Name _________________________

Mr. Kalahar – US History

World War II Project

By yourself or with a partner choose one of the following projects to do on World War II. Please cite all of the sources that you use with your project in the correct citation format. Your grade will reflect the effort, quality, and historical significance of the project.

1. Make a newspaper front page depicting an event that occurred in WWII. Be sure to mimic newspapers of the day and have other significant stories of as well. Also include pictures, advertisements, etc.
2. Write an essay on a particular person or event of the World War II period. You are fairly open here, but please follow the essay structure and format.
3. Make a creative timeline of the World War II era. Find at least fifteen important events that will be placed on your timeline. Each event must have an illustration and a detailed paragraph description as well. Try to keep a consistent theme.
4. Make a poster that the government might have used to encourage people to support the war. Provide a detailed description of your aim and purpose of the poster and who it would be targeted to.
5. Create a pack of five political cartoons that might have appeared in the newspapers in the 1940’s. Provide a paragraph of the background and an explanation for each cartoon.
6. Write a creative “you are there” paper about the WWII era. Be sure to incorporate accurate historical information in your paper.
7. Draw or paint a WWII scene using detail and descriptive imagery. This one is for the serious artist only. Please provide a title for the work and a background paragraph.
8. Create a detailed brochure that might have been passed out by a group from the private sector. Choose either an interventionist or an isolationists group and try to persuade people to join your cause.