Age of Anxiety Project

Age of Anxiety Project: 

Part One: Complete Blog / Website answering Questions 1 - 4 (Due Friday April 20th - I know you are not in class - but submit work no later than Friday)

Part Two - Complete Blog / Website answering Questions 5 - 8 (Due April 27) 

Your job is to create either a Blog or a Website that gives a specific overview of the time period just following World War I. Your assignment is to show what you learn and develop a very engaging form of technology to explain what you learned. You are required to research on your own and avoid cutting and pasting information. You must generalize and summarize. You are to use a combination of your own research and the reading posted on the Moodle titled "Politics and the Age of Anxiety" - answer questions 6 - 8.

There will be a total of 9 pages or postings for this assignment. Each "Page" of your blog or website must title / heading that answers each of the questions. Do not simply title your heading as the question. The ANSWER to the questions will become the heading. Your title does not need to be a sentence - instead it can be a word or phrase that encompasses the idea. 

You must include a page that is a bibliography / evaluation page. You do not need to cite every aspect of your research, but you must have a page that is an OPVL of your BEST TWO sources that you located. Do not focus on why it was good to YOUR research, instead, focus on why they are good sources in general. 

You will be graded on the MYP criteria for all components: 

A) Knowledge:

• Do you show understanding by writing in your words with clear summaries that address the concept assigned? 
• Do you give clear examples and avoid "cutting" and pasting materials. 
• Do you use specific references and address the question asked. 

B) Concepts: 

• Do you specifically address and explain the concept of "The Age of Anxiety"? 
• Is each section / summary connect to the idea of Age of Anxiety? 

C) Skills: 

• Are you able to take your research and make meaningful summaries that address the concept and questions given?
• Do you use the media of choice in an engaging way? Are there use of images, videos, pictures, etc? 
• Do you evaluate your sources correctly? 

D) Organization and Presentation: 

• Do you follow the directions? Is your work completed on time and in the ways assigned?
• Does the Web Page or Blog follow a clear pattern of organization? Does it make sense?
• Do you have enough information to answer the questions?
  

Here are the questions each section must address: (This is what will be the basis for your entire web / blog: 

1) Why was the time following World World I such a time of change and why was WWI often referred to as the "Big Lie"? Give specifics. (The posted reading has some connection to this question) 

2) Describe and explain what made the 1920's the Age of Anxiety? (Also introduced in the reading) 

3) What were the arguments developed by the philosopher Fredrick Nietzsche? To what extent were they are direct result of World War I? (research on your own) 

4) What was Dadaism and how was it a direct outcome of WWI? (research on your own)

5) Choose one example of Art, Music, Architecture, Literature and Culture from 1920's. Describe the aspect of each and then give some specific evaluation of how these were a product of the times. (research on your own)

6) Using the article on the moodle describe some of the new political outlooks following WWI? (Give specific people, ideas, theories, etc.) 

7) Using the Moodle article - What are the three most significant ideas presented by Mussolini? 

8) (Using the posted article and your own research) Pick THREE adjectives that best describe the ideals of the Nazi party / rise of Hitler in relation to the time period. Why was the time period a particular influence on the rise of Nazis. Once you pick the three terms, give specific examples that support this. Build an argument for your terms.