WWII Project – LA/SS
Assigned: Jan 20th Tuesday
Due: Feb 20th Friday
Directions/Requirements:
 Choose one of the possible 32 research topics (listed on the back) for the WWII
unit. If there is a topic that you would like to research that is not on the list,
please see me and get it approved.
 You will write a 1-2 page paper
 You must cite your sources in a “Works Cited” page and cite your sources in
your paper if you use direct quotes, paraphrase, or use another author’s idea.
 You will also have to find at least 5 supporting visuals for your topic. These can
include (but are not limited to): photographs, graphs, pictures, original artwork
(created by you), timelines, news articles, posters, primary source documents,
maps, etc. The visuals MUST supplement your project topic. They MUST help
the reader/viewer of your project to further understand what your topic is and why
it is significant.
 Once you have your topic, you must research this topic using at least FIVE
credible sources.
 In Language Arts, You will write a 2-3 page paper that answers these research
questions
 In your research, you should explain the following:
 to define the topic,
 explain what it is,
 explain what its SIGNIFICANCE was to the WWII era.
 Why is it an important topic?
 Analyze the effect that your topic had on the war and what impact it has
had on the world today.
 Be sure to include the facts that you found interesting!
 In Social Studies, You will create a form of propaganda that either supports your
topic or fights against it.
 Your project can take the form of one of the following:
 Poster created on poster board
 Commercial – video recording for TV commercial or voice
recording for radio commercial
 Billboard advertisement created on large butcher paper
 Political Cartoon on oversized paper
 If you have another idea for a form of propaganda, see your teacher for
permission
 Brief answers to the Language Arts research questions are typed in a
bulleted list and attached to your propaganda project
 The Works Cited page created with your research paper is will need to be
attached to your propaganda project as well.
Possible WWII Research Paper Topics
War in Europe
Stalingrad
Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
Battle of Britain
Blitzkreig
Victory in Europe Day
Fascism
Nazism
Winston Churchill
Battle of the Bulge
Gestapo
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
The Munich Pact
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
U-Boat
The Invasion of Poland
War in Japan
Navajo Code Talkers
Manhattan Project
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan’s Aggressive Search for Resources
Victory in Japan Day
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Hideki Tojo
Kamikaze Pilots
The Bataan Death March
Other Topics
Airplanes of WWII (chose 3 or 4)
Vehicles used in WWII (chose 3 or 4)
Weapons used in WWII (chose 3 or 4)
America’s Influence in WWII
Wartime Era Songs
All-American Girls Professional baseball
league
North African Campaign
Pearl Harbor
American War Propaganda
Dwight D Eisenhower
George C Marshall
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Tuskegee Airmen
Ira Hayes
Lend Lease Agreement
Neutrality Act of 1939
Women’s Army Corps- WAC
War Bond Drives
Women in the Workforce
Japanese Internment Camps
German Internment Camps
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Charles A Lindbergh
Doris Miller
Arizona’s Training Bases (Luke Airforce
Base/Davis Montham)
Braceros
Rationing
Holocaust
Poston
Kristallnacht
Auschwitz
Dachau
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
**Any other topic that you wish to research, with Approval**
Scoring/Grading
Research Report : WWII Research Paper – Language Arts
Student Name:
________________________________________
CATEGORY
Full points
¾ points
½ points
¼ points
Organization
Information is very
organized with wellconstructed
paragraphs and
subheadings.
Information is
organized with wellconstructed
paragraphs.
Information is
organized, but
paragraphs are not
well-constructed.
The information
appears to be
disorganized. 8)
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. Information
answers the required
research questions
thoroughly and
discusses the
significance/importance
of the topic to the WWI
era and to today.
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It answers the
required research
questions, but could
have been done more
thoroughly. Discusses
the
importance/significance
in an adequate manor.
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. Not all research
questions were
answered or they were
not done thoroughly.
Importance/Significance
not discussed or
discussed minimally.
Information has
little or nothing
to do with the
main topic.
All sources (information
and graphics) are
accurately documented
in the desired format.
All sources (information
and graphics) are
accurately
documented, but a few
are not in the desired
format.
All sources (information
and graphics) are
accurately documented,
but many are not in the
desired format.
Some sources
are not
accurately
documented.
15 points
Quality of
Information
50 points
Sources
20 points
Mechanics
No grammatical,
Almost no grammatical, A few grammatical
Many
spelling or punctuation spelling or punctuation spelling, or punctuation grammatical,
errors.
errors
errors.
spelling, or
punctuation
errors.
15 points
Total points: ______/100
Scoring/Grading
Research Report : WWII Propaganda Project – Social Studies
Student Name:
CATEGORY
Organization
15 points
Quality of
Propaganda
50 points
Research
Questions are
attached to
Propaganda
________________________________________
Full points
¾ points
Project is very
organized and
colorful/well-scripted.
Project is organized
and colorful/wellscripted.
Images/Script clearly
relates to the main
topic. It is apparent to
the viewer that the
author took time and
effort to create their
project. Includes a
Wow Factor.
Images/Script relates
to the main topic. It is
apparent to the viewer
that the author spent
an adequate amount of
time to create their
project.
½ points
¼ points
0 points
Project is organized but The project is
No project
not colorful or poorly
unorganized, not attempted.
scripted.
colorful, and
hastily created.
Message of the project Message of the project Message is muddy and
is clear to the viewer.
is somewhat clear to
clarifying questions
Message is
the viewer.
must be asked of the
unclear and hard
author to fully
to understand.
understand.
All 6 Research
Questions are
answered in a bulleted
list on the back of their
propaganda project.
Images/Script
somewhat relates to the
main topic. It is
apparent to the viewer
that the author did not
spend adequate time or
effort to create their
project.
20 points
Total points: ______/100
No project
attempted.
Some of the research
questions are answered
in a bulleted list on the
back of their
propaganda project.
No project
attempted, or no
research
answers are
provided on the
back of the
propaganda
project.
Works Cited page is
attached but
incomplete.
No project
attempted, or the
works cited page
is not attached
to the
propaganda
project.
15 points
Works Cited page is
Works Cited
attached
to the
is attached to
propaganda project.
Propaganda
Images/Script
has little or
nothing to do
with the main
topic. It is
apparent to the
viewer that the
author
scrambled to
assemble their
project last
minute.