Now that you know what you are going to do, let's do it! 

1.  First of all, you have to pick a partner.  Now, before you pick your best friend, remember this is for a grade.  Pick someone who will take this assignment seriously, someone who compliments your personality.  *Remember:  If your partner is not here for the presentation, you both get a zero. 
 

2.  Now that you have your partner, you are ready for the teacher to assign you your roles.  You will pick your roles randomly, but I will make sure we have an equal number of survivors.  You and your partner at this point will both assume the role that is chosen. 

For your third task, you will be asked to read about your particular role.  You will be given web sites to view in order to identify experiences that your person would have endured.  If you are a Japanese American, please follow 3A.  If you are a holocaust victim, please follow 3B.  If you are an American soldier, please follow path 3C.

3A   Being Japanese and an American after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, was not easy.  Read about what life was like for those Japanese who lived in America during World War II.   Your Vocabulary word for this role is  Internment   (Please look at the second and third definitions)

(Use the following sites to explore life in a Japanese internment camp)
 

Tule Lake - This was one of the internment camps for the Japanese here in America

Paul Ozaki - He was a victim of Japanese internment

Manzanar - This is another internment camp.  This site provides pictures and information about life in the camp.

Pictures - This site contains pictures of two camps and life in those camps

Information - This is important information on why the camps existed

Please answer these questions concerning life in the internment camp.  (This will be the criteria by which you will be judged on your presentation.)
1.  Why were Japanese sent to Internment camps in America? At what point in the war did that occur?
2.  Who was the president who issued the order for the camps?  What was his reasoning?
3.  What were living conditions like in the camp? (read some of the accounts of prisoners and some of the facts)
4.  What were some of the differences and similarities of the the German camps and the American camps?
5.  How long was the internment?
6.  What was normal life like in the camp?
7.  What were some of the special services the camps were to perform to keep other camps working in the U.S.?

3B  In life, tragedy and prejudice continue to repeat themselves.  There is no doubt that one of the worst tragedies was the Jewish Holocaust of World War II.  Your vocabulary word for this role is holocaust  (Please take a look at the full definition on the first entry)

                 True life accounts - Read Abram Korn's and others accounts of 
                                                                         the holocaust
                 Why? - This site explains why people allowed this tragedy to occur.

                 Holocaust victim - This is another account of someone's 
                                                                      experiences during the war.
                  Witness accounts - Still more accounts

                 Pictures - Here are a plethora of saddening images of the war

                 More pictures - More real life pictures of the atrocity of the 
                                                              Holocaust
Please answer the following questions concerning life in a concentration camp in Germany.  What would it have been like to have been a survivor?  (Your presentation will be based on your knowledge of the following questions)
1.  What are four locations of concentration camps in World War II?
2.  What is the stockholm syndrome?  What is its link to the holocaust?
3.  In your own words tell the experiences of life in the camps for at least four survivors. 
4.  How do their experiences make you feel? 
5.  After looking at the pictures, what do you think you might think if you were in their shoes? 

3C  Being an American soldier is a proud but dangerous assignment during times of war.  One of the worst battles in history was The Battle of Normandy (D-day).  Use the following sites to attain knowledge of what life was like at this time for American soldiers.   Your vocabulary word is Allied

                    Doctor - A doctor's account of life as a surgeon in battle

                    D-Day - This will give you information about the Invasion of 
                                                         Normandy.
                    Invasion - What the battle was really like

                    Pictures - Pictures of the battle

                    More pictures - Images and maps of the battle plans

                    More accounts - More D-Day experiences (Click on special 
                                                                      features)

Using the sites above, answer the questions.  These answers will be the criteria that your presentations are graded on. 
1.  What might it have been like to be a medical doctor in the war?
2.  What was it like to be a nurse in WW II?
3.  What could be the two worst things about being an American soldier during World War II? 
4.  What is D-Day?
5.  What beach did the allied storm on D-Day?
6.  Describe two specific accounts of life as a soldier in the war?

     4.  Step four of your process is to write a personal account of a 
made-up victim of the war.  Use all of the information you've collected to write a one page typed journal entry of the experiences which you have read.  Make sure that you include many of the aspects of the life in which you have read.  Use the same model as we used when writing our entries concerning Anne Franke.  You are to make up your own character.  Please turn in on the 3rd day with the answer to your questions. 

      5. Your fifth step involves creating your own television interview.  You must decide if you or your partner will be the journalist.  Each of you must work together to come up with the questions and answers for your mock (pretend) interview.  Read the evaluation sheet to understand what is expected of you for your presentation. 
 

Your questions must be relevant and insightful.  We want to really get to know your guest.  You and your partner should take a look at the different level of questions you can ask.  You want to concentrate most on analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.   Bloom's Taxonomy give a list of different types of questions you may want to ask.  Take a look!!

      5B.  You should create a Power point presentation using pictures of your group topic.  Use the pictures as a tool to draw in your audience and lead your survivor into questions. You may ask him how he feels about a certain picture.  Be creative with this part. 

   6.  You must practice your interview in order to sound legitimate.  You will see yourself on video afterward, and you want to make yourself proud.  If your character has been through a traumatizing experience, then you do not want to make jokes and laugh during the interview!  Remember that.