Process:
By using wikipedia as an introduction to information I have been able to find different directions to head with each objective. I did a lot of research about the U.S. and its alliances recently, and affirmed the idea that I had that the U.S. was one of the big "super" powers in the war. The United States was one of the allied powers during the war joining France, Poland, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Ehteopia, Greece, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, and Yugoslavia. The United States was one of the "BIG THREE" (British Commonwealth, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America), and contributed greatly to the war, even though the entry into the war was delayed because of the lack of a reason to enter (until Pearl Harbor). I also researched many wartime inventions from the United States that I feel showed its power. Many of our advancements of technology in the war contributed to consumer items that only first world countries would use (the microwave).
Problems/Concerns:
.Even though I did find a lot of information about various aspects of my essential question and objectives, I feel like I might not be able to finish this project this weekend with a full 8 hours of sleep a night, especially because I have to go to Relay for Life, and I have a soccer game.
.I feel like finishing this project so early, and having to do all these extra things like blog and comment on other blogs has really detracted from my learning experience. I would have learned more information about this time period if I had learned it in a traditional learning style with a textbook, notes, some lectures, and then maybe a project.
.I am worried about how in depth the information asside from the things I present has to be. Whether it has to be something really in depth like an essay about each topic, or just a list of different ways that the U.S. emerged as a "super power."
Hi, I noticed you used the microwave as an example of technology. Even more so than fast cooking though, make sure to focus on nuclear power. America made the atomic bombs and let the world know their power by dropping two on Japan, which caused some 200,000 deaths. I believe you can relate this to the alliances objective by connecting the bomb's creation to relationships with other nations. America definitely wanted to make the bomb when Albert Einstein warned them that Germany was looking into making one. As for the technology, the bomb was the beginning of using nuclear power as an energy source. Here is a timeline of what was happening and more about the atomic bomb. http://www.ww2sci-tech.org/timeline/timeline.html
ReplyDeleteI hope you can get all your work put together on time. How are you going to present it?
Organizing a prezi for it right now :)
DeleteIn reference to your problems/concerns, my partner and I are facing the same problems. As the due date is approaching we are having less time to work together. Our solution was to split the project up and basically do things separately and in the end put it all together this may not work for everyone but it has been working for us. Well that's a suggestion.
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ReplyDeleteI understand your feelings about this project; I participated in Relay for Life as well and everything is a little nuts. Using Wikipedia as a source is a very good idea, they offer a myriad of information to kind of create as your own and understand in an easier way that other websites explain in confusing manners. As a tip of advice for you project: try to have as little as you can on your PowerPoint or whatever your venue is in presenting your project. When I did my midterm project, points were deducted for having too many words on the slides, I don't want you to lose those points so think about your option of an essay for each topic. As a final tip of advice, relax, it will all get done and it'll be great! Just take it one step at a time, I know we have a lot of work ahead of us this week, and I promise it will all be accomplished.
Thanks :)
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