WWII Project – LA/SS
Assigned: _________________________
Due: _______________________________
Directions/Requirements:
 Choose one of the possible 47 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 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.
 Once you have your topic, you must research this topic using at least THREE
credible sources.
In Language Arts, You will write a one-page paper that answers the following research
questions:
 define your topic.
 What was your topic’s significance to the WWII era?
 What causes/effects did your topic have on the War?
 What impact did your topic have on the world today?
 Write THREE poems about your topic from the styles provided:
 Haiku
 Cinquain
 Free Verse
 Ballad
 Lyric
 You will also have to find at least 5 supporting visuals for your topic to
embed in your poems. 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.
 Create a timeline about your topic
In Social Studies, You will create a form of propaganda that either supports your topic
or fights against it. You are responsible for creating the debate or argument that will be
featured in your project.
 Your project can take the form of one of the following:
 Poster created on poster board
 Political Cartoon that would be featured in a Sunday newspaper (colored)
 Recorded radio commercial (at least 30 seconds in length) – Script must
be printed out and turned into Mrs. Beaver on the day we listen to your
commercial.
 Attached to the back of your project, you must DEFINE your topic and explain its
SIGNIFICANCE to the War.
 The Works Cited page created with your research paper 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)
Blitzkreig
Victory in Europe Day
Nazism
Winston Churchill
Battle of the Bulge
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
The Munich Agreement
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
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
America’s Influence in WWII
Wartime Era Songs
All-American Girls Professional Baseball
League
North African Campaign
Pearl Harbor
Dwight D Eisenhower
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Tuskegee Airmen
Women’s Army Corps- WAC
War Bond Drives
Women in the Workforce
Japanese Internment Camps
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Braceros
Rationing
Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Auschwitz
Dachau
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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)
**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
Research Report : WWII Propaganda Project – US History II
Student Name:
________________________________________
CATEGORY
Organization
15 points
Quality of
Propaganda
50 points
Full points
Project is very
organized and
colorful/wellscripted
Project is
organized and
colorful/wellscripted
Project appears
organized but not
colorful or poorly
scripted.
¼ points
0 points
The information
No project
appears to be
attempted.
disorganized with
little (or no) color
added.
Message is
muddy and
clarifying
questions must be
asked of the
author to fully
understand the
message.
(15 points)
(12 points)
(8 points)
(4 points)
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.
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.
Images/Script
somewhat relates
to the main topic.
It is apparent to
the viewer that
the author did not
spend much time
or effort to create
their project.
Images/script has No project
little or nothing to attempted.
do with the main
topic. It is
apparent to the
viewer that the
author scrambled
to assemble their
project last
minute.
(38 points)
(25 points)
(13 points)
(0 points)
Includes a Wow
Factor.
(0 points)
Student attached
definition of topic
and significance
to the back of
their propaganda
project.
Student attached
one of the
research
questions to the
back of their
propaganda
project.
No project
attempted or
student did not
attach answers to
either research
question to their
project.
(20 points)
(10 points)
(0 points)
20 points
Works Cited
is attached to
Propaganda
½ points
Message of the
Message of the
project is clear to project is
the audience.
somewhat clear to
the audience.
(50 points)
Research
Questions are
attached to
Propaganda
¾ points
Works Cited
page is attached
to the back of the
propaganda
project.
No project
attempted or
Works Cited page
is not attached to
the back of the
propaganda
project.
(15 points)
(0 points)
15 points
Total points: ______/100
**This project will be entered into your US History II gradebook as TEST POINTS.
That makes this the LARGEST test grade you will have this quarter.
There will be NO MAKEUPS or RE-DOs.