Task: Atticus Finch told Scout, "You never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-. . .until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it." (Lee, 50). Atticus was right, it sometimes helps to witness historical events from the point of view of someone who lived it. In order to understand World War II, you must view it from the perspective of a person who lived during that time.

You are to create a scrapbook found in the year 2000 but made during World War II. The purpose of the scrapbook is to teach the reader all about World War II from the perspective of someone who lived through it, survived it and learned from it. Each item should imitate the real artifact and should be included because it broadens our understanding of the war and its effects.

The following list will help you choose someone to create a scrapbook for:

Included in your scrapbook will be the following:

1. A front cover that would be appropriately decorated by the character who made it. It should be inviting and interesting. Do not use plastic covers.
2. Introduction: Introduce the person (fictional or based on a real person) who is supposed to have made the scrapbook (first person narrative, present tense, paragraph form). Include the name, age when the scrapbook was started, city and country, the person’s role in the war, the person’s opinion about the sides in the war. Include a picture of the person (this could be a family picture). This is important because all the items, documents, artifacts, and captions should be from this person’s point of view. This introduction could be written when they start the scrapbook or when they finish it and put it away for posterity.
3. A newspaper article about the events that led up to the start of WW II in Europe with the Nazi attack on Poland. This article should include the violations of the Versailles Treaty that led up to this invasion of Poland (Anschluss with Austria, invasion of Sudetenland, Munich Agreement, etc.) and the treaty with Stalin. This article is supposed to be from a newspaper that your person may have kept. Include in text citations for concrete details and opinions. (You did this assignment already).
4. Another news article about how the war first affected you and your country (for example, a Chinese person would tell about the Japanese invasion of China and an American would write about the attack on Pearl Harbor). Include in text citations for details and opinions.
5. Four documents that explain the major events in the war from your person’s point of view (a person living in Asia will be more concerned with the Pacific Theater and their country). These events may be battles, attacks, invasions, inventions, or other things that changed the war. Do not include anything you have already written about somewhere else in your scrapbook. These documents may be secret messages (decoded), battle orders, news articles, letters, school assignments, diary entries, etc. (whatever is appropriate for your scrapbook). These items will be graded by how well they are done and by the items you choose to include, not on their length.
6. Popular Culture: Artifact with a caption that shows what kind of music was popular, ie. music lyrics, album covers, etc. You may choose to do a book jacket for a book written during the war, theatre program for a play, or movie advertisement or movie review. Another idea for popular culture is an example of propaganda, advertising, or a political cartoon with a caption explaining it from your country’s point of view. This item should have a caption explaining the relevance to the war. Finally you may show how the war affected fashions, games, or hobbies. The caption you write for this item is very important because it will show the relationship to the war.
7. A script for a radio news program about V-E Day (Victory in Europe). Include all the important facts about the surrender, what happened to Hitler, and the role of the Russians.
8. A magazine article with a picture about V-J Day (Victory over Japan) and the events that lead up to it (a prime part of this article should be about the Atomic bomb attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
9. Two items of your choice (maps, souvenirs, letters, an award, additional items from number 6, or surprise me). Include a caption that explains the item’s relationship the person’s scrapbook and the war.
10. Bibliography-use the correct form for all books, articles, web pages and CD ROMs.
11. Notes with item numbers so that we can trace back your information must be turned in separately. Do not include any notes that are just copies or printouts from the Internet.
12. Title sheet with your real name, period, and name of the assignment on the last page.
13. A completed evaluation sheet.

No pictures can be cut from a book. All articles must be created by you and not copied. Plagiarism will result in a grade of zero. Plagiarism includes more than three words in a row quoted without quotation marks.

It is most important that all items display historical accuracy, authentic detail, identifications with a historical perspective, and enlighten the reader about World War II.

All items will be evaluated by you, another student, and the teacher on the basis of what they teach about World War II, how much depth of knowledge they show, and their accuracy. An evaluation sheet will be given to you prior to the due date.

You may do your scrapbook as a multimedia project, but the same grading criteria will apply.

