Transcript World War II Blog - AveMaria-8MS

WORLD WAR II BLOG
RE-CREATING HISTORY THROUGH RESEARCH
• When someone says “Research this topic”, what is my first step?
Key skill – Do I know how to find information I need?
• Types of Sources – Very necessary and useful tools
• Primary
• Secondary
• General Historic Background
• Using Research to develop my character’s voice – getting “In Character”
• Their beliefs, passions, backgrounds, and actions
PRIMARY SOURCES
• First hand interviews, writings, recordings by the person being
researched – or someone who knew them well. Information that
came straight from that person.
• Artifacts like memos, autobiographies, quotes, journals,
speeches, personal belongings, etc…
• Examples could include: Diaries, journals, letters, memoirs,
interviews, instructions, film, photos, artwork, artifacts, etc…
• You must use 2 of these
SECONDARY SOURCES
• Secondary historical sources are written by either:
• An expert (like a professor of history) who uses a collection
of primary and other secondary sources.
• Someone who lived in the time of the person/event being
described. This author had very little or no contact with the
person, was NOT present at the event being described, but
they spoke to people who were and gathered information
from the media of their time (newspapers, tv broadcasts,
etc.)
• Examples: Biographies, textbooks, specialized encyclopedia
collections, newspaper and magazine reports and articles.
• You must use 2 of these
GENERAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND SOURCES
• Sources that use research from many sources. This is usually a
source people go to when they are starting their research in
order to find more sources on a topic.
• Ex: Wikipedia, general encyclopedias, reference reads,
etc…
You will need 1 of these for your blog
REAL PERSONALITIES
• Real personalities are based on actual characters from the World War II
Era
• Ex: FDR, Hitler, Ira Hayes, etc…
• Some sources are harder to find on real personalities than others,
but they do exist.
• You need 2 Primary Sources, 2 Secondary Sources, and 1 GHB
Source
COMPILATION PERSONALITIES
• Based upon characters that could have or did exist but might not have had
a giant voice
• Average Jane’s and Joes who “lived” it.
• Citizens, regular soldiers, pilots, nurses, people in labor camps, etc…
• Students who are these characters have to find sources that could
have been about this person.
• Find primary, secondary, or GHB Sources for people like them.
• Ex: Your character = Soviet Soldier in Stalingrad
• You search for sources of people in the Battle of Stalingrad
and use those sources to help you build and understand
your character’s experience and voice.
• Same Requirement - 2xPrimary / 2x Secondary / 1x GHB
WHAT HAPPENS ON THE BLOG?
• Mr. Skoog – the Author of The Daily Mirror will post 2 kinds of news blasts each
week.
• 1. Editorials
• 2. News Updates (no bias)
Your job? Use your research to post “in character” to these editorials and news
blasts. 2 Posts per week – at least 150 words per post.
The articles posted by The Daily Mirror will take us through our unit and major
events of WWII
IMPORTANT – it is 100% OK to post as much as you like! Make sure you
have your 2 main 150 word posts. Then, you can post any size posts
outside of that.
• Debate
• Spy mission updates
• Other thoughts your character has on the Blog topics and discussion
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
President of the United States of America
JOSEF STALIN
Fascist Leader and Dictator of the Soviet Union
EVA BRAUN
Long time companion and eventually the wife of Adolf Hitler
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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5 Star General
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Supreme Commander of the
Allied forces in the Atlantic
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Responsible for leading the
Allies on D-Day
ANGEL OF DEATH – JOSEF MENGELE
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Mad Scientist who conducted incredibly gruesome experiments on Jews and other ethnic
groups for the Nazi Regime at the Auschwitz concentration camp
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The Nazi Scientist known as the “Angel of Death” - Murdered many
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
FDR’s Wife – the First Lady of the United States
FDR’s “Eyes and Ears”- The voice of Average Jane and Average Joe
IRA HAYES
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The American Navajo “Code-Talker” fighting for the U.S. against the Japanese at Iwo Jima
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Famous for being one of the flag raisers in the legendary photo below
ALBERT EINSTEIN
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Scientist in charge of introducing nuclear energy to America to create the Manhattan Project
which would lead to the Atomic Bomb explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
HIDEKI TOJO
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The military leader and leader of the people of Japan during World War II
WINSTON CHURCHILL
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The leader of Britain and father of the British people.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
Chief of Staff of the United States Army leading the “Island Hopping” charge against the
Japanese in the Pacific.
