide 1 annotated primary source

News Video Quality:

  1. Effective Eye contact. Broadcasters are not reading. Use cue cards or note cards.
  2. Imbedded visual aids: maps, photos, charts, etc. to improve audience understanding
  3. Infusion of music and graphics with only voice from reporters
  4. Accurate content
  5. Efficient editing of segments
  6. Smooth transitions between segments
  7. Authentic incorporation of advertisements
  8. Original, creative scene production

Scoring:55 pts

  1. Project Layout 3 pts
  2. Equal Participation/16 Content Features5 pts
  3. Individual Contribution(4 Entries)32 pts
  4. News Video Quality10 pts
  5. Brag Sheet2 pts
  6. Annotated Bibliography3 pts

RUBRIC

Scoring and Specifications

  1. Project Layout 3 pts
  2. 16 Content Features 5 pts
  3. 4 Individual Contributions 32 pts
  4. News Video Quality 10 pts
  5. Brag Sheet 2 pts
  6. Annotated Bibliography 3 pts
/ Video Requirements
10-12 minutes
Title/Segment
16 Content Features
Anchor Team
Field Reporters
Commercials
Imbedded Evidence
Member Names
Hardcopy Individual Role
Bibliography / Video Quality
  1. Effective Eye contact. Broadcasters are not reading. Use cue cards or note cards.
  2. Imbedded Visual Aids: maps, photos, charts, etc. to improve audience understanding
  3. Infusion of music and graphics with only voice from reporters
  4. Accurate content
  5. Efficient editing of segments
  6. Smooth transitions between segments
  7. Authentic incorporation of advertisements
  8. Original, creative scene production

Content

Historical Causes
ALL
  1. Map
  2. List of leaders and their countries
  3. Totalitarian Regime Characteristics
  4. Causes for shifting American policy from rigid isolationism to being the Arsenal of Democracy to declaration of war
/ Wartime Management: Select 2
  1. War Production Board
  2. Office of Price Administration
  3. 1942 Revenue Act
/ Wartime Policy:
Select Both
  1. Pro and Con Arguments as to the justification for Japanese-, German-, and Italian-American internment
  2. Describe life in the Nazi concentration camps
/ Editorial:
Select 2
  1. The allies were not justified in conducting night time bombings of German and Japanese cities?
  2. Pro and Con Arguments as to the justification for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan
  3. Leaders of nations at war should not be held responsible for “crimes against humanity” committed during war.

Human Interest:
Select 2
  1. Role of women in the workforce
  2. Bracero Program or Zoot Suit Riots
  3. Great Black Migration or Tuskegee Airmen
/ Military Tactics/Strategy:
Select 2
  1. How did the German Blitzkrieg redefine total war from Sherman’s March across Georgia?
  2. Island Hopping Strategy
  3. D-Day Invasion
/ Consequences Advertisement/Commercial:
Select 3
  1. United Nations differences from League of Nations
  2. World Bank
  3. Universal Declaration of Rights compared to US bill of Rights
  4. Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
  5. GI Bill of Rights
/ Historian’s Corner
Select Both
  1. Origins/Responsibility
  2. Parallels
  3. Totalitarianism
  4. Islamic Fundamentalism

WWII Video Project Layout

Directions: Notate the following inside the boxes-who is responsible for the content area, deadline for content completion, what each content segment will look like and what you need to record the segment.

Title/Banner / Anchor Team/Reporter Introduction
Historical Causes / Wartime Management
Wartime Social Policy / Editorial
Human Interest / Military Tactics/Strategy
Consequences Advertisement/Commercial / Historian’s Corner
Annotated Bibliography / Video Production Schedule/Brag Sheet Completion

Darnell

LHS

GROUPWORK BRAG SHEET

Student Name: ______

Activity Name: ______

Student Evaluation

List all the ways you helped your group complete this task:

List all the ways you helped your group work effectively and cooperatively:

On a scale of 1 (worst) to 10 (best), I would give my performance on this Groupwork task a _____ because

On a scale of 1 (did not contribute at all) to 10 (contributed a tremendous amount), I would rate my group members like this:

I give ______a _____ because

I give ______a _____ because

I give ______a _____ because

I give ______a _____ because

Teacher Evaluation

Group Grade______

Individual Grade______

Overall Grade______

Comments______

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