World War II Research Project

The Second World War

Internet Research project

DUE DATE: Tuesday, 04/21/2015 You make work individually or with one other person.

What is due?  Works Cited Slide & MLA format citations o Turn in to Mr. Ripp  Electronic Version of PowerPoint Presentation o Just present this in class to Mr. Ripp  Prepared Notes on how you will elaborate on each slide – YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A PASSING GRADE WITHOUT THESE NOTES. o Turn in to Mr. Ripp  1 Page TYPED reflection of what you learned from this project o Turn in to Mr. Ripp. World War II Internet Research Project

Background: The failure of the western democracies to stop the rise of aggressive dictators after the First World War led to the Second World War. The Second World War was a worldwide conflict fought from 1939 until 1945 between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. World War II resulted in the deaths of over sixty million people.

Task: Create a PowerPoint or Prezi Presentation to present your research on a topic from WWII.

Procedure: 1) FIND RELIABLE WEBSITES  Use the internet to research your topic.  Use a minimum of 2 RELIABLE internet sources.  Wikipedia is not a reliable website because you cannot verify the credentials of the author of the article. 2) RECORD YOUR RESEARCH - Make sure you address the following areas:  Historical Background: o What conditions and events happened before your topic that influenced your topic?  Historical Detail: o Research the details of your topic? o What happened? o How do we know? What evidence do we have?  Analysis: o Analyze the different issues and opinions your topic. o Look at your topic from a variety of perspectives.  Historical Impact & Significance: o What was the impact of your event on history? o Analyze the historical significance of your event? What lessons can be learned from your event? 3) CREATE A PowerPoint or PREZI Presentation to present your research. a. 10 Slide minimum

b. Remember, this presentation is for your audience to SEE, not for you to read from. Prepare to elaborate on each slide by preparing notes that you will use to add to each slide.

c. Keep your words large enough---at least size 24.

d. Limit the number of words you put on a page (no more than 50)

e. Avoid paragraphs and complete sentences

f. Use bullet points i. Use succinct phrases instead of sentences

ii. Limit each slide to 6 bullet points

iii. Each bullet has eight words or less g. Prepare notes

i. at least 4 additional facts, points, or details to add for each slide

h. Cite your sources using MLA format

i. Use this link for MLA format:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

ii. Link information (such as a book citation or a URL) to the text of your presentation by a number (such as [1.]), making sure the symbol or number match the citation in the works cited.

iii. Create a works cited slide as the last slide of your presentation. Include a list of the sources for your presentation. Link the citation information to your body text via numbers ([1.]). Use MLA format to cite sources. 4) Give an effective PowerPoint Presentation a. Make eye contact

b. Speak, don’t read, to your audience

c. Elaborate on slides

d. Explain concepts SLOWLY & CLEARLY

e. Explain images

Home Topics

A Warfare During WWII: Blitzkrieg & Germany Conquers Europe Advances in Technology During WWII The Battle of Britain and The London Blitz Operation Barbarossa & The Invasion of the Soviet Union The Pearl Harbor Attack & The End of American Isolationism The War in the Pacific (Island-Hopping, Okinawa, Iwo Jima) D-Day (The Allied Invasion of Normandy) The quest to kill Adolf Hitler and Hitler’s work to evade capture

B Controversy in War: The Internment of Japanese Americans in the United States The Allied Bombing of Dresden Japan’s Treatment of Enemy Soldiers (Bataan Death March) The Decision to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki The Nanking Massacre

C The Holocaust: Anti-Semitism & Propaganda in Nazi Germany Dr. Josef Mengele & Nazi Medical Experiments Jewish Resistance & The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Did the U.S. do enough to help the Jews? Hitler’s Final Solution: Why did he almost succeed? The Nuremberg Trials: Was Justice Served? PowerPoint Presentation Rubric

Rubric Exemplary Proficient Developing Deficient 7-8 5-6 3-4 1-2 Criteria B iii Includes most Includes most Missing some Missing Research information from information from important important textbook, and textbook, and information. information extensive outside some outside research research. Criterion C iii Perfect MLA 1-3 errors 4-6 errors More than 6 Citation citation errors

Criterion C ii Follows PPT Follows PPT Some errors Many errors PowerPoint guidelines. guidelines. related to PPT related to PPT Design Highly effective guidelines. guidelines. use of relevant and informative images. Criterion C i Consistent eye Frequent eye Some eye Slides not clearly Presentation contact, detailed contact, some contact, little explained elaboration on elaboration on elaboration on slides, persuasive slides, clear slides. and enthusiastic delivery. delivery