WORLD WAR I LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAY
CHALLENGE 7
War in Armythia
UNIT MISSION
Just as a reminder, the unit mission is below. This is our final goal for the unit. To meet this goal, each lesson will have targets that you must meet in order to make this goal. The live action role play lesson is this first lesson in the World War I unit. The LARP targets are listed below the mission.
What was World War I? What caused it? How was it fought? How did it end? What was the Impact?
CHALLENGE 7: WAR IN ARMYTHIA
CHALLENGE 7 RESOURCES
Computer, Numbers for Mac, Internet, printer, computer paper, Class Learning Platform, Apple T.V., National Signs, Lesson Chronicles Folder, National Intel Folders
CHALLENGE 7 ACTIVITIES
1.) The Road So Far
2.) World Summit
3.) World News Broadcast
4.) The Domino Effect
5.) Challenge 7 Chronicles
2.) World Summit
3.) World News Broadcast
4.) The Domino Effect
5.) Challenge 7 Chronicles
The planet of Armythia could be described as a keg of gunpowder. Every nation on the planet was very nationalistic. The citizens of each nation felt proud and developed a strong sense of loyalty and devotion for their country. Eight major nations rose to world power status quickly. Rivalries developed between these nations to be the most powerful and most important. The leaders of these nations took advantage of their citizens' loyalty to promote causes that would help them rise to the top. The feelings of pride and loyalty melted away into feelings of superiority and avarice. Leaders would stop at nothing to make sure their nation was viewed as the most powerful nation on the planet. So, to prove their superiority the eight major nations adopted the policy of militarism and engaged in a brutal race to develop the best militaries.
Soon, merely having a strong military that was well equipped with the best weapons and latest technology, was not enough to establish your nation as a world power. So, the eight major nations adopted the policy of imperialism and began using their vast, strong militaries to take over smaller and weaker nations. One by one, nations on the continents of Dunsway and Lortawan were claimed without any regard for the people living there. The eight major nations exploited these weaker nations' natural resources and established grand empires.
As the eight empires carved up the continents of Dunsway and Lortawan, rivalries between the 8 empires grew intensely. Bitter feuds arose when two or more empires wanted to conquer the same nation. When empires were unable to conquer the nations in Dunsway and Lortawan they had hoped to, they started targeting other empires. When a Zydorian extremist faction raided Aratu and won back land for Zydor, an international crisis began. Newspaper companies, overly eager to capitalize on the situation, exaggerated, the already delicate crisis, and announced to the world that Zydor had troops mobilized on their borders with Calleaux and Reyden. The newspapers' yellow journalism turned an already tense situation into a hostile one.
Tension over the crisis led the empires to form alliances with each other and against each other. Nations who shared a common enemy or felt threatened by the same nation formed defensive alliances, where they both agreed to defend the other should one be invaded. Greedy empires formed offensive alliances together, where they agreed to attack an empire together and split the winnings. If an empire knew they were a target of an invasion, they would find another empire that was also a target and form a counter offensive alliance. In a counter offensive alliance, the empires who felt threatened would combine their forces and attack the threatening empire before it could invade either. Some empires were able to keep out of the feuds but wanted one side in other empires' feuds to win, so they formed trade alliances. In a trade alliance an empire would provide another empire with the money, products, and natural resources that were needed to fight a war as a loan or in return for land after the war, but did not agree to help them fight.
A couple of empires realized the devastation that could happen if they remained on their current path, so they chose neutrality. Neutral nations do not fight in wars and do not take sides in wars between others. One empire even adopted the policy of isolationism. This empire has decided not to involve themselves in any foreign affairs but do plan on attending the world summit just to stay informed of any potential threats.
Now, the 8 empires are meeting at the World Summit in Thal to discuss the current conflict and assess their positions in the conflict.
Soon, merely having a strong military that was well equipped with the best weapons and latest technology, was not enough to establish your nation as a world power. So, the eight major nations adopted the policy of imperialism and began using their vast, strong militaries to take over smaller and weaker nations. One by one, nations on the continents of Dunsway and Lortawan were claimed without any regard for the people living there. The eight major nations exploited these weaker nations' natural resources and established grand empires.
As the eight empires carved up the continents of Dunsway and Lortawan, rivalries between the 8 empires grew intensely. Bitter feuds arose when two or more empires wanted to conquer the same nation. When empires were unable to conquer the nations in Dunsway and Lortawan they had hoped to, they started targeting other empires. When a Zydorian extremist faction raided Aratu and won back land for Zydor, an international crisis began. Newspaper companies, overly eager to capitalize on the situation, exaggerated, the already delicate crisis, and announced to the world that Zydor had troops mobilized on their borders with Calleaux and Reyden. The newspapers' yellow journalism turned an already tense situation into a hostile one.
Tension over the crisis led the empires to form alliances with each other and against each other. Nations who shared a common enemy or felt threatened by the same nation formed defensive alliances, where they both agreed to defend the other should one be invaded. Greedy empires formed offensive alliances together, where they agreed to attack an empire together and split the winnings. If an empire knew they were a target of an invasion, they would find another empire that was also a target and form a counter offensive alliance. In a counter offensive alliance, the empires who felt threatened would combine their forces and attack the threatening empire before it could invade either. Some empires were able to keep out of the feuds but wanted one side in other empires' feuds to win, so they formed trade alliances. In a trade alliance an empire would provide another empire with the money, products, and natural resources that were needed to fight a war as a loan or in return for land after the war, but did not agree to help them fight.
A couple of empires realized the devastation that could happen if they remained on their current path, so they chose neutrality. Neutral nations do not fight in wars and do not take sides in wars between others. One empire even adopted the policy of isolationism. This empire has decided not to involve themselves in any foreign affairs but do plan on attending the world summit just to stay informed of any potential threats.
Now, the 8 empires are meeting at the World Summit in Thal to discuss the current conflict and assess their positions in the conflict.