PLEASE STAPLE THIS PAGE AND ROUGH DRAFT ON THE BACK OF YOUR REPORT AFTER THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Name ______Subject ______
World War II Reports
Objectives with check list: A World War II subject will be
____researched and then reported in
_____minimum 3 pages, 12 Times New Roman double spaced.
All reports will follow the guidelines on pg 568 “Writing Workshop: Research Paper”. Use of Writing Process, 7 Traits of Writing with instruction on all.
____title on first page with title, name, Social Studies, date on top left side
_____introductory paragraph with
_____thesis statement highlighted (basically a statement of what report is about), carefully detailed and
_____sequential body with emphasis on 6+1 Traits of Writing and MLA format
_____anecdotal material, and
_____concluding paragraph with no new information. Must include
_____bibliography in MLA form with at least 3 references on a separate page. Other references besides the internet must be used. Parenthetical references throughout. Please
_____no personal comments or pronouns (i.e.“You,” “I,” “you will like,” “I will tell,”)
_____Punctuate carefully (i.e. capitalize all proper names, battles included, underlining names of ships+)
PARAPHRASE ALL, PLAGARISM = A FAILURE GRADE
Due Dates, Writing Process Points
_____ 1 pts Brainstorming/narrowing of topic/ questions formed
_____ 5 pts Research : Note taking handout / note cards completion
_____ 5 pts Outline
_____ 10 pts Rough Draft (with revisions and editing)
_____ 121 pts Final Draft
Total 142 pts
World War II Reports Rubric (Traits of Writing in Parentheses) Organization, Presentation Conventions assessed through whole report
/1 Title, name, etc
/10 Introduction paragraph: catches attention, no personal comments, thesis statement (underlined) which tells the main point of report. (Wd Choice, Voice, Content, Fluency)
/10 Concluding paragraph: summarizes/ends paper, leaves no loose ends with
no new information (Wd Choice, Voice, Content, Fluency)
/60 Body: enough information on subject (Ideas & Content)Relevant to subject
Interestingly presented (Voice, Wd Choice, Fluency)Makes sense
Anecdotal material (Voice, Wd Choice, Fluency)
High level vocabulary and paragraph complexity
Paragraphs organized (detailed, transitional)
/10 Organization/Presentation: Criteria met: correct font, length, spacing, etc
/10 Bibliography: minimum three, correct MLA format
/10 Paraphrasing: obviously your own (Wd Choice, Fluency, Ideas&Content,
Voice)
/10 Conventions/mechanics (Presentation,Organization)
/121
“Mvp” number codes for PHSchool.com website
1. Mussolini pg 372 mvp-0200
2. Josef Stalin p 372 mvp-0200
3. Franklyn D Roosevelt (during the war)
4. Winston Churchill p 372 during the war
WWII advancements in technology , pick one:
5. radar,
6. Sonar and war on/in the seas
7. jet engines and war in the air,
8. penicillin (discovery, connect to war)
9. Aircraft carriers
10. Dwight D Eisenhower p372, WWII main accomplishments
11. Douglas Mac Arthur p372, WWII main accomplishments
(losing and then regaining in Philippines)
12. Germany’s invasion of Poland starting war 1939
13. Fall of France (early war)1940
14. Miracle at Dunkirk 1940
15. Germany’s surprise invasion of Soviet Union
16. The Battle of Britain
17. Pearl Harbor
18. The Battle of Stalingrad 1942 (siege)
19. Gen Erwin Rommel (the Desert Rat)
20. Battle of El Alamein, Egypt
21. Invasion of Sicily
22. Japanese early victory, the fall of the Philippines (Douglas MacArthur)
23. The Bataan Death March (what happened before/during/after)
24. The Battle of Midway
25. The Battle of Guadalcanal
War efforts at home, pick one:
26. recruiting, the draft,
27. factories converting and producing military goods, workers
28. rationing,
29. war bonds (use, campaign, posters, etc)
30. Einstein’s coming to America connect to atomic bomb
31. Doolittle Raids 1942
32. women in the military
33. women in the workforce. Rosie the Riveter
34. Japanese internment camps in the United States, focus on AZ’s camps
35. Japanese in the US Military : 442nd Nisei Regiment Combat Team
36. Tokyo Rose
37. Tuskegee Airmen
38. Navaho Code Talkers
39. Allies take back Paris
40. French underground efforts
41. Ira Hayes
42. D-Day June 6, 1944
43. The Allies invasion of Germany 1/45-5/45 The Battle of the Bulge
44. Hitler’s last days
45. The Battle of Iwo Jima with famous flag raising photograph
46. Kamikaze pilots and missions
47. The Manhattan Project (development of the atomic bomb)
48. Dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima 8/6/45
49. Dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki 8/45
50. Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri to MacArthur 9/2/45
51. African Americans in WWII (mvp-0201)
52. Restrictions of American Civil Rights
during War to protect nation’s security (mvp-0202)
53. . Treaty to end the war (punishments, reparations, USSR acquistions)
54. . Formation of NATO after war
55. Formation of United Nations after war
56. WWII Memorial in DC (connect all to war)