World War II Persuasive Essay Research VOICES FROM THE PAST UNIT Common Task: Research a social or historical issue related to a change initiated by World War II. Take a stand on that issue and outline your reasons. Write an essay persuading the reader to agree with your position on the issue. Assessed Indicators: Apply comprehension skills by selecting, reading, and interpreting a variety of print and electronic informational texts. (2.7.1.1) Analyze text features to facilitate understanding of informational texts. (2.7.1.2) Apply knowledge of organizational patterns of informational text to facilitate understanding. (2.7.1.3) Use the writing process to compose effective expressive, informational, and persuasive writing. (4.7.1.1) Mastery Objectives: Students will be able to... write a thesis statement stating their position on an issue. determine key words which would be helpful in their research. locate and evaluate resources for investigation of their issues. examine text features as an aid in comprehension. identify useful information from print or electronic articles. take notes by paraphrasing and directly quoting. cite sources to avoid plagiarism.   AGOPP Research Process A-Ask Questions Assess background knowledge--what do you already know and what do you need to find out? Analyze the problem and develop/refine questions. Examples: Should the U.S. have used the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Should Japanese-Americans have been forced into internment camps during WWII? Should women in the military be allowed to engage in combat? G-Gather Information Decide which sources are best for your topic. Identify key words and phrases . Determine which resources will provide background information and which resources will provide more specific information with supporting details. Use text features to identify essential information from text. Skim and scan for information that answers your question. Verify the "worthiness" of the information. Record relevant information--summarize and paraphrase--avoid plagiarism. Record bibliographic information.                Websites Was the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Newseum: USA Weekend: Hiroshima (View this webpage if you would like to watch a short historical video of this event) Hiroshima & Nagasaki 60 Years Later University of California, Los Angeles: Children of the Atomic Bomb Pro and Con on Dropping the Bomb Testimony of Mamoru Yukihiro Hiroshima: A Survivor's Story Akihiro Takahashi’s story The Atomic Option The Decision To Drop the Bomb Hiroshima: Was It Necessary? Hiroshima: Who Disagreed with the Atomic Bombing? Harry S. Truman Diary,July 25th, 1945 The First Atomic Blast--1945 Documents on the Decision to Use the Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Should Japanese-Americans have been forced into internment camps during WWII?     NPR: Impounded: Dorothea Lange's Photographs of Japanese Internment World War II: American Home Front: Japanese Americans: The War at Home JARDA: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives The 442nd Regimental Combat Team The Virtual Museum of San Francisco Japanese Americans Japanese American National Museum: Dear Miss Breed: Letters from Camp UW Libraries: Relocation of Japanese Americans Digital stories about American History (click on Japanese-American Internment (WWII) and watch the movie) Explorations: Japanese-American Internment The War Relocation Authority and the Incarceration of Japanese-Americans During WWII Exploring the Japanese American Internment Through Films and the Internet Japanese Relocation During World War II: U.S. National Archives Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution Japanese American Internment: Removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans During WWII Instructions to all people of Japanese Ancestry World War II Japanese Internment Camps in the USA Children of the Camps: Internment History Conscience and the Constitution: the Story Japanese Internment Camps and Their Effects Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites Ansel Adams's Photographs of Manzanar Should women in the military be allowed to engage in combat? Women’s Auxiliary Corps Video (View video for background) Library of Congress: Women at War: Stories from the Veterans History Project The Women's Army Corps: A Commemoration of World War II Service Women in World War II Women in Combat: Frequently Asked Questions Women in the Military: Combat Roles Considered Women in Land Combat Panel Votes to Ban Women From Combat Pentagon Wants Women In Combat They Shoot Women Don't They? Women's Combat Role on Front Burner Report Leans toward Women in Combat A Woman's Place Is Not In Combat New Veterans Among Us: Women Could the U.S. have saved more European Jews during World War II? Jewish Virtual Library: Immigration Policies USHMM: The Voyage of the St. Louis History Channel: World War Two Interactive Click on Europe and Africa Left side click on Jews Seek Refuge Voyage of the St. Louis Jewish Refugees From The German Reich, 1933-1939 United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1941-1952 United States Policy and Its Impact on European Jews Refugees Were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles reasonable? School History: Background to WWII America's Story: WW I Ended, Treaty of Versailles Digital History: