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World War II Blog

World War II Blog. If you can’t fight … you can’t survive Skoog SS 2012-2013. Re-creating history through research. When someone says “Research this topic”, what is my first ste p ? Key skill – Do I know how to find information I need?

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World War II Blog

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  1. World War II Blog If you can’t fight … you can’t survive Skoog SS 2012-2013

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt President of the United States of America

  10. Josef Stalin Fascist Leader and Dictator of the Soviet Union

  11. Eva Braun Long time companion and eventually the wife of Adolf Hitler

  12. Dwight D. Eisenhower • 5 Star General • Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the Atlantic • Responsible for leading the Allies on D-Day

  13. Angel of Death – Josef Mengele • Mad Scientist who conducted incredibly gruesome experiments on Jews and other ethnic groups for the Nazi Regime at the Auschwitz concentration camp • The Nazi Scientist known as the “Angel of Death” - Murdered many

  14. 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

  15. Ira Hayes • The American Navajo “Code-Talker” fighting for the U.S. against the Japanese at Iwo Jima • Famous for being one of the flag raisers in the legendary photo below

  16. Albert Einstein • 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.

  17. Hideki Tojo • The military leader and leader of the people of Japan during World War II

  18. Winston Churchill • The leader of Britain and father of the British people.

  19. Douglas MacArthur Chief of Staff of the United States Army leading the “Island Hopping” charge against the Japanese in the Pacific.

  20. Kel Browning Kane • 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

  21. Benito Mussolini • The Fascist Dictator of Italy who joins the war with Germany

  22. Maggie Nightingale – US Nurse • A United States nurse serving at Pearl Harbor

  23. Bernardo Carloni • An Italian soldier fighting the Americans in Sicily and Anzio

  24. MitsuoFuchida • Japanese commander at Pearl Harbor and in the Pacific Theater

  25. Anne Frank • 13 year old Jewish girl held girl in Nazi Concentration Camps

  26. American “Gold Star” MotherCharlotte Nikont • The American mother who currently has all 4 of her sons fighting for the United States in this terrible war • 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.

  27. Charles De Gaulle • Leader of France who had to keep his troops together to regroup against the Germans after Blitzkrieg

  28. Jonny Greenwood • British RAF Pilot battling the Nazis in the Battle of Britain

  29. Erwin Rommel • Germany’s brilliant war General, Man-genius, and “Desert Fox”

  30. Kathleen Brockington – Bombed in the London Blitz • An innocent British citizen living through the Bombing of Britain by the Nazi Germany

  31. Helene Delattre • French Woman serving the French Underground Resistance against the Nazis in German-Occupied France

  32. Vassilizaitsev Soviet Soldier fighting against the German Blitzkrieg in Stalingrad

  33. Markus Engel • 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.

  34. Adolf Hitler The Fuhrer and Fascist Leader of Nazi Germany

  35. Tokyo Rose • Created Radio broadcasts from Japan to shrivel the morale of and scare the US troops that were trying to “island hop” and invade Japan.

  36. 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

  37. Spy Missions

  38. 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

  39. 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!

  40. Questions? • Due NOW – Your Personality Choice Worksheet – 10 Points

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