Phase One - Research:
- Divide yourselves into teams of four.
- Use the resources
provided to research Causes
of World War II
and the events that led to U.S.
involvement.
- Listen to Walter
Cronkite reporting from the battle zone.
- Locate some graphics to include in your
project.
- Download the Timeline
Template. Unzip and save it in your own folder.
- Develop a Timeline
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Each person will individually
list 5-10 important events from your research.
-
Together your team will
arrange your combined lists of events in sequential order on a timeline
(complete with graphics) establishing their cause effect relationship.
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Open the 'index' file of the
timeline template in FrontPage 2000 (or any web page editor) and add all of
your information for your timeline. [Note -
The 'index'
file is a frame set. If you are using a different web page editor,
you may need to open one file at a time. Begin with the 'banner' file.]
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Be sure to document the
source of all information and graphics used on your timeline.
Phase Two - Writing:
First
Prompt:
Read F. D. Roosevelt's
"Four
Freedoms" speech to understand his foreign policy during WW II.
Second
Third
- Review the Process
Guide on Persuasive Arguments
- Download the Essay
Organizer and save it on the desktop.
- Open the essay organizer and leave it open.
- Use Thesis
Builder to help you create a thesis statement
around which you will build your persuasive essay in defense of the
"Four
Freedoms."
- Copy and paste your thesis statement into
the first section of the Essay
Organizer.
- Save this document on your computer.
- You will then fill in the topic sentences
and supporting details to back up your thesis statement.
- Write your first draft.
Fourth
Finally
- Exchange papers again to
proofread
your essays.
- Write and submit your final draft to your
teacher for publication.
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