World War II and the Forties Research Project
During the 4th six weeks, each student will be paired with a partner to research and present an oral presentation on a topic related to World War II and the Forties. The guidelines for this project are:
* A 10-12 minute oral presentation with each individual presenting an equal amount of information and time.
* Visual aid such as a computer presentation, model, or video. A poster is not required; a poster may not be the primary visual aid.
* Each individual is responsible for four sources. Only two sources may be internet sites.This means each partnership will share a total of eight different sources on their topic.
* Each individual will submit bibliography and note cards. Individual grades will be given on these assignments. The format will be discussed in class, and a model will be provided.
* Cards may be used during your presentation, but you may not read your note cards to the audience. Research note cards will not be used for presentations.
* Presentation grades will be based on voice clarity, following directions, creativity, visual aid, eye contact with audience, and depth of information.
Due Dates
Friday, January 26, 200l - - - - Bibliography cards due.
January 29 - February 2, 200l - - - - Oral presentations; presentation days will be randomly assigned. Note cards are due the day you give your oral presentation.
World War II and the Forties
1. Nuremburg Laws and the Nuremburg Trials
2. Oskar Schindler
3. The history of Auschwitz and concentration camps
4. Genocide in today’s societies
5. World leaders and their role in World War II (Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglass MacArthur, George S. Patton, Jr., Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, other famous people may be included)
6. Kristallnacht pogroms in November 1938
7. Warsaw Ghetto
8/9. D-Day
8. Preparation
9. Landing and assault
10. Tuskegee Airmen
11. Role of women during WWII II (Rosie the Riveter, WASPS, WAVES, and Nurses)
12. Life on the Home Front (rationing, “victory gardens”, role of youth, fashion)
13. The influence of films and propaganda (war photographers and reporters)
14. Development of the U.S. Air Force (bombers and fighters) and the influence on the outcome of the war
15. Music of WWII (musicians and music, big bands, bebop, jazz, swing; What were the trends and why?)
16. Japanese-American internment camps (Was the Fourth Amendment followed?)
17. Art of World War II (Does it change during the war years? If so, why? Artists, Norman Rockwell, Jackson Pollock, children’s art in concentration camps, H. A. and Margaret Reyes)
18. Famous battles (other than the Normandy invasion)
19. New technology and breakthroughs as a result of WWII or developed during the 40’s (famous firsts of the 40’s such as sonar, radar, penicillin, DDT, Silly Putty, M&M’s, velcro, ballpoint pen, and many, many more)
20. The treaty to settle WWII (points of the treaty, reaction, results)
21. Resistance movements during WWII (French, Dutch, etc.)
22. Famous scientists and “the bomb” (Manhattan Project, Fat Man, Little Boy, Einstein)
23. Sports (sports stars include Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Joe DiMaggio, Ben Hogan, Jackie Robinson, and others; all female leagues, Olympics of 1948)
24. Radio (entertainment, news, Tokyo Rose)
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