Introduction
Welcome to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Memorial Project!
Here, you will be researching information on this important group that served in the United States Army during World War II. In your groups, you will need to choose roles and perform specific tasks using the resources that are provided through this WebQuest. You will be working on this WebQuest over the course of a few days. The information that you learn through this activity will prepare you for the upcoming unit assessment on Farewell to Manzanar.
Good luck!
Task
Your task will be to research information about the 442nd/100th Teams as well as an individual soldier from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team using the recommended websites below. You will then create a product which will serve to honor your individual soldier in a unique way. You will divide the steps amongst the members of your group in order to complete the entire Webquest in a timely fashion.
You will mainly use this website:100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Education Center. To navigate to the Veterans, Click on "History", then "Veterans", and then select the categories on the right hand side. For your information, the Infantry Battalion eventually combined with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, so they share many veterans and awards in common. You can also choose to perform research on non-Japanese soldiers, generals, sergeants, captains, medical officers, etc. as long as they are from the 442nd (100th Infantry) Combat Team.
Other Recommended Sites:
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team Historical Society
"Go For Broke" - Home of the Heroes
* When in doubt, you may Google, but double check that all of the facts among web sites are the same, or else you may be finding information about TWO different people with the same name! *
Process
1. Research- As a team, you must answer 10 questions about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team itself using GoogleDocs. (Only one Doc is needed per group, but be sure to share your Doc with ALL of your group members and your teacher!) Then, you must choose ONE of the veterans from this website that you will honor. You must have this person approved by your teacher before you move onto Step 2. This process is first come, first served, so if you really like your veteran, make sure you sign up for him right away! No people will be repeated.
2. Product - Next, you must create a biographical presentation about your person using GoogleSlides. Again, you must share Google Slides with all of your group members and your teacher. Your presentation must include three components, which are outlined below:
1. Write a summary. SUGGESTIONS include the following:
- First and last names of your individual
- Date of birth (and date of death, if applicable), birthplace of your individual
- Whether this person was a survivor or a nonsurvivor of World War II
- Where this person grew up and lived
- What internment camp this person was sent to (Japanese) OR what division the individual served in (non-Japanese)
- What rank this person served in the Army
- Any available information about his/her family members
- Details about the achievements and losses of your individual
PLEASE NOTE: You may not find all of this information about your particular individual from just one Web site. In fact, some of this information may not apply to your individual. To earn full credit, however, your biographical information must be RELEVANT and THOROUGH.
2. A minimum of 3 pictures:
- One must be of the individual
- The other 2 (or more) must be related to the individual's experiences (such as a picture of the internment camp or a battle location he was sent to)
- It would be great if you could find a "before" and "after" picture if the individual survived WW II
- You must include a brief caption about each one of your photos. Make the font smaller for the captions (suggestion: 8 font and italicize)
3. Choose ONE more of the following options:
- Create an original epitaph message (ie. “A true fighter”, “Dear brother and loving husband”...no, you may not use either of these!) if your person was a victim and present a brief eulogy (speech that would be recited to honor the deceased)
- Write a brief (5-6 sentence) “Where is He/She Now?” piece, explaining one or two highlights about the person’s current life
- Draw a picture that honors the individual in some way (you may get ideas for this through your research) - Google photos for this particular part of the assignment are not allowed
- Any other appropriate suggestions are gladly accepted
3. Presentation - You will present your information to the rest of the class by the end of this week. ALL members of the group must present their information in order to earn full credit for this assignment.
Evaluation
Your project will be graded in multiple ways. See the rubric below for more details of what you will be evaluated on.
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Focus |
No focus, Off-topic |
Minimal focus on life of individual |
Focused, Average effort displayed |
Well-prepared and thought out |
Sheds new light on experience and life of individual |
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Organization |
Difficult to read, placement of text and/or pictures is messy or unclear |
Attempt at organization |
Organized, Most of the product makes sense |
Well-organized text and pictures |
Extremely clear and easy to navigate products |
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Text |
Several mistakes, Missed more than 3 directions |
A couple of mistakes, Missed 3 directions |
One mistake, Missed 2 directions |
Minor mistake/s that do not disturb meaning, Missed one direction |
Interesting facts and examples that are accurate, Did not miss any directions |
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Pictures |
Does not include any pictures or captions |
Included one picture with a caption or two pictures but no captions |
Included two pictures with captions |
Included three pictures with captions |
Includes more than three pictures with captions that are appropriate |
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Presentation |
You “winged it” or were unprepared |
Attempt at presentation, No eye contact |
Presented, minimal eye contact or enthusiasm |
Presented well, Understandable |
Well-prepared and engaging presentation |
Conclusion
1. If you are having any issues working with your group members, you must tell your teacher on the FIRST day of the project (AKA, Monday). If you should decide that you are absolutely unable to work with your group members, you will work on your own and complete a project on a different soldier. Your teacher/s reserve/s the right to break up groups at ANY point in time.
2. If you are having trouble finding information about the veteran that you have chosen to research, you may switch your person on the first day only. Changes will not be made after the first day of the project.
3. Any work that is not completed during class by WEDNESDAY at the end of the class period should be completed for homework. You are responsible for completing your part of the project. Points may be deducted from an individual student's grades even though this is a group assignment.
4. If you need any materials other than the computers/SMART Board, white poster paper, composition paper, and art materials for this project, you will need to bring them in to class. This is mainly a class time project, so excuses of "I will work on it at home" will not be accepted.
This project is officially due on Thursday, March 24th.