Topic+3+-+THE+GREAT+WAR!


 * =**TASK HEADING**=
 * Date all work** || ====** ACTIVITY/ INSTRUCTIONS/QUESTIONS **==== || = **RESOURCES** = ||
 * ==//Task 1//==

TITLE PAGE
|| Make title page: What makes a Great War? Paste in topic page sheet || == ||
 * ==//Task 2//==

UNDERSTANDING "GREAT"
|| =Write sentences with different meanings of GREAT.= Class makes diagram of meanings of GREAT that are relevant to WAR. = = =Why did Harry Patch think WWI was GREAT ?=

Read about HARRY PATCH and watch Video of Harry. Write sentences/paragraph - Why did Harry Patch think the War was GREAT?

HARRY PATCH: == [] = =
 * Choose one other named WWI veteran** - find out about them and write sentence/paragraph - what did they think about the GREAT WAR? || = =
 * Resources on - What other veterans said: **

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10681656/Unseen-interviews-with-WW1-veterans-recount-the-horror-of-the-trenches.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/05/world_war_i_veteran_the_last_of_the_great_war_s_soldiers_speak.html

New Zealander - Bright Williams

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/bwilliams.html ||
 * ==//**Task 3**//==

**Who was friends with who?**
|| Read and answer worksheet "House of Cards".

Complete worksheet about who was friends - by using ppt "Imperialism and the Alliance System"

Colour in a map of Europe to show the "friendships" - alliances/political agreements that existed - and therefore determined which "side" different countries would be on in a conflict.

Continue to explore why there were certain friendships between the countries of Europe in 1914 by going through the ppt - "Increasing tension 1900-1914"

Answer these questions in your exercise book: 1. Which country had a great Empire and a great Navy? 2. Which country had the greatest army? 3. Which country would have to go the greatest distance to help its friends? 4. Which country would feel great fear because it has two of its enemies on its border? 5. Which country probably felt the safest? Give TWO reasons for your choice 6. Why is any war between these two alliances likely to be of great length? 7. In what ways don’t these sources tell us the whole story about the two alliances? i.e //doesn’t say how well equipped the army is or how high the morale of the troops are// || == = =



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 * **HOMEWORK 1** || **100 YEARS since the start of the Great War.**


 * Research, read, watch the news this week - how is the start of the Great War being remembered and marked?**
 * Report on events in NZ and around the world.**
 * Add your own comments, observations and conclusions.** || **Hand in a report style answer for marking. (minimum one page - text and pictures)**


 * Due : Monday 11th August.** ||
 * ==//**Task 4**//==

Human Ingenuity - The Dreadnought
|| Read about the Dreadnought and then complete the tasks on the worksheet. || ||
 * ==//Task 5//==

How it all started
|| Use these resources (watch and listen, discuss what you see and hear with a partner) to review the ideas about Europe you have been learning about and to get an overview of how the war starts and what happens/what the war is like. || [|Crash course History - WWI]

[|WWI in 6 minutes] ||
 * ==//Task 6//==

Understanding the causes of WWI
|| Start with the worksheet - long term causes - this involves reading and then writing answers in your exercises book. ||

CHECK YOU ANSWERS ON LONG AND SHORT TERM CAUSES HERE || In your exercise book: Create a bar graph to compare the naval strengths of the two main alliances Write sentences about how this graph shows information that relates to the start of WWI. ||  || Write a report which gives links to resources - or includes a copy - and add your comments about why you selected these resources - What makes them good sources?
 * ==Task 7== || Powerpoint (Increasing Tension_slide 12
 * ==Homework 2== || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Assassination at Sarajevo || Research and find three (or more) good resources on this topic.


 * Due Monday: 17 August** ||
 * ==***TASK****== || Join our group in Edmodo

https://edmo.do/j/qu7bzx

We will be using this as well as this wiki

Group code is zpsdmy || Once joined - take QUIZ 1. ||
 * ==**Homework 3**== || The information for this is on Edmodo and you should submit it in/to Edmodo - you can upload a file (including from Google Drive) or write your work in Edmodo. || Due Monday 25th August

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #839096; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Create a presentation about one of the key leaders. Include material such as - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #839096; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Who were they? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #839096; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Where - were they born? live? lead? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #839096; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">What did they do? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #839096; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Why did they take these actions? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #839096; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">How did others regard them? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #839096; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">See resources in the folder People in our 10WD group in Edmodo as a start point. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #839096; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Create a file which can be uploaded - e.g. can be from Google drive or a word doc or ppt - any format which allows you to answer the topic and then upload your homework and submit it. || worksheet || ||
 * ==Task 8== || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Assassination at Sarajevo
 * ==Homework 4==

Summing up....
|| Watch this video and then write a summary paragraph. Outline the main ideas/messages that are in the video. Add your comments/conclusions.

Submit your work in Edmodo. || media type="custom" key="26471196" ||
 * ==Task 9==

Mix and Match
|| Complete examples from Mix and Match worksheet || ||
 * == TASK 10 ==
 * == TASK 10 ==

Joining up to go to WAR
|| Activity to do: Look at the posters (use links) and 1. choose two that you think are effective - describe them and say why you consider them effective. 2. choose tow you think confusing or not effective - describe them and say why

THEN make your own poster - SET IN TIME of 1914 - so think about how it should look and what it would say.

Complete for homework and hand in the physical copy or as email attachment. ||

[|posters]

[|german posters] ||
 * ==FIGHTING THE WAR== || You will need to read through the ppt.

Then use the worksheet - answer and put in your exercise book. ||

You could use this animation as well to help you understand the ppt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/launch_ani_somme_map.shtml

Worksheet || = = = =
 * Trench Warfare Webquest || [[file:Trench Warfare webquest.doc]] ||  ||

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[|How the map changes]