WWII Memorial Museum Project DRIVING QUESTION: How can we properly acknowledge the immense human cost of World War II worldwide? OUTCOME: To cooperatively develop a compelling proposal for a memorial museum commemorating the global human costs (not exclusively American) of one aspect World War II. Current Example – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Driving Question: How can we appropriately remember the Holocaust and prevent genocide in the 21 st century?

MEMORIAL MUSEUM PROJECT GOALS: Building Knowledge Educates visitors regarding significant people, events and outcomes of World War II. Making Meaning Enhances visitors understanding of the human impacts of World War II on people across the globe. Application Encourages visitors to appreciate relevant lessons World War II has for modern society. GOALS REFLECTION: A 1-2 page explanation of how your proposal meets the three memorial museum goals. WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL MUSEUM PROJECT REQUIREMENT #1

VISUAL MODEL A digital visual representation of what various aspects of your memorial museum would look like. Some aspects could include…. WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL MUSEUM PROJECT REQUIRMENT #2 Indoor exhibits? Outside design? A map? US Holocaust Museum – Why may they have designed this exhibit in this way? Hiroshima peace museum – why might they have chosen this design? What can people see at your museum?

More explanation of what an annotated bibliography is with examples “Chicago Style” Bibliographic Citation Style Guide HISTORICAL RESEARCH: A annotated bibliography of significant sources your group consulted for the project. Each Chicago style bibliographic citation should be accompanied by a few sentence explanation of how that particular source contributed to completing the project. WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL MUSEUM PROJECT REQUIREMENT #3 What is an annotated bibliography? An annotated bibliography just like a normal bibliography, but with a few sentences under each bibliography entry. An annotated bibliography is a great way to analyze sources and make them useful. Your sentences should summarize the source content and evaluate the source. You should briefly address these issues in your annotations:  A summary of information presented in the source.  How the source contributed to your understanding of the project goals.  What the strengths or weaknesses of the source are and what bias the source may have.

PRESENTATION: Group prepares and shares proposal requirements above and cooperatively makes a minute “pitch” to convince a panel of adults to support their proposal. WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL MUSEUM PROJECT REQUIRMENT #4

WARNING: You will have significant time in class to work on your projects! Any work not completed in class must be completed on your own time. Your group may utilize any program or application you feel confident in using as a tool to complete the project as described (powerpoint, prezi, imovie, google docs, etc). Ms. Greenberg will answer all history related questions during the project work time, but your group is responsible for utilizing the technology you choose effectively to complete project on time and responsible for making sure it is shared with me correctly at

Benchmark DUE DATES In order to receive feedback from Ms. Greenberg and your peers, you must complete the draft components by the benchmark due dates (see hard copy assignment sheet). Final project proposals and presentations are due BLOCK 4/22-23

WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL MUSEUM PROJECT ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT RUBRIC: Same grade for all group members based on the following: “A” Proposals will:  All group members effectively use preparation time  All Proposal Requirements thoughtfully completed  All required Memorial Goals insightfully addressed  All group members effectively involved in “pitch” “B” Proposals will:  Most group members effectively use preparation time  Most Proposal Requirements thoughtfully completed  Most required Memorial Goals insightfully addressed  Most group members effectively involved in “pitch” “C” Proposals will:  Some group members effectively use preparation time  Some Proposal Requirements thoughtfully completed  Some required Memorial Goals insightfully addressed  Some group members effectively involved in “pitch”

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