The 20th century, unlike the 21st, is well behind us now. Your parents and grandparents lived through a great deal of it, though. In fact, they may have been nearly your age during some very thrilling or terrifying events. How did their experience differ from your own experience now--especially their experience of the 20th century's military conflicts? The new blog site The Real Story hopes you'll find out--and share what you learn with other young bloggers around the world.

You've learned enough in this module to ask some good questions of people who have stories to tell about the 20th century. You know the approximate timelines for conflicts that impacted nearly everyone on the planet--not just the soldiers who fought in those wars. And you know how weapons of war changed from 1900 to the present. You know these things because you've read about them, but you probably know some people who lived through one or more wars of the 20th century.

Find someone in your family or community who has a story to tell that relates to a topic in this module. The story can be about any experience related to World War I, World War II, or the Cold War. Or the story can relate, instead, to a more local armed conflict that occurred during the 20th century, closer to home. Interview your "20th-century expert" and find out what it was like for him or her to live during an event that had global impact at the time. You can write down your expert's answers or use an audio or video recorder to conduct the interview.

Once you have plenty of information and have asked all of the questions you can think of, write a blog post that includes excerpts from the interview. You can include direct (written) quotes within your blog post, or you can provide a video or audio clip of part of the interview, using your blog post as an introduction. If the person you interview has photos related to the event, or if he or she will allow you to take a photograph, include that visual element in your blog post submission.

The Activity sheet below will help you get your project started. It suggests some steps to use in selecting someone to interview, coming up with questions, and shaping the answers into a blog post. This project should take you a couple of hours to complete--even after you do the interview. Spend some time one day preparing the questions and setting up the interview. Then plan to spend some time another day creating your blog post based on your interview notes.

When you are ready to start working on your project, click the Activity button. To see how your work on this assignment will be graded, see the Rubric below.

	Below Average	Satisfactory	Above Average	Excellent
Project Requirements	Project requirements were completely missing, or the work submission was in no way connected to aims of assignment.	Very few required elements and topics appear in the project.	Most required elements and topics appear in the project.	All required elements and topics appear in the project; Processes are described in a way that fits the purpose of the project.
Accuracy of Information	Information was completely inaccurate, or the work submission was in no way connected to aims of assignment.	Some of the information is inaccurate or incomplete.	Most of the information is accurate, but some information is incomplete.	All of the information in the project is accurate.
Explanation of Differences	The work makes no attempt to explain, or the work submission was in no way connected to aims of assignment.	Project includes few attempts to explain the differences between past and present production processes.	Some of the processes or differences are explained in a way that is hard to follow.	Descriptions of differences in production processes are easy to follow.
Presentation of Information	Presentation includes no visual aids.	Introduction includes very few images or details, or the ones provided do not support the overall message	Some of the images or scenes do not support overall message or are not appropriate for the audience or the purpose of the project.	Project includes images or details that make message clear and interesting.
Citations	No citations or sources were cited or listed.	Few outside sources are cited and credited, and/or there are major errors in accepted format, such as MLA or APA	Most outside sources are cited and credited, and/or there are minor errors in accepted format, such as MLA or APA.	All outside sources are cited and credited correctly according to an accepted format, such as MLA or APA.