As Time Goes By Instructions - Part 1. Introduction/Purpose of Program

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1 As Time Goes By Instructions - Part 1 Introduction/Purpose of Program Students sharpen their observation skills by determining the matching current day pictures to pictures taken in Abilene during World War II found by searching The Portal to Texas History. TEKS English Language Arts, 6 th Grade 23A, 7 th 23A - Research gathering sources. Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather. Students are expected to (A) follow the research plan to collect data from a range of print and electronic resources and data from experts. Social Studies, 7 th Grade 1A - Identify major eras in Texas History > Texas in World War II, 7E - Analyze the political, economic, and social impact of major events > World War II > on the history of Texas. Detailed Description of the Program Working online, students locate pictures taken in Abilene, Texas during World War II through The Portal to Texas History. Students download them to a Word.doc or Google.doc. Students document a citation for each picture located online. Students examine the included pictures deciding which current day pictures match the pictures downloaded from the Portal to Texas History. Students support their choices and record at least 3 details that connect the sets of pictures. Program Related Books to Display or Book Talk Home Fronts (World War II: The Full Story). Brown Bear Books Ltd, Samuels, Charlie. Home front. Brown Bear Books, Cornell, Kari A. Women on the US Home Front. Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, Mazer, Harry. A Boy No More. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Elliott, Laura. Across a War-Tossed Sea. Disney-Hyperion Books, Patt, Beverly. Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook. Marshall Cavendish Children, Chapman, Fern Schumer. Is it Night or Day? Farrar, Straus, Giroux, Hart, Alison. A Spy on the Home Front. American Girl, Paulsen, Gary. The Cookcamp. Scholastic, Kerr, M.E. Slap Your Sides: A Novel. HarperCollins, Krammer, Arnold. Nazi Prisoners of War in America. Scarborough House, 1996.

2 Walker, Richard Paul. Lone Star and the Swastika. Eakin Press, Waters, Michael R. Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne. Texas A&M University Press, Ross, Chapin, Alice & Kent. Whistle Punk. Chaparral Books, Littlejohn, Jeffrey L. and Charles H. Ford. The Enemy Within Never Did Without: German and Japanese Prisoners of War at Camp Huntsville, Texas, Texas Review Press, List of supplies Computers with MS Word or Google Docs Internet Access Directions List of Resources The Portal to Texas History th Armored Division Memorial Museum, Abilene, TX - Grading Rubric Area Graded Possible Points Points Accurate location and downloading of 2.5 X 12 = 30 photos Citation of all 13 Photographs 2.5 X 12 = 30 Correct Matching of Pictures 2.5 X 12 = 30 Paper Quality, timely accurate submission 10 Total 100

3 As Time Goes By - Part 1 AbrakaPOW by Isaiah Campbell is set in Abilene, Texas at Camp Barkeley a prisoner of war camp for German soldiers captured during World War II. Today, you are going to examine and compare pictures of Abilene taken during World War II and today. Directions: 1. Set up an MS Word doc or a Google Doc with your name and other information required by your teacher. Set your page setting for landscape so that your photographs are larger. 2. Find The Portal to Texas just search for The Portal to Texas History. 3. In the search bar on the main page, enter Jack Yates Collection. Scroll through the results and locate the pictures 1-9 listed below. For the next pictures, return to the home screen of The Portal to Texas History. Put the name of the picture in the search box and search individually for pictures using exact wording. 4. Click on the photograph, then click again to enlarge the photograph. 5. Above the photograph click on the words tools/download. Then click on Download Large. 6. Locate the downloaded image and drag it to your doc in MS Word or Google Docs. 7. Edit the photograph by trimming off the edges and pulling the corner of the photograph to a larger size for better viewing. 8. Always cite your source. Each time you download a picture from The Portal to Texas History, copy the citation. Look below the image where The Portal to Texas History has a hot button to Copy Citation. Click on that button. Place the citation underneath your historical photograph by clicking beneath your photograph and then paste it into your doc with Ctrl+v or Command+v. 9. Examine the attached photographs taken in Abilene, Texas, in January Much has changed. Look closely at architecture, roads, and other markers that will point to the matching current day picture. 10. Drag and drop the matching current day picture from this document and place it under the World War II picture. List at least (3) indicators that you noticed allowing you to match them. Look closely at the background buildings.

4 11. Your grade results from the correct matching of pictures with additional points awarded for more than (3) comparison indicators. 12. Save your paper and , share, or turn in your paper through Google Classroom. List of photographs to look for in The Portal to Texas History. **When you search the Portal to Texas History, make sure you choose the picture taken during the 1940s. First, look for the Jack Yates Collection. 1. Parade in Abilene 2. Soldiers by Safeway 3. Soldiers in town 4. Platform on truck 5. Marching band - choose the one with a building immediately in the background 6. Tanks on parade 7. Men talking 8. Soldiers in a marching band 9. Photograph of 290 Cypress Street 10. Exterior of Chapel 11. Building exterior Elks building 12. Paramount building exterior Grading Rubric Area Graded Possible Points Points Accurate location and downloading of 30 photos Citation of all 13 Photographs 30 Correct Matching of Pictures 30 Paper Quality, timely accurate submission 10 Total 100

5 As Time Goes By - Part 2a - Matching Pictures in No Particular Order A-B A. B. C. D.

6 As Time Goes By - Part 2b - Matching Pictures in No Particular Order E-F E. F. G. As Time Goes By - Part 3a - Matching Pictures in No Particular Order H-J H.

7 I. J. As Time Goes By - Part 3a - Matching Pictures in No Particular Order K-M K. L.

8 M. As Time Goes By Instructions - Part 2 Answer Key without Photo Thumbnails 1. F 7. H 2. A 8. I 3. E 9. L 4. D 10. C 5. G 11. J 6. B 12. K Answer Key with Thumbnails: 1. Parade in Abilene = F 2. Soldiers by Safeway = A

9 3. Soldiers in town = E 4. Platform on truck = D 5. Marching band - choose the 1 with a building immediately in the background = G 6. Tanks on parade = B As Time Goes By Instructions - Part 3 8. Soldiers in a marching band = I 9. Photograph of 290 Cypress Street = L

10 10. Exterior of Chapel = C - This church was moved from Camp Barkeley and is still in use today. 11. Building exterior Elks building = J

11 12. Paramount building exterior = K