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= = = = =Mr. Arnold's 9th grade World History =

= = =World War II =

Over the course of the next week you will be using this website as a reference for each days assignments. You will need the information listed here for the in-class discussions, two-page essay, and the digital video project.

__Day One__
World War II is one of the most important wars in world history. Millions of lives were lost in Europe and Asia as the war raged from 1939 to 1945. Watch these videos below about the origins of World War II and the Attack on Pearl Harbor. After watching the videos view the interactive website about World War II and be prepared to discuss the information in class. media type="youtube" key="vdsLHcfD-jk" height="385" width="480"media type="youtube" key="HAnOtWm5OrM" height="385" width="480"

[|History Channel interactive view of World War II]

**__List of Historical Figures from World War II__**
Adolf Hitler Franklin Delano Roosevelt Joseph Stalin Audie Murphy General Dwight Eisenhower Field Marshall Erwin Rommel General George S. Patton Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery Georgy Zhukov

Due on Friday using Microsoft Word write a Two-page; double spaced; 12 point font; essay about an historical figure of World War II from the list above. Include in the essay facts about this persons life, major events that this person partook in during World War II, and this persons over-all historical significance. Also include a works cited page at the end of the essay that has at least three citations, one of the citations must be a book or encyclopedia article.

__Day Two __ Read the two news paper articles linked below as well as viewing the two different piece of propaganda art of World War II. Be prepared to discuss the bias news papers had during the war. As well as what impact propaganda art had on both the Allied and Axis powers.

[|Newspaper Article One] [|Newspaper Article Two]





__Day Three __ Today you will all be assigned to different groups to work on a digital video project. Each individual group will be assigned a different battle or operation that took place during World War II. Within the video you should include when the battle took place, where the battle happen at, key figures that were involved, and what the importance of the battle was to the outcome of World War II.The videos will be created using Microsoft Movie Maker and should be 2 to 4 minutes long. Include in the digital video photos and movie clips from World War II. There are two different ways to relay the information in the video; the first way is to insert text in the video and the next way is through a voice over. At the very end of the video you will need to cite all the sources that you used to make the video.Each group will be presenting the video to the class on FRIDAY and afterward answering questions about their battle. Below is the list of groups and what battle it will be covering.

Group 1:[| Battle of Okinawa]

Group 2: [|D-Day Invasion]

Group 3:[| Battle of the Bulge]

Group 4:[| Battle of Leyte Gulf]

Group 5:[| Battle of Midway]

Group 6:[|Battle of Guadalcanal]

Group 7: [|Operation Market Garden]

Below are two different in-depth informational video on how to create a movie using Microsoft Movie Maker....

Tutorial Video One: media type="youtube" key="nM3OwqmstEY" height="385" width="480" Tutorial Video Two: media type="youtube" key="6DHFKVzG8Zw" height="385" width="480"

Day Four At the beginning of class read the articles about the dropping of the Atomic Bomb. We will then be discussing the impact this had on the war and the future of the world.

[|The Atomic Bomb] -Read the introduction only [|President Truman Press Release] [|Why did President Truman drop the Atomic bomb?]

After this you will then continue to work on your groups digital video project. Remember they are due the next day!

Day Five Today each group will be presenting their digital video projects about a battle that took place during World War II. After the video is over each group should be prepared to answer questions fellow classmates might have about their particular battle.

The two-page essay about an historical figure of World War II is due today as well.