War Horse

Agenda 12/14:

1. I assigned an informal research topic on WWI to the students to be completed over the break.
2. Students finished watching the film War Horse
3. Students listened to a podcast about at truce between soldiers fighting on the Western Front during WWI [clip starts around 54:30 minutes into the show - below]

HOMEWORK:
WWI Research Topics - DUE Thursday 1/3/13

WWI Technologies, War Horse

12/10:
On Monday, students read information packets about nine different technological advancements debuted in WWI. Students took notes in their logbooks and wrote a poem mentioning at least three of the technologies.

12/12:
On Wednesday, students began watching the film, War Horse.

War Horse:
 

Causes of WWI

Today students took and map quiz over Northern Europe. After they began taking notes about the causes of WWI. I used the powerpoint below in the lecture. Students were also given an excerpt from the novel All Quiet on the Western Front and checkpoint #3 to complete by Monday 12/10.

HOMEWORK:
All Quiet on the Western Front excerpt - Answer in logbook - DUE Monday 12/10
Checkpoint #3 - DUE Monday 12/10

Cause of WWI:

WWI: Background

Agenda 12/4:

1. Students finished their Africa action letters and mini-posters.
2. Students were introduced to the history World War I. Students viewed a series of film clips, images, and music. They took notes on this piece of paper, recoding their thoughts through words and drawings. The visual materials are below.

Causes of WWI:

Over There
Metallica, One
War Horse
Paths to Glory

Interview about the human costs of WWI