Students will read about the European conflicts on the internet using search engines and research sites. Parents will work with them to help filter the information and determine what is most useful. Students create a graphic organizer to use during their research. Using a drawing program, create a grid of rows and columns. For example, three rows for internet sources intersect several columns for geography, political organization, history, economics, etc.
Students fill in the resulting boxes with their research.
They will then use this for the basis of a report. Once the research is done, students begin writing the report. They should circle the boxes on the organizer that they think are most important to explain the conflict in that region. Use those boxes to supply information for the research paper. The classroom reading of Zlata s Diary will continue.