They are introduced to the different roles that they will hold through an in depth study of the soldier. During this part of the unit students also interview someone from the war. We interviewed a veteran from Swords to Plowshares, a local organization that helps veterans with counseling, housing, and legal issues. The above is a preview of the student page and introduces the page format. Students start this section by practicing critical reading using a web-based example found on the student page.
Next students take on roles and write their findings and position.
This can be done as a newspaper article, memo report or diary entries. A template including introduction and topic sentences for body paragraphs are provided. Students go forward composing and sending letters to elected officials explaining their findings and positions on the war. Finally they construct their own web site that shares the information that they learned with the rest of the world. Introduction of diverse sources of information to be used to construct historical verity in research.