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On the Town: Stories of New York in World War IIAre you related to a veteran of World War II? Do you like creating digital projects? Are you proud of New York's rich history? Students across the tri-state area are encouraged to enter The War contest, On the Town: Stories of New York in World War II. To apply, simply create a multimedia project that addresses the theme: Where Were They Then: New Yorkers and World War II. Create a podcast or Web site, an image montage or a flash animation. Work by yourself, or in a group. The deadline is December 31, 2007. Check out the official rules and regulations for more information. If you need help getting started, use the resources below for tips and tools. ResourcesDigital Media BBC Online: World War II http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ This Web site covers various WWII topics such as campaigns and battles, politics, home front, and the holocaust. The multimedia zone offers interactive maps, photographs and audio and video clips. WW2 People's War is a new website from BBCi History, aspiring to create a new national archive of personal and family stories from World War Two. Creative Commons http://search.creativecommons.org/ Find photos, music, text, and other works that you can use without having to pay or ask permission. DoHistory's Step By Step Guide to Oral History http://dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/oralHistory.html This guide will help you prepare for and conduct oral history interviews with friends, family, relatives, and/or veterans. HyperWar: World War II http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ Hyper War is a "hypertext" history of the second World War and features diplomatic and political documents. The content is made up, primarily, of "public domain" (non-copyright) materials in English; Official government histories (United States and British Commonwealth/Empire); Source documents (diplomatic messages, Action Reports, logs, diaries, etc.); and Primary references (manuals, glossaries, etc). Wherever possible, hyperlinks between these histories and documents have been included. Library of Congress Veterans History Project http://www.loc.gov/vets/thewar.html The Library of Congress Veterans History Project Web site has useful information about preparing for and conducting interviews with veterans. Making Movies: A Guide for Young Filmmakers http://scenariosusa.org/getinvolved/educatorscenter.html This manual, presented by Scenarios USA, explains the basics of making a movie for the young filmmaker. It covers all of the nuts and bolts from how to tell a story to the final edit of the film. Created by The Film Foundation in Partnership with the Director's Guild of America. Ourmedia http://www.ourmedia.org/ Ourmedia provides free storage and free bandwidth for videos, audio files, photos, text or software. Tips for Recording Oral Histories http://www.genealogy.com/00000029.html A page from genealogy.com, this link makes sure you get your oral history recorded as well as possible -- the first time. Witness to War http://www.witness-to-war.org/ The Witness to War project is dedicated to preserving the oral histories of World War II combat veterans. On this site, you can watch videos of veterans recounting their experiences in the War. Youth Media Resources from CTCNet http://www.ctcnet.org/resources/dir/index.php ?sid=395187200&t=sub_pages&cat=198 Don't miss this comprehensive collection of guides, templates, publications, and project samples from the Community Technology Centers Network (CTCNet). From audio and video to digital art and blogs, it's all here. Essays A Brief History of the U.S. Army During World War II, by the U.S. Army Center for Military History A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II highlights the major ground force campaigns during the six years of the war, offers suggestions for further reading, and provides Americans an opportunity to learn about the Army's role in World War II. Fiction The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk The Caine Mutiny is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard a destroyer-minesweeper in the Pacific in World War II and deals with, among other things, the moral and ethical decisions made at sea as interpreted by the code of the US Navy. The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle (1952) The Bridge over the River Kwai is a novel by Pierre Boulle. The story is fictional, but uses the construction of the Burma Railway, in 1942-43, as its historical setting. The novel deals with the plight of World War II Allied prisoners of war forced to build the 415 kilometre (258 mile) railway, by Japanese forces. The novel won France's Prix Ste Beuve in 1952. Hollywood Films Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg (1998) Saving Private Ryan is an Academy-Award- winning war film set in World War II, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. This film is particularly notable for the intensity of its opening 25 minutes, which depicts the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6, 1944. Thereafter it presents a fictional search for a paratrooper of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division. While this part of the plot is a work of fiction, the premise is very loosely based on the real-life case of the Niland Brothers. Das Boot, directed by Wolfgang Peterson Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, this film follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey. Non-fiction Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany to Citizen Soldiers is a non-fiction novel about World War II written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published in 1998. It is about Allied soldiers moving in from the Normandy beaches, and through Europe between June 7, 1944 and May 7, 1945. No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goowin (1995) This Pulitzer Prize-winning work paints a detailed, intimate portrait of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt and provides a brilliant narrative account of America during wartime. Plays The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, written by Herman Wouk The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is the classic courtroom suspense drama about a naval lieutenant on trial for mutiny in wartime. It is adapted by Herman Wouk from his Pulitzer Prize winning-novel The Caine Mutiny. Poems The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner, by Randall Jarrell The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner is a five-line poem by Randall Jarrell. It is about a gunner in a Sperry ball turret on a World War II American bomber aircraft, who was killed and whose remains were unceremoniously hosed out of the turret. The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb, by Mervyn Peake The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb was written just after the war, and was first published in 1962. It describes an encounter between a sailor and a new-born baby in a devastated wartime London. Songs There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere, by Paul Roberts and Shirley Darnell There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere is a patriotic anthem written in 1942 by Paul Roberts and Shelby Darnell (a pseudonym for producer Bob Miller). The song was written during World War II and was enjoyed its greatest popularity during the war years. Lili Marleen, written by Hans Leip 'Lili Marleen' is a famous German song which became very popular on both sides during World War II. |
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