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WW2 -- History day topic

by Revolution, Reaction and Reform

Nov 2, 2011

OK my 7th grade students do History Day. This year the theme is Revolution, Reform, and Reaction. I am doing pretty good at helping students fit the topics that they want to study with this year's theme, however I cam coming up blank on WW2 and I have about 12 students who want to do this topic. I did come up with one idea for the Holocaust, which was the Nuremberg Trials. I have a couple of ideas that would be doable if they were in 11th or 12th grade, but these are 7th graders.

You can use one, two or all three of the three R's. Also revolution can be any major change in the way things are done.

Other students' topics that I am also having difficulties with. 1. Norway 2. Venice 3. Vietnam War 4. Canada, especially Toronto 5. Clothing/fashion This student has a lot of difficulty reading, so material must be easily available at a middle school reading level.

Thank you for your help.

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Sara On 11/02/11, Revolution, Reaction and Reform wrote: > OK my 7th grade students do History Day. This year the > theme is Revolution, Reform, and Reaction. I am doing > pretty good at helping students fit the topics that they > want to study with this year's theme, however I cam coming > up blank on WW2 and I have about 12 students who...See More

Nov 3, 2011

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RRR On 11/03/11, Sara wrote: > On 11/02/11, Revolution, Reaction and Reform wrote: >> OK my 7th grade students do History Day. This year the >> theme is Revolution, Reform, and Reaction. I am doing >> pretty good at helping students fit the topics that they >> want to study with this year's theme, however I cam coming >>...See MoreOn 11/03/11, Sara wrote: > On 11/02/11, Revolution, Reaction and Reform wrote: >> OK my 7th grade students do History Day. This year the >> theme is Revolution, Reform, and Reaction. I am doing >> pretty good at helping students fit the topics that they >> want to study with this year's theme, however I cam coming >> up blank on WW2 and I have about 12 students who want to do >> this topic. > > Isn't any war a form of revolution? Indeed, Hitler did > overthrow the established government of Germany and assumed the > power of a dictator - there are violent revolutions and not > violent revolutions. He used the old man who had been lawfully > elected - this site does a nice job of detailing the revolution > that Hitler occasioned in Germany as he wrested power. > [link removed].

Your right. ANy war could fit this category, however the students only have 500 words to explain the events leading up to the "event", the event itself, and the impact or aftermath of the event. They also must count all the words in their captions, title, subtitles, and thesis in this 500 word count. What I am looking for is much narrower topics that fits the theme with in the WW2 subject area.

I have been able to switch two of my guys out of WW2 already. They liked the idea of tanks, so I suggested World War 1 and the invention of tanks and tank tactics.

> > I did come up with one idea for the Holocaust, >> which was the Nuremberg Trials. I have a couple of ideas >> that would be doable if they were in 11th or 12th grade, >> but these are 7th graders. >> >> You can use one, two or all three of the three R's. Also >> revolution can be any major change in the way things are >> done. >> >> Other students' topics that I am also having difficulties >> with. 1. Norway > > Have this student research Quisling - the traitor in Norway > who agreed with Hitler's reforms. > > 2. Venice > > Research the flood gates they built in Venice against the > wishes of many of the Italian people.

I like this idea, she may go for it.

> > 3. Vietnam War > > Research the 1968 Democratic Convention which was a form of > revolution when the Democratic Party did not endorse an > anti-war candidate.

I will run this one by the student, but I don't think he will go for it. I already tried th the idea of the student antiwar movement during this time but he wants a "WAR - War" topic. >

> 4. Canada, >> especially Toronto > > Why didn't Canada join the U.S. in its resistance to Great Britain?

I like this one, I will definitely run it by her tomorrow.

> > 5. Clothing/fashion This student has a >> lot of difficulty reading, so material must be easily >> available at a middle school reading level. > > Mini-skirts in the 1960s were a 'revolution' in the dress code. > Women's skirts had never been so short (however commonplace it > might be now)

This idea might be a winner. The other ideas I had were Jeans.

> > >> >> Thank you for your help.

Nov 3, 2011

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