US II- Ch. 36 WWII Video Project

                                            Shipyard Worker, WWII - Kearny, New Jersey n.d.
                                            (source - Library of Congress)


Your mission:  Find and retrieve quality historic video footage to help your class understand American participation in World War II.

Where to look for videos:  loc.gov (library of Congress) or try the Library of Congress channel on You Tube.  An easy way to search is to go to YouTube.com then enter "Library of Congress WWII" or some combination to come up with videos.  You can look at other videos on YouTube, TeacherTube, etc. but try to choose something of quality that pertains to what we are learning in Chapter 36, "America in World War II, 1941-1945." You can also search on some particular topic, e.g. "Women's Army Corps" or "Eisenhower WWII"

Length:  Choose video between 1 and 5 minutes.  A longer video doesn't get you a better grade!  If your video is longer than 5 minutes, select the segment you want the class to view, and mention that in your e-mail to me (e.g., write "segment 3:36 to 4:45" to let me know the section of a longer video you have chosen)

Reporting and Sharing:  Send me an e-mail that included the following:
1) a link to the video (the URL address - copy it from the location bar of your browser)
2) a paragraph summarizing the content of the video  - who, what, where, when, why.
3) a paragraph stating how the video pertains to something about WWII you read in our book, the page number we should refer to, and how you think it will help the class to understand this event or concept better.  For example, the video you choose might expand on information we've read, provide additional information, clarify something, illustrate something, or even contradict something you read in our textbook.
You may choose something from the Home Front, or something from the Asian or European theaters of the war.

Posting Your Video and Content to Wikispaces

1. If you're in Pattern 1, go to http://advusiipat1.wikispaces.com/
   If you're in Pattern 6, go to http://advusiipat6.wikispaces.com/
2. SCROLL DOWN to the small blue link called "Sign in with a Password"  (Ignore the Open ID and sign-in button stuff)
3. Click the link.  A sign-in screen will come up.  Enter the Username and Password you were given in class.
4. Our class Wikispaces webpage will come up.  Find your page (listed on the right), click on it, click Edit, then post your link and your paragraph content.  View this Jing video to see how:

Ms. PushkalWikispaces: Posting Content US History II

Here's a link to a video of Rosie the Riveter to get you started.