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World War II PowerPoint Assignment Due: __________________

World War II PowerPoint Assignment Due: __________________. Choose a Topic. With a partner, choose a significant event that occurred during WWII Suggestions: •famous battle •important person •significant event •Holocaust •Homefront. Battles •Attack on Pearl Harbor

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World War II PowerPoint Assignment Due: __________________

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  1. World War II PowerPoint AssignmentDue: __________________

  2. Choose a Topic With a partner, choose a significant event that occurred during WWII Suggestions: •famous battle •important person •significant event •Holocaust •Homefront

  3. Battles •Attack on Pearl Harbor •Battle of the Atlantic •The Italian Campaign •Invasion of Sicily •Battle of Ortona •Battle of Britain (London Blitz) •Invasion of Hong Kong •France •Dieppe Raid •D-Day-Juno Beach •Dunkirk Evacuation •Japan •Hiroshima and/or Nagasaki •Battle of Stalingrad •V-E Day Holocaust •Jews •Others (Gay, Roma, Disabled…) Homefront •Japanese Internment •Women and/or Minorities in WWII Biographies •Winston Churchill •Mackenzie King •Franklin D. Roosevelt •Adolf Hitler •Joseph Stalin •Benito Mussolini Possible Topics (You are not limited to these!)

  4. Conduct Your Research Find out the facts: •5Ws: who was involved, what happened, when it occurred, where the event happened, why it took place •Result of the event or what this person did •Significance: Why is this event or person significant in Canadian history? •Cool facts: Did anything interesting or new happen here?

  5. Make and Present a PowerPoint Presentation Assemble all of your information in a PowerPoint presentation lasting no more than 10 minutes that: •is informative, appealing, creative, and includes photographs with captions •includes important information about your topic •includes survivor stories where possible •may (or may not) include short film clips

  6. Hand In Your Assignment After you have presented to the class, you must hand in the following: •a copy of your PowerPoint presentation •a one-page summary of the topic and its significance •a ‘works cited’ list in proper MLA format

  7. Research Help Sources (you must use at least two sources besides your textbook) Some useful online sources: • Canada At War:http://wwii.ca/battles/world-war-ii/ • Canadian War Museum:http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1931crisis_e.shtml • Library and Archives Canada • http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html (search WWII battles) •textbook • other books or videos on WWII

  8. Evaluation This assignment will be marked out of 50 •Presentation Skills / Communication (10) •Knowledge, Research, and Significance (15) •Creativity / Appeal (10) •Hand-in Summary (10) •Works Cited (5)

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