Culminating+Project

//__ Time __//__ Magazine - Culminating Project __ __ Overview: __ Throughout this unit you have studied a broad range of material relating to the United States in World War II. For your culminating project, you will use what you have studied to create an issue of //Time// magazine based on an event from World War II. You will work in groups of four to create this magazine. Your magazine must have one cover story, three feature articles, an editorial, three advertisements, and a table of contents with a timeline of events that you determine to be essential to the event your magazine is on. You will use the materials and resources that you have accumulated throughout the unit to help you, as well as conduct additional research if needed. Additionally, within your magazine you must answer at least one of the essential questions of the unit in either the cover story or one of the feature articles:

A) Why should a nation decide to go to war? B) Does the security of a nation depend upon the survival of its allies? C) How can war affect civilians? D) Is it ever appropriate to use atomic weapons?

You have several options for events:
 * the Holocaust
 * internment of Japanese Americans
 * atomic bombing of Hiroshima
 * Pearl Harbor
 * the home front
 * women in the workforce
 * dictators in Europe
 * battles in the Pacific theater
 * battles in Europe

__ Directions __ :

1) You must develop and design your magazine by completing the //Time Magazine Brainstorm Sheet// and the //Time Magazine Layout Sheet.// This will help you decide what you want to include in your magazine and how you want it to look.

2) Each group member is required to brainstorm ideas, gather written and visual information, and help assemble and produce the magazine.

3) Each student will be assigned one of the following roles:

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 * ** Managing Editor ** : Records brainstorming ideas from all group members on //Time Magazine Brainstorm Sheet//. Writes editorial and cover story. Assists other group members on their features.
 * ** Copy Editor ** : Reviews and edits all writing. Helps write all headlines and captions. Researches and writes one of the feature articles and one advertisement.
 * ** Graphic Artist ** : Designs cover. Helps create all illustrations. Researches and writes one of the feature articles and one advertisement.
 * ** Layout Artist ** : Records ideas from all group members on //Time Magazine Layout Sheet//. Creates Table of Contents page with timeline of key events. Researches and writes one of the feature articles.

**Use** the brainstorming sheets in the document below to help you create your magazine.