1945 Project

This project asks students to investigate aspect of life in 1945 in their country. They are to act as a newspaper reporter and write in the first person as though they are there at the time. Ideas for topics could include any natural disasters, scientific breakthroughs, fashion changes or post war reconstruction that occurred in 1945 for example. The possibilities for topics are endless! Presentation of work: Where possible, we would like students to present their work/ or a combination of the class work on a website designed to look like a newspaper page of the day. See if you can locate and scan the name and banner from an original paper from the time for example. All web pages will be linked to the central site and schools will then be welcome to print off the pages and create their own international paper to represent the year 1945 for distribution at school. What if we cannot create a website and provide you with a link? Send your individual newspaper articles in to the project coordinators. They will position them on a blank page proforma for your country that will be linked to the project.

Facilitated by: English version: Jo Tate in Australia and Luchen Cheng in Taiwan

Ages: Open P-12

Languages: English and Chinese

Dates: Ongoing

Websites: http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/users/web/1945/index.htm

Contact: For more information about participating in this or other iEARN projects, write to iearn@iearn.org.