World War II WebQuest

Please do this after you've typed or written your family's connection to WWII.

WWII Websites
There are many sites that cover all or parts of WWII online and I certainly can't keep track of them all. Here are a few that I've used in the last few years and gotten something out of. Please recommend other sites to me in class and I'll post them too.

First, before you get too far along though, take this quiz. How'd you do?





Next, take 10 minutes or so to check out Ken Burn's excellent documentary site, simple titled The War.
And the Channel One WWII declassified site, here.
There's also the recent History Channel series, WWII in HD if you have time.


Finally, if you have any time left try your hand at the map puzzle on your computer. Start-->All Programs-->Map Puzzles-->Europe

Your Famly's Connection to WWII

For quite a while now I've been using a girl named Caitlin's story about her grandfather in WWII as a model for my eight grade students. I try to get them to do research about their own family to share and many do but each year we all read Caitlin's story.
This year once again I'm asking students to find out about their family, and once again we'll be reading Caitlin's story.
You can read it by clicking here.
Caitlin's got to be in college by now but her story lives on on the Internet.

Assignment: WWII from Your Point of View

You don’t have to do a project as in depth as Caitlin’s but I would like you to find out more about your family’s connection to WWII. Do you know a Grandparent or anyone else in your family who was alive during WWII? If so, ask them about the war. If not, ask someone who remembers things that relatives of yours who were alive at the time told them about the war. Some questions you should ask are: What did they do during the war? Where did they live? What memories do they have? How did the war change them? Do you have any pictures or memorabilia from the war that they can show you?

Be prepared to write about and share your findings with the class after Thanksgiving.