Project: WWII in Pictures
Project Goals:
To use research skills to find appropriate, historical evidence
Make analytical connections between observations and research
Critically think through and evaluate the impact of an action in a historical event
Directions: carefully read through ALL the directions present in this document. You are responsible for following all instructions that are listed.
⦁ For this project, you will choose ONE photograph from the options below that is interesting to you or catches your attention. You will research information about the event in the photo to help answer the guiding questions on page 2 and write your responses to those questions in a formal essay.
⦁ Project Checklist: Make sure your project includes each item below before you submit it; missing items may cause your project to be reassigned.
⦁ A focus on ONE specific photo from the list below.
⦁ Research from 2 reliable sources.
⦁ A 6 paragraph essay (an introduction, one body paragraph for each of the 4 guiding questions, and a conclusion). Do not write your responses after the guiding questions.
⦁ Body paragraph responses that contain 4-5 complete sentences minimum. Final word count should be between 400-500 words minimum for the whole project.
⦁ An MLA heading placed at the start of your project.
⦁ Your chosen photo placed after your MLA heading, but before your essay begins.
⦁ In-text citations where researched information is used in the project.
⦁ A properly formatted Works Cited page with both sources included.
⦁ The project directions and rubric included in the final project file.
You may also reference the help videos in the project lesson for instructions on completing this project and following MLA format.
Guiding Questions to be Answered:
⦁ Use the photo and caption to research this time period or event of the war. What is the historical context (background) of the photo? What led up to this event happening? Provide historical evidence and support.
⦁ What does the photo reveal about how the war is going at this time? Do you believe the people in the photo are on the winning or losing side of the war at this time? Why do you believe this? Provide specific examples from the photo for support. Does your research about the photo support your conclusions about who is winning and how the war is going? Provide historical evidence and support for your analysis.
⦁ Is the event/action pictured in the photo helping or hurting the Axis Powers as a group in fighting the war? How? Provide historical evidence and support for your analysis. Is the event/action pictured in the photo helping or hurting the Allied Powers as a group in fighting the war? How? Provide historical evidence and support for your analysis.
⦁ What do you think the people in the photo or those who took the photo are thinking or feeling? What details in the photo support your opinion? Be specific. How does this photo make you feel? Why?
The following pictures were all taken from the National Archives website. http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos
“Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov signs the German-Soviet nonaggression pact; Joachim von Ribbentrop and Josef Stalin stand behind him.” Moscow, August 23. 1939. 242-JRPE-44.http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-79.jpg
“Children of an eastern suburb of London, who have been made homeless by the random bombs of the Nazi night raiders, waiting outside the wreckage of what was their home.” September 1940
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-87.jpg
“USS SHAW exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor.” December 7, 1941. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-126.jpg
“Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro. Evacuees lived at this center at the former Santa Anita race track before being moved inland to relocation centers.” Clem Albers, Arcadia, CA, April 5, 1942. 210-G-3B-414.
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-29.jpg
“Take off from the deck of the USS HORNET of an Army B-25 on its way to take part in first U.S. air raid on Japan.” Doolittle Raid, April 1942. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-71.jpg
“Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the Day. ‘Full victory-nothing else’ to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe.” Moore, June 6, 1944. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-98.jpg
“Flag raising on Iwo Jima.” Joe Rosenthal, Associated Press, February 23, 1945 https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-156.jpg
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