WW2 Webquest 5th Grade

Introduction:

World War II killed more people and destroyed more property than any war in history. The war was fought on three continents, and over 17 million people died in combat alone. The war pitted the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) against the Allies (democratic nations-including Great Britain, the former USSR, France and the United States).

On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked the United States at the naval base in Pearl Harbor. This led to the United States joining the Allies. Our involvement in the war changed the lives of all Americans. Most Americans pitched in and contributed to the war effort. Food was rationed. Factories were set up to produce war materials. Women entered the work force in mass for the first time in history. The United States provided much needed man power and superior technology to the Allies.

 World War II was a defining moment in United States history. It led to the United States becoming a world power.

Create a scrapbook with a page for each of the following sections. Your scrapbook MUST include a picture/ drawing for each area AND a student explanation of the topic (Five Ws Who, What, Where, When, Why did it happen/matter). 

Causes of WW2:

http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/causes-ww2-for-kids.htm

Jewish Holocoust (Ghettos, Concentration Camps): 

http://www.softschools.com/facts/world_history/holocaust_facts/499/

https://kidskonnect.com/history/holocaust/

America's Involvement:

http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/ww2_us_home_front.php

Internment Camps:

http://www.children-of-the-camps.org/history/index.html

https://www.historyonthenet.com/world-war-two-japanese-internment-camps-in-the-usa/

Turning Points

Pearl Harbor:

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/EastWind/Infamy.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rBWWZ-ZEydc#t=0

D-Day:

http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/June/dday.html

VE-Day:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/the_war_ends/

VJ- Day:

http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/v-j-day.htm

Homefront: 

http://www.victorygardening.com/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/wartime_homes/

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1692.html

Weapons (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Oak Ridge TN) 

http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/hiroshima.htm

http://mocomi.com/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-bombing/

http://www.historynet.com/oak-ridge-the-town-the-atomic-bomb-built.htm

Students with a COMPLETED SCRAPBOOK will receive full credit IF

All areas have a picture and a paragraph written in their own words explaining the history of the given section, Work is written in legible handwriting or typed, and each section has a catchy title.