The Coming of World War II Spartacus Educational: Versailles Peace Treaty Fact Monster: Treaty of Versailles in World War I Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles : The Inside Story Signing the Treaty of Versailles, 1919 Treaty of Versailles (from Academic Kids) Treaty of Versailles German responsibility for the outbreak of war Should the U.S. have helped Europe’s economic recovery with the Marshall Plan? LOC: America's Story: George Marshall and the Marshall Plan Cold War: The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid US Dept. of Defense: George C. Marshall OECD: Marshall Plan Speech U.S. Department of State: The Marshall Plan George Marshall Marshall Plan Audio/Video Clips For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan Transcript of "Seeing The Victory Through: Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Marshall Plan" Marshall Plan World Affairs, Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 (ECA) Was Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease Act a good war policy? America's Story: Senate Passed Lend-Lease Bill American Memory: The Lend-Lease Act The Presidents” Robert Dallek, Historian on the Lend-Lease Act World War II: The Lend-Lease Act Lend Lease World Affairs, 1941 Lend-Lease Lend Lease Act, 1941 Historian Robert Dallek on Lend-Lease General Website on Several WWII Topics The Price of Freedom: Americans at War Click on World War II. Click begin and then click, “Enter Exhibit.” For each section, Scroll you mouse over the pictures at the bottom to see a slide show on that topic which includes information captions. Online Subscription Databases Password and logins are available in Edline    Research Questions Was the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Keyword search: Hiroshima AND Nagasaki Click on Analyze Scroll down to Topic: The World at War 1914-1945 Click on: WWII Dropping the Atomic Bombs click every section under dilemma on the left dropdown Keyword search: Hiroshima AND Nagasaki Click 1940s link: Left sidebar click: Manhattan Project see related article links below the main article   Keyword search: Hiroshima AND Nagasaki Was the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII justified? Keyword search: Japanese American Internment   Keyword search: Japanese American Internment Click 1940s link: Left sidebar click: Japanese American Internment   Keyword search: Japanese American Internment Could the US have saved more European Jews during WWII?     Keyword search: Jewish refugees select result #2 Click link on left, “plea to bomb concentration camps”         Should women be allowed to participate in combat? Keyword search: Update: Women in Combat (Click on magazine tab & scroll to “Examining the Pros and Cons…”       Keyword search: Update: Women in the Military   Was Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease Act a good war policy? Keyword search: Lend-Lease Act Click on Analyze Scroll down to Topic: The World at War 1914-1945 Click on: WWII Presidential Power click dropdown under dilemma-click defining moments 1 Keyword search: Lend-Lease Act     Keyword search: Lend-Lease Should the U.S. have helped Europe’s economic recovery with the Marshall Plan? Keyword search: Marshall Plan Click on Analyze Scroll down to Topic: The Cold War 1945-1991 Click on: Cold War: Capitalism vs. Communism under dilemma on the left dropdown click Defining Moments #1 Keyword search: Marshall Plan     Keyword search: Marshall Plan Did the Versailles Treaty fair create fair or overly harsh punishments on Germany? Keyword search: Treaty of Versailles (click link #7) Click on Analyze Scroll down to Topic: The World at War 1914-1945 Click on: WWI Treaty of Versailles click every section under dilemma on the left dropdown Keyword search: Treaty of Versailles     Keyword search: Treaty of Versailles   Discovery Education United Streaming Click to Enter (Password and Logins Available on Edline under Media Center) You can view the following videos for this project: Noonbreak Pearl Harbor (Japanese American Internment) Nisei: Japanese Americans During Wartime (Japanese American Internment) (Segment from America in the 20th Century: World War II: The World at War) The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Segment from America in the 20th Century: World War II: The World at War) America at War: The Home Front: A String of Pearls (Women in the Military) Women and World War II Women in Uniform Women and WWII (Segment from American History: World War II: Causes and Consequences) (Treaty of Versailles) Peace, Diplomacy, and Reparation  (Marshall Plan) Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan The Lend-Lease Act: America Aids Great Britain O-Organize Information Use a graphic organizer such as your persuasive essay outline to organize the information you have taken notes on. Arrange the information into a logical order. Draw Conclusions and inferences. Use Noodle Tools for your Works Cited Page and Electronic Note Cards P-Prepare Information Prepare a draft. Use the writing process to publish, edit, and revise your work. Prepare a "Works Cited" page. P-Present Information Share your information. Be sure to follow the persuasive essay rubric. E-Evaluate, Assess, Reflect Evaluate (and have peers evaluate) your product and process at each step.
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