1. What were the goals and outcomes of this project (besides
an understanding of the causes of World War II and historical fiction)?
The goals and the outcomes of the project weren't necessarily World
War II. World War II was the theme and the major goals were that
students learned about characterization, story structure, identifying
fact versus opinion. They were able to practice their critical reading
and thinking skills. In social studies they learned about latitude,
longitude, the history of European geography, letter writing, and
many other communications and social studies skills. They learned
those skills and practiced those skills under the theme World War
II, so the major goal wasn't that they learned a lot about World
War II; it was the curriculum areas that we teach in the sixth grade.
