World War 2 Project Menu and Activities

Research and present historically accurate facts about a World War II figure, event, or topic through a chosen project format.

Apply narrative or expository writing skills to a WWII scenario, such as a soldier's letter home or a wartime news article.

Self-select and complete a project format that matches personal strengths, from visual (comic, timeline) to written (poem, letter) to oral (expert mini-lesson).

Set the required-option count and due date directly on the choice-board slide before distributing, since both fields are left blank for the teacher to fill in.

Share the specific rubric for a chosen option before students begin, since the point breakdowns differ meaningfully between options (e.g., the alphabet book totals 110 points across four criteria).

Require students to cite real historical facts for the memorial and news-article options, since both rubrics grade a separate 'historically accurate and realistic' category.

Historical research and accuracy — students identify real facts about WWII figures or events and are graded on historical accuracy across most of the nine options.

Perspective writing — students write a 200-word letter home in the voice of a WWII soldier or nurse.

Multi-format presentation — students choose among visual, written, and oral formats (comic strip, timeline, five-minute lesson) to demonstrate the same content knowledge.