5A. World War 2 Mini Project
Today you will embark on a small project in which you get to chose a topic that is interesting to you and learn more about it.
Earlier this school year each of you researched the Holocaust and wrote a narrative and delivered it as a speech. Since we've already done the Holocaust, that will be an off limits topic. However, there are plenty of other topics that you can dive in to.
Guidelines:
1. You may use whatever medium you wish to present your topic. If you wish to do a speech, you may. If you want to do a mini documentary, you can. If you want to deliver a TED Talk about it, go ahead. If you want to build something that proves your point, feel free. You will have to get in front of the class to explain, introduce, or deliver your project to your section.
2. You may NOT go to the art room for supplies. Your supplies should come from either Mr. Rude's room, home, or in limited cases, the paper room.
3. You need to fully research your topic before you begin construction of any kind on your topic.
4. You may NOT leave Mr. Rude's classroom to work on your project.
5. Your topic must be relevant to WW2 and cannot be Holocaust related.
6. This is not just a report. You are choosing something of interest and taking a stand about it. Yes, this means you have a thesis statement you are trying to prove. For example, I want to do a project about the airplanes of WW2. My thesis statement might be, "Without the P-51 Mustang the Allies may have lost the war." Your thesis statement should be bold. "Airplanes are good" is too subjective and broad. Make sure it is narrow enough to research, but broad enough that there is information out there.
Potential Topics to Consider (But not limited to this)
-Planes of WW2
-Life on the Homefront (People that weren't fighting overseas)
-Victory Gardens
-PT109
-D-Day
-London Gets Bombed
-Hitler Nearly Wins the War
-Atomic Bomb, Was there another way?
-Pearl Harbor (lots of things you could do with this ex. Pearl Harbor didn't hurt the US. Pearl Harbor could have been prevented. Pearl Harbor was a conspiracy by FDR.)
-The Sullivan Brothers
-Audie Murphy
-Blue Stars and Gold Stars
-Importance of Kilroy
-Iwo Jima (How significant was this particular island?)
-Stories from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
-Spies in WW2
-Tuskegee Airman
-Anything you can think of
Resources: (this list is only a beginning. Find additional through your own through your research)
This is a great resource for primary sources. Search any topic.
Below is a rubric that will determine scoring on your project. You will have three days to work. Presentations start on Thursday.
Projects will be randomly selected for public display.