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Process

­This webquest will take 14 class periods to complete.  It is a multidisciplinary unit that includes Social Studies and English Language Arts.  The students will be divided into groups of seven based on their interest.  This webquest can be conducted by using seven computers in the classroom. However, it can be conducted in the computer room via collaboration between the teachers.

The purpose of this lesson is to provide the students the opportunity to analyze the reasons World War II occurred, to analyze the effects World War II had on the United States of America, and to make judgments whether nonviolent problem solving is possible between nations.

 

The teaching staff and adults must monitor closely the students who research the topic America Enters the War when they access the message board entitled Ask a Historian on Pearl Harbor; review with them the rules and the regulations that apply.

I recommend that teachers, adults, and students be trained in conflict resolution.

Daily Procedure:                                                                   

 

Before the end of each class period, your group must complete a Group Daily Reflection Sheet, sign it, and return it to me before leaving the class to receive credit for your group participation.  You may determine who is responsible for handing in the Daily Reflection Sheet. Also, properly cite borrowed words, photographs, pictures, etc.

 

Ø  First, each member of the group will read an overview of World War II. 

 

Ø  Second, each member will become an expert on the topic that he/she selects and will record answers to the questions listed on the appropriate graphic organizers.

 

Ø  Third, persons who have the same topic will form a secondary group to collect information pertaining to their topic.  However, each person is responsible for doing his/her own work. Turn work in for review by me.

 

Ø  Fourth, members of the original group will come together, discuss their findings, and formulate their group’s position statement and begin writing the position paper. Turn in rough draft to me for review.

 

Ø  Sixth, check your group’s position paper against the rubric and make necessary corrections.

 

Ø  Seventh, complete the group presentation sheet by listing your group’s presentation mode (skit, power point presentation, or newscast), roles each member will play, and the date your group will conduct the oral presentation.

 

Ø  Eighth, prepare the necessary prompts for your oral presentation.

 

Ø  Ninth, practice your group’s performance.

 

Ø  Tenth, turn in to me the final copy of the position paper on the day of your group’s presentation.

 

Reading Overview of World War II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/WW-II

 

Topics:

Causes of World War II

  1. Create a chart of the causes of World War II.
  2. List the major players in the causes of World War II.
  3. How did the causes of World War II affect the major players’ emotions?

 

Ø  http://ehistory.osu.edu/wwii/interactive/begins.cfm

Ø  http://www.uni.edu/schneidj/webquests/CauseswwII/outbreakwwii.html

Ø  http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Causes-of-World-War-II

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/prelude_to_war/prelude_to_war.html

Ø  http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/anglo.html

 

The Holocaust

1.      Examine photos and read firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors.

2.      Identify Adolf Hitler’s tactics to justify the Holocaust.

3.      Do you believe the United States responded appropriately to the Holocaust?

4.      What emotions arouse as you examined photos and firsthand accounts of the Holocaust survivors? Why?

 

Ø  http://www.holocaust-history.org/hitler-final-solution/

Ø  http://www.holocaust-history.org/jews-central/

Ø  http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/82/moscati/propaganda.html

 

America Enters World War II

  1. Examine maps, video clips, pictures of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
  2. What impact did the bombing of Pearl Harbor have on the course of World War II?
  3. What emotions were aroused?

 

Ø  http://www.pearlharborattacked.com/pearlharborlinks.htm

Ø  http://www.pearlharborattacked.com/cg bin/IKONBOARDNEW312a/ikonboard.cgi

Ø  http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/audio.html

Ø  http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/decwart.html

Ø  http://history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/survivors.htm#anchor100746

 

Mobilizing for War and the Home Front

  1. Read firsthand accounts from those who participated in the war effort in industry.
  2. View video clips and audio clips of persons who participated in the mobilization of war in the U.S.A.
  3. How did World War II affect the daily lives of U.S. citizens?
  4. Describe the attitudes of the U.S. citizens regarding race and gender.
  5. What roles did the Native Americans, African Americans, Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, and American Women play?
  6. What were the mental attitudes of these participants of World War II?

 

Ø  http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/audiot7.html#freedoms

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_intro.html

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/new_roles/general_benjamin_davis.html

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/women_who_served/wafs_wasp.html

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/#aaf

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/code-talkers/

 

Japanese Internment Camps

1.   Review pictures of Japanese Internment Camps in the U.S.

2.   Read information about the Japanese Internment Camps.

3.   What was Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt’s view of the Executive Order 9066?

4.   Did Mrs. Roosevelt’s view affect the U.S. citizens’ view regarding the Executive Order 9066?  Why?

5.   Was it constitutional?  Why?

 

Ø  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/1941.htm

Ø  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/background.htm

Ø  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/japan_internmentphotos.htm

Ø  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/documents/index.php?pagenumber=1&documentdate=1943-03-00&documentid=16&studycollectionid=JI&nav=ok

 

The Battlefield

  1. Examine maps, video clips, and pictures of the Pacific and European theaters of war.
  2. Create a timeline of the major battles in the Pacific and European theaters of war.
  3. What difficulties did the Allies faced in trying to defeat the Axis Powers?
  4. What was the turning point in the war?
  5. What affect did the turning point in the war have on the morale of the major players and the citizens?

 

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/war_in_the_pacific/doris_miller.html

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/war_in_europe/memphis_belle.html

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/science_pitches_in/dukw.html

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/war_is_over/articles_war_is_over/map_american_russian_linkup.html

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/d-day.html#

Ø  http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/audiot7.html#dday

Ø  http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/WW-II#Participants

Ø  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photos/av-photo.bak

Ø  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

 

The Atomic Bomb and Allied Victory

  1. Read firsthand documents relating to the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.
  2. View pictures of the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki during and after the bombing.
  3. What impact did dropping the atomic bomb have on peace negotiation, then and now?
  4. Do you believe dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary to end World War II?  Why?

 

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/war_is_over/america_and_russia_meet.html

Ø  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/studey_collections/bomb/large/documents/pdfs/59.pdf#zoom=100

Ø  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at war/war_is_over/509th_composite_group.html

Ø  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/nato/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1949-06-07&documentid=67&studycollectionid=NATO&pagenumber=1

Graphic Organizers

1.      Select the appropriate graphic organizer from the site listed below.

2.      Print the appropriate graphic organizer from the site listed below.

3.      Or complete it on line, and print it.

Ø  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/actbank/sorganiz.htm

 

Last updated on April 07, 2009. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

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