Download 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/o
wl/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.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Make eye contact
Speak, don’t read, to your audience
Elaborate on slides
Explain concepts SLOWLY & CLEARLY
Explain images
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
Criteria B iii
Research
Criterion C iii
Citation
Criterion C ii
PowerPoint
Design
Criterion C i
Presentation
Exemplary
7-8
Includes most
information from
textbook, and
extensive outside
research
Perfect MLA
citation
Proficient
5-6
Includes most
information from
textbook, and
some outside
research.
1-3 errors
Developing
3-4
Missing some
important
information.
Deficient
1-2
Missing
important
information
4-6 errors
More than 6
errors
Follows PPT
guidelines.
Highly effective
use of relevant
and informative
images.
Consistent eye
contact, detailed
elaboration on
slides, persuasive
and enthusiastic
delivery
Follows PPT
guidelines.
Some errors
related to PPT
guidelines.
Many errors
related to PPT
guidelines.
Frequent eye
contact, some
elaboration on
slides, clear
delivery.
Some eye
contact, little
elaboration on
slides.
Slides not clearly
explained