KEL BROWNING KANE
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US Soldier and Army medic who landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy. He is fighting
his way inland one inch at a time to Berlin
BENITO MUSSOLINI
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The Fascist Dictator of Italy who joins
the war with Germany
MAGGIE NIGHTINGALE – US NURSE
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A United States nurse serving
at Pearl Harbor
BERNARDO CARLONI
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An Italian soldier fighting the Americans in Sicily and Anzio
MITSUO FUCHIDA
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Japanese commander at Pearl Harbor and in the Pacific Theater
ANNE FRANK
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13 year old Jewish girl held
in Nazi Concentration
Camps
girl
AMERICAN “GOLD STAR” MOTHER
CHARLOTTE NIKONT
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The American mother who currently has all 4 of her sons fighting for the United States in
this terrible war
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Gold Star moms are given this name due to the stars they would hang on
their windows and doors showing that their boys were fighting in the war.
CHARLES DE GAULLE
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Leader of France who had to keep his troops together to regroup against the Germans
after Blitzkrieg
JONNY GREENWOOD
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British RAF Pilot battling the Nazis in the Battle of Britain
ERWIN ROMMEL
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Germany’s brilliant war General, Man-genius, and “Desert Fox”
KATHLEEN BROCKINGTON – BOMBED IN THE
LONDON BLITZ
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An innocent British citizen living through the Bombing of Britain by the Nazi Germany
HELENE DELATTRE
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French Woman serving the French Underground Resistance against the Nazis in GermanOccupied France
VASSILI ZAITSEV
Soviet Soldier fighting against the German Blitzkrieg in Stalingrad
MARKUS ENGEL
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German soldier working in the concentration camps.
• He is currently struggling with his job as it is
causing him insomnia and tremendous spiritual
guilt. He wishes to leave the German S.S.
ADOLF HITLER
The Fuhrer and Fascist Leader of Nazi Germany
TOKYO ROSE
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Created Radio broadcasts
from Japan to shrivel the
morale of and scare the
US troops that were
trying to “island hop” and
invade Japan.
HOW WILL I BE GRADED?
• Personality Choice Worksheet – 10 points
• Character research and analysis – 125 points
• 25 points per source
• Blog Participation
• 2 posts that answer our main news and editorials each week – 50
points per week
• Spy Missions – 30 points per mission (if you get one)
• 335-365 points possible on the blog
• Will have an expiration date – it is imperative that they are
completed.
• If not completed, you will provide a 2-3 page essay response on
the historical event so that you can be the informant who posts
it on the blog
SPY MISSIONS
IF YOU GET A MISSION…
• You will not find it, it will find you
• Generally entail objectives based around our real GTO
story and Blog
• Assassination attempts
• Rescues
• Military objectives
• Delivering information as an informant
• Locating materials
IF YOU ARE ASSIGNED A MISSION…
• Missions will have specific instructions
• Once assigned – you MUST do them – or the alternate assignment if you
choose not to complete the mission
• Will involve specific locations indicated by posters and other operatives and
teachers that will be involved
• You MUST keep it secret
• Missions ACTUALLY can put your secret identity (your character’s identity) at risk if
you’re not careful – but they are fun.
• Ex: Blog entails recent information about an upcoming invasion coming from a
certain country. Usually they are coded, but a witty blogger can crack it.
• 8th Graders see Kennedy or Courier strolling the halls secret agent or Rambo –
style – your ID may be in a compromising state as now you may be affiliated as
having a role of someone from that country!
QUESTIONS?
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Due NOW – Your Personality Choice Worksheet – 10 Points