Integrated with the Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Research Model

Your task will be to research an important aspect of the Japanese homefront during World War II and/or the bombing of Hiroshima along with another class member. You will become specialists on this topic and will then present your findings to the class in an informative and creative way.

You will write a paragraph and create a visual in the form of a newscast about your research topic in preparation for a special Sadako Memorial Day . We will share our findings that day before we read the novel.

You will be selecting your research topic from the following list:

• Events leading up to World War II
• How and why Japan came to be involved in World War II
• How and why the U. S. came to be involved in World War II
• The Manhattan Project (1942) and the development of the Atomic Bomb
• President Harry Truman and the decision to drop the bomb
• The Enola Gay and the Hiroshima bombing mission
• The Japanese homefront in the 1940s - their customs, traditions, values, and beliefs
• Hiroshima - before the bomb, after the bomb, and today
• Emperor Hirohito and the surrender of Japan
• Sources of radiation, types of radiation exposure, and effects of radiation exposure (including radiation-induced or radiation-associated leukemia)
• Japanese memorials related to the atomic bombing (Peace park, etc.)
• Survivors of the atomic bombings
• The history and basics of origami
• Japanese cranes as symbols and in legends

MSDE MTLSS: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5 if Internet research is used)

ISTE NETS: 1a, 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b

• Research
• Script Writing
• Storyboarding
• Ability to work in a team
• Public Speaking
• Interviewing
• Performing
• Camera Techniques
• Computer Editing

1. As a class activity, show a sample of an original student produced documentary.
2. Research topic
3. Organize research
4. Storyboard
5. Write script
• Students use information found in their research to write their script
6. Plan production
• Think about where and when to film
• Who is performing? Who is running the equipment? WHO'S IN CHARGE?
7. Rehearse
8. Shoot and compile
• remember to use good videography techniques
9. Edit final product
• Use MovieMaker (or other software)
• Import the video from camera and/ or other sources
• Arrange video / pictures
• Add transitions and titles
• Edit audio
• Finalize and save
10. Present/ share

• Assign production roles appropriate to student needs and/or abilities
• Extended time

• Submit to a contest
• Peer critique and/or gallery walk
• Submit to BCPS Education Channel
• Upload to Safari or SchoolTube
• Embed in a PowerPoint presentation
• Add to electronic portfolio
• Broadcast school wide