Resources:

CD ROMs

Textbooks

Classroom library of reference books and handouts

Library books

Task: Atticus Finch told Scout, "You never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-. . .until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it." (Lee, 50). Atticus was right, it sometimes helps to witness historical events from the point of view of someone who lived it. In order to understand World War II, you must view it from the perspective of a person who lived during that time.

You are to create a scrapbook found in the year 2000 but made during World War II. The purpose of the scrapbook is to teach the reader all about World War II from the perspective of someone who lived through it, survived it and learned from it. Each item should imitate the real artifact and should be included because it broadens our understanding of the war and its effects.

The following list will help you choose someone to create a scrapbook for:

Included in your scrapbook will be the following:

1. ________A front cover that would be appropriately decorated by the character who made it. It should be inviting and interesting. Do not use plastic covers.
2. ________Introduction: Introduce the person (fictional or based on a real person) who is supposed to have made the scrapbook (first person narrative, present tense, paragraph form). Include the name, age when the scrapbook was started, city and country, the person’s role in the war, the person’s opinion about the sides in the war. Include a picture of the person (this could be a family picture). This is important because all the items, documents, artifacts, and captions should be from this person’s point of view. This introduction could be written when they start the scrapbook or when they finish it and put it away for posterity.
3. ________A newspaper article about the events that led up to the start of WW II in Europe with the Nazi attack on Poland. This article should include the violations of the Versailles Treaty that led up to this invasion of Poland (Anschluss with Austria, invasion of Sudetenland, Munich Agreement, etc.) and the treaty with Stalin. This article is supposed to be from a newspaper that your person may have kept. Include in text citations for concrete details and opinions. (You did this assignment already).
4. ________Another news article about how the war first affected you and your country (for example, a Chinese person would tell about the Japanese invasion of China and an American would write about the attack on Pearl Harbor). Include in text citations for details and opinions.
5. ________Four documents that explain the major events in the war from your person’s point of view (a person living in Asia will be more concerned with the Pacific Theater and their country). These events may be battles, attacks, invasions, inventions, or other things that changed the war. Do not include anything you have already written about somewhere else in your scrapbook. These documents may be secret messages (decoded), battle orders, news articles, letters, school assignments, diary entries, etc. (whatever is appropriate for your scrapbook). These items will be graded by how well they are done and by the items you choose to include, not on their length.
6. ________Popular Culture: Artifact with a caption that shows what kind of music was popular, ie. music lyrics, album covers, etc. You may choose to do a book jacket for a book written during the war, theatre program for a play, or movie advertisement or movie review. Another idea for popular culture is an example of propaganda, advertising, or a political cartoon with a caption explaining it from your country’s point of view. This item should have a caption explaining the relevance to the war. Finally you may show how the war affected fashions, games, or hobbies. The caption you write for this item is very important because it will show the relationship to the war.
7. ________A script for a radio news program about V-E Day (Victory in Europe). Include all the important facts about the surrender, what happened to Hitler, and the role of the Russians.
8. ________A magazine article with a picture about V-J Day (Victory over Japan) and the events that lead up to it (a prime part of this article should be about the Atomic bomb attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
9. ________Two items of your choice (maps, souvenirs, letters, an award, additional items from number 6, or surprise me). Include a caption that explains the item’s relationship the person’s scrapbook and the war.
10. ________Bibliography-use the correct form for all books, articles, web pages and CD ROMs.
11. ________Notes with item numbers so that we can trace back your information must be turned in separately. Do not include any notes that are just copies or printouts from the Internet.
12. _________Title sheet with your real name, period, and name of the assignment on the last page.
13. A completed evaluation sheet.

No pictures can be cut from a book. All articles must be created by you and not copied. Plagiarism will result in a grade of zero. Plagiarism includes more than three words in a row quoted without quotation marks.

It is most important that all items display historical accuracy, authentic detail, identifications with a historical perspective, and enlighten the reader about World War II.

All items will be evaluated by you, another student, and the teacher on the basis of what they teach about World War II, how much depth of knowledge they show, and their accuracy. An evaluation sheet will be given to you prior to the due date.

You may do your scrapbook as a multimedia project, but the same grading criteria will apply.

Resources: