Patty Mitchell Academic Literacy/Language Arts

Introduction All researchers start with the basic facts, a little bit of information to jump off from. Please look carefully as you go through the web quest because there are required and optional activities. You must do 2 of the optional activities. The goal is for you to have a basic understanding of a variety of areas so you can select a topic and develop a question for more in-depth research.

Task You will investigate various areas of World War II in order to find an area that you want to find out more about. You need to have some basic background information as a jumping off point. Answer the questions or do the activity after going to the websites. If it says to take notes answer the what, where, why, when and how questions

Process 1 The beginning of the War: Germany Required: Take notes regarding how World War II, started, how Hitler came into power, the rise of the Nazi Party and how and why they got control Hitler's Rise Nazi Party SS Police State Nazi censorship and propaganda WWII in Europe German rule in occupied Europe

Process 2 Optional: Primary Sources: These two sites give the actually speeches of the Prime Minister of England and the President of France and their communications with Germany. England France What were the primary concerns of these two leaders? How did they try and convince their citizens that they were doing what had to be done? Did they convince you?

Process 3 Required Use the two web sites to create your own map with a key as a resource as you do your research. Get a blank map from me to staple into your notebook. Countries involved in WWII Map of the countries

Process 4 Optional Compare 2 or 3 of the same type of weapon from different countries: Who had the advantage? why? Weapons of WWII

Process 5 Optional Leaders of the Allies and Axis Countries Look at the pictures: What do you the pictures make you wonder? What would you ask or tell the leaders of Germany? Japan? Italy? England? America? Russia? List the country and then write your question or wonder statement Pictures

Process 6 Many survivors report that they heard a final plea from those who were killed: “Remember! Do not let the world forget.” To this responsibility to those they left behind, survivors have added a plea of their own: “Never again.” Never for the Jewish people. Never for any people. They hope that remembrance of the Holocaust can prevent its recurrence. The next few slides will have content about the Holocaust and the people genocide that was attempted by the Nazi Party. Some of the pictures may be disturbing. You do not have to look at them.

Process 7 Required Take notes in your journal about the Nazi Party’s labeling and treatment of the Jewish people. Write the label and your notes under them. On the right side of the web page are links to photos, artifacts, etc.. Check them out for more in-depth information Pre-war Boycotts of Jewish businesses Race laws Night of Broken Glass Trying to leave Cuba Registration of Jewish people The Final Solution

Process 8 Required: General information about concentration camps. Answer the questions in your journal and take notes What are concentration camps and how were they used? What are the ghettos? Who was put into the camps? What is the difference between concentration camps and extermination camps? Concentration Camps Extermination Camps Ghettos Warsaw Ghetto revolt

Process 9 Optional: Take notes under the heading in your journal. Select two of the headings from this slide. oral histories Mentally and physically handicapped people Rescue Resistance in Germany Rescue in Denmark

Process 10 Required Pearl Harbor: Take notes in your journal Answer the 4 W’s and 1 H (What, Why, Where, When, How) On the website read the first page and then click on all the tabs: letters (primary source), color photos (primary source), videos (primary source), maps PBS: Pearl Harbor

Process 11 Required Timeline Use the website to figure out what the US was doing before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Look at each year for any information about the US. You can click on the information to get more details at the bottom of the timeline. Make your own timeline with this information. What would you say about the part the U.S. had in the war? Timeline

Process 12 Required: Take notes from each of these websites- what, where, who, when and how. Japan involves the United States Japan Readies itself to Attack Pearl Harbor The Pacific front and the Soviets Japan and Russia Pearl Harbor

Japanese view of Pearl Harbor

Process 13 Required Japanese Internment Camps in the United States Once you are on the page make sure to click on the other pages at the bottom of the page (Life before, during and after the camps). Take notes in your notebook answering what, why, when, where, how. The next few slides have videos for you to watch. Internment Camps

Process 14 Optional Mrs. Breed was a librarian that kept in contact with many of the Japanese youth that frequented her library. She saved the letters sent to her from the youth when they were sent to the internment camps. (primary source) letters

Process 15 Optional Home front: What was happening in America during the war? How were the citizens impacted? What were changes that happened for the better? Worse? Homefront Women in the work force Posters and photos Interview on the homefront sacrifices

Process 16 Required: In your journal take notes about why the decision was made, how it was accomplished and the aftermath. Read the articles and view the videos. Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

Process 17 Atomic Bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Process 18 The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Evaluation During the three week period I will check your notes and activities as you go through the webquest. Once you have finished the web quest set up a conference time with me to review your notes. You will then use your notes to complete an activity as your final grade for this portion of the class.

Conclusion Start thinking about your research topic. What caught your interest as you were going through the webquest? Go back over that section and figure out a question to answer by doing more in-depth research.

Teacher Page Academic Literacy Research Class: Historical research Patty Mitchell- Miles Exploratory Learning Center This webquest was designed to give students an overview of World War II as a basis for further in-depth research. There are required and optional activities for the students. The students using this webquest are 6- 8 th graders. This is a 3 week (36 hours) project