Excellent Adventures to World War II - Research

HW: Hand in textbook and react to Portfolio 4, 5 and 1

Goal: Explain that total warfare caused by Axis aggression threatened United States security, transformed the global community and led to a call for international efforts to protect human rights and prevent future wars.

MP4 Portfolio 1: World War II 4/7-5/3

Research Log: Excellent Adventures to... (20)

Motivator (20)

Final Product
     Using green screen technology, create an eyewitness report from a significant event of World War II. Then, using augmented reality technology, enhance the current version of our social studies textbook.

1. Share 3 Research Questions - critical friends

• I like....
• I wonder....
• I have a suggestion...

2. Choose Project Role

• Director 
• Likes to take action, try things, Sees the vision for the project
• Source Search: Images related to your topic
• National Archives WWII Photo Collection
• Library of Congress American Memory
• National World War II Museum
• Screen Writer
• Likes to Pay attention to detail —needs to know the who, what, when, where and why before acting.
• Source Search: Secondary interpretations of the event
• Nonfiction Search Engines
• Actor
• Likes to know that feelings have been taken into consideration and that voices have been heard before acting.
• Source Search: Primary Sources from those that experienced the event
• Library of Congress:Stories from Veterans History Project 
• National World War II Museum
• National Archives DoscTeach

3. Begin Research

• Source Search
• Rotate questions, but focus on your Source Search