Mike+D

In order to make sure that your WebQuest stays aligned with your unit, you will need to copy and paste 3 things from your Stages 1 and 2 from Dr. Grace's wiki onto this page. (This will also help Dr. Theresa give you better feedback on your Intro, Task, and Conclusion.) Then you will write your first drafts of your Introduction and Conclusion.

=G.R.A.S.P.S= //( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion of your unit (Stage 2). Note that you don't need the Standards part, though you can include it if you want.)// =Understanding(s)= //(Copy and paste the big understanding(s) you have listed in your unit for Dr. Grace in Stage 1 (the answers to the essential questions). What are the academic goals for the unit (which will also be the purpose of the WebQuest).)// WWII altered how the world looks at itself and each other. WWII affected Communities in the world WWII had specific impacts on political processes and developments.
 * Goal || ** : ** Do a post-war newscast of an event or series of connected events to show the the changes in worldviews, how communities were effected, and how political processes changed. ||
 * Role || The role of the student would be a postwar newscaster in 1945 using the impact of certain events to show understanding. ||
 * Audience || The viewers of the newscast would be the audience of the news station such as CNN. ||
 * Situation || The situation would be reaching out to a world that has been crippled by war. ||
 * Product & Performance || The product would consist of a recording with audio and visual clips through an IMovie. ||

=Introduction= //(Set the stage, give us any background info that we might need to know (but just a hint), this is your HOOK. Provide a segue to the Task . . . make your reader want to click to the next section. There should be nothing that sounds like school work in this section. Don't give away what's going to happen in the Task.)//

In the wake of World War I, the Germans, still rife with fury over the Treaty of Versailles and the economic downturn that resulted, elect a man, one who is an eloquent speaker, economically minded, and is entrusted by the people to get them out of the worst situation the nation had been in in memorable past. Released from prison serving two years for treason and with the release of his book //Mein Kampf//, a book that united the people and gave them a common hatred of everyone who put them in the post WWI situation that they had been living in since 1919, after seizing control of the National Socialist German Workers' Party** ( ** NSDAP) he was elected Fuhrer and with death of Von Hindenburg, the last chancellor, Hitler united the positions and took full control of the country. Once out of this horrifying economic depression, which only took a year to get out of, Hitler, with the collaboration of the Italians and Japanese who were already in one of the greatest wars the east had ever seen, began the greatest war and test of powers the world would see for many years to come.

=Task= //(This story should match the Task Description/Summary from your unit in Stage 2 (Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?//)//. You can copy and paste from Dr. Grace's wiki.// //Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Situation, and Product & Performance. Be a story teller. Save any classroom-specific information for the Process. Build the scenario and stay in character. You can reference the Introduction but try not to duplicate the information that's in the Introduction.)// You are a newscaster for CNN and the chance to do a memorial for an event in World War II arises as the anniversary approaches. Your production staff tells you that you have to do a newscast about either an event in the war or series of events that took place in the war. The production staff also wants you to make a connection from the war to something from the modern era. There are three things that need to be covered in the newscast: How did this event change the war and the and the what was the worlds response to it? How was the community that it affected change/can you relate to them? How were political developments affected by this event? The newscast should encompass information from primary and secondary documents as well as graphics you have created and some from the events themselves.

=Conclusion= //(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)//

World War II had very specific political impacts on the world, it would set the stage for many developments in all of the nations involved and many that were not. It would lead to world organizations and world treaties that would shape the world to come.