WWII Biography

1. Choose one of the names below:

Ruben rivers

Elsie ott

Desmond T. Doss Sr. 

Tarea hall Pittman

rigoberto garcia perez (a bracero worker)

Rudolph Davila 

Josephine Kelly Ledesma Walker

2. Create a timeline of their experience during WWII (1941-1945 ONLY)

       - This timeline should involve all IMPORTANT events of the person's WWII experience

       - Please explain what MAKES each event important

       - This timeline should NOT be copied word for word from a website. I'll know and dock you for it

3. Find one PRIMARY source (letter, interview, diary entry, photograph, etc) for this person and print it out in the computer lab (ask for a pass). Annotate this source as you did the letters last week. 
      - Not sure if it's a primary source? Click this link. 

4. How would THIS person's experience in WWII compare to your own, if you were their age at the time? Would you take the same actions? Would you even be able to? Take into account gender, ethnicity/race, prejudices of the time, etc. 

      - Do this on your own paper

      - Around 1 handwritten page