Transcript WWII Journal - Mr Richards 7th Grade World History

WWII Journal
Over the next few weeks you will be keeping a journal reflecting on events that
will be taking place in our studies. Your task will be to choose a character and
write about your reaction to each event and how you think your character
would have acted and felt. Each week you will be required to write based on
an event given to you on Monday’s. The entry will be due by Friday.
Character Choices:
1.) Jewish Child in Poland- lower to middle class family; age 12; boy or girl
2.) German Soldier- age 19; front line soldier with no special skills; family still
back home; may or may not have a spouse.
3.) British Solider- age 33; officer in the army; has a spouse and 4 kids of
various ages
4.) Army Nurse- age 27; single with no family; volunteered for the war from
the beginning
5.) German Child- age 14; upper class family of wealth; trained to take over
family business
First Event:
It is April 27th, 1921 and WWI has been over for a few
years. Things are starting to recover from the war
where you live. Rumors of new governments forming
in various European countries are taking place but
nothing final yet. What do you think about these
events and what do you think will be coming next?
(Journal entry must be at least one page long. Try to
stay in the event and pretend to not know about the
future!!)
Second Event
The date is July 1, 1940, and WWII has been going on for about
10 months now. Germany has had many early successes, gaining
much territory in Europe. Once considered a major world power,
France has fallen to the Germans, and the British stand alone as
Germany’s last opposition. The future of Europe, and possibly the
world, looks grim. Rumors of imprisonment and execution of
certain groups, especially the Jews, are starting to surface. What
is your reaction to these events? What are your hopes for the
future at this moment in history?
(Journal entry must be at least a page long. Try to stay in the
event and pretend to not know about the future!!)
Third Event
The date is December 10th, 1941. A few days ago, Japan
attacked a U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii. You don’t know a
whole lot about the U.S. but you do know they have
declared war on Japan, Germany, and Italy. You have
heard stories of how the U.S. helped end WWI and you
know they are a strong country. What are your feelings
about them entering the war and what impact is it going
to have on your life and your country’s?
(Journal entry must be at least a page long. Try to
stay in the event and pretend to not know about the
future!!)
Fourth Event
The date is September 5th, 1945. World War II has officially come to a close
in all major theaters of battle. In Europe the Nazis have surrendered and
their leader, Adolf Hitler, has taken his own life to avoid capture. The world
has witnessed the horrors of The Holocaust after the liberation of Nazi
concentration and death camps. The Fascists in Italy have been overthrown,
and Benito Mussolini was executed. In Asia the Japanese have officially
surrendered after the United States dropped atomic bombs on the
Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States and the
Soviet Union emerge from the war as mankind’s first “super powers.” What
are you thoughts on the outcomes of World War II? How should the Allies
punish Germany this time? What do you think is going to happen to the
world, and mankind, in the aftermath of the most destructive war in the
history of man?
(Journal entry must be at least a page long. Try to stay in
the event and pretend to not know about the future!!)