WWII Research Module (Quiz)

Module Three: World War II Research Project Your Name: ………………………………………………………

Your task: Research a World War II topic of your choice and create a quiz Details: You will create a Who Wants to be a Millionaire?-style quiz about the topic of your choice.

You will choose one of the topics below and do your own research to find out as much as you can about it. The topics on offer are: • Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany • Military weapons (including planes, tanks guns) • Anne Frank • Battle of Britain/The Blitz • Winston Churchill Once you have done your research, and learnt all there is to know about your topic, you will create your quiz. It will include 15 questions about WWII and your chosen topic of research and, if possible, the questions should get harder.

You will use the facts that you learn in your research to create your questions.

Choosing your topic for your quiz You are going to create a quiz about one of the topics below. Read these short introductions to each topic carefully, and decide which you would like to choose to research in more detail.

Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler was a German politician who eventually became Germany’s leader and dictator.

He was the man who took Germany to war, invading neighbouring countries and causing World War II. Research into Hitler might include finding out the following information: date of birth; where he was born; who his parents were; other information about his family; where he went to school; his political party; the countries he invaded; the countries Germany fought with; when Hitler died.

Military Weapons Find out all the information you can about the weapons used by different countries during World War II. This can include planes, tanks, guns etc., as well as the military forces themselves.

Anne Frank Find out about Anne Frank, a young girl who kept a diary about her experience of World War II as a German Jew. Research into the life of Anne Frank, finding out information such as: her full name; date of birth; where she was born; who her parents were; other information about her family; What she did during the war; where her family hid during the war; how she died; when she died.

Winston Churchill Winston Churchill was prime minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. Research into Churchill might include finding out the following information: date of birth; where he was born; who his parents were; other information about his family; where he went to school; his political party; famous speeches/words/phrases; the countries the United Kingdom fought with; when he died.

Battle of Britain/The Blitz For this topic you should research into the air battles that took place between British and German fighter planes.

You could find out about: what the air forces for both countries were called; where the battles took place; the dates of when famous battles took place and what they were called; about the planes that Britain and Germany used.

General WWII facts Use the information sources on your table to help you answer the following questions.

Q.1

World War II began on which date?

1 September 1939 10 June 1945 18 January 1914

Q.2

The war began because Germany invaded which country?

Greece Denmark Poland

Q.3

Which country joined Germany’s side, called the Axis Powers, first?

Australia Italy Japan

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Great Britain fought alone against the German’s Axis Powers, until other countries joined to help. Those that joined Great Britain were called what?

The Allied Forces

In what year did the German forces surrender?

1948

The Friendly Forces The Apple Fortress

1945 1950

Q.6

Which country was the last to surrender in World War II?

Russia Italy Japan

Planning your research Use the template below to brainstorm four keywords and phrases to do with your topic.

You will be able to use these to help you find information during your research when checking indexes, contents pages, skimming/scanning information and using search engines.

Research using books Book title

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Research using books Book title

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Research using the internet: Bibliography table When doing research on the internet, you must record the websites that you use too. Use this table to record the information you find from World Book Online.

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Research using the internet List of search engines you might want to use to find websites: – Google; Yahoo!; Ask; Bing; Lycos How about searching across them all? You can use these multi-search engines to search lots of search engines at the same time – Dogpile.co.uk; Webcrawler.com; search.Yippy.com; Zuula.com

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Search using key words/terms that you have identified. You do not always have to search by typing in a whole question.

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Use quote marks (“second world war”) to search for an exact phrase

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Use Google search tools – Advanced Search gives you more options to search the internet, such as by language, exact phrases and reading level – Wonder Wheel shows you related, similar searches

Questions to ask when assessing a website – Who wrote this? (look at the URL or About page) – When did they write it? (when was it updated?)

– Why did they write it? (is there a reason for the website? A particular audience?)

– Where did they write it? (where is the site based?)

– At what level is it written? (is it appropriate for me?)

– How can it help me? (you decide!)

Research using the internet: Bibliography table When doing research on the internet, you must record the websites that you use too. Use this table to record the websites that have helped your research.

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