Unit 6:  Stars and Stripes Forever
A Unit on World War I

Topic 2:  "It Begins!"

Lesson Module 7
The Ways of War

~  ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY  ~
Delivery of the Daily Mission & Challenges

Lesson Mission

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The Lesson Mission is what you (the student) will be able to do after the lesson is over.  

  • I can describe the types of warfare used in World War I.

  • I can list and describe the weapons and new technology used in or resulting from World War I.


Lesson Challenges

The lesson mission is made up of all the day's challenges.  The challenges are the activities that you will complete to achieve the lesson outcomes.  The challenges for this lesson are:
Challenge 1:  The Focus Activity - "Tackle Important Vocabulary
Challenge 2:  The Teaching Activity - "Hack Through the Class Reading" - "Letters from the Trenches" 
Challenge 3:  The Small Group Activity - Battle for Understanding:  The Ways of War Game
Challenge 4:  The Individual Activity - Prove Yourself Quiz

~  CHALLENGE 1  ~
Teaching Activity - Tackle Important Vocabulary

In this activity, you will listen as I explain the important vocabulary words of the lesson.  Then, you will write your definitions into your Portfolio under Challenge 1.  

~  CHALLENGE 2  ~
Whole Group Activity - Hack Through The Reading

In this activity, we will take turns reading the following as a class.  Then, you will answer question about the reading in PQA format in your Desktop Portfolio for Lesson 7.  You will add this into the document that you download from above in Challenge 1.  Remember to save it as Lesson 7 in your World War I Portfolio on your desktop after you add Challenge 2.

LETTERS FROM THE TRENCHES

Letters from two soldiers at the beginning of the war....
Letters from the same two soldiers near the end of the war...

Challenge 2 Critical Thinking Questions

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Answer the following questions in your portfolios under Challenge 2 Questions in PQA format with information from the letters along with your own ideas.

  1. In what ways did the two men’s letters differ?  Who do you think each man was and why?
  2. Explain trench warfare and why it was used.
  3. What do you think would be the worst part about life in the trenches?  Why?
  4. What could have been done to make the trenches more bearable?  Why do you think they didn’t do as you suggest?
  5. Do you think the conditions in this war were worse than the other wars?  Why or why not?
  6. How did trench warfare contribute to World War I being a stalemate for many years?

~  CHALLENGE 3  ~
Small Group Activity - Battle for Understanding

WWI Speed Match -
Strategies and Tactics Used in World War I 

Welcome to WWI Strategies and Tactics Speed Match!
In this activity, you will work with your small groups to compete in categorizing the strategies and tactics used in World War I.  Your goal is to use the icons below to read about the different strategies and tactics used in fighting World War I and categorize them into the three major types of Warfare - Ground, Air, or Sea.  At the end of the game, you will create the game chart in your portfolio under the Challenge 3 section and fill in the answers.  Everyone fills this out even though your group will play together. You may do this during the game, but since the game requires you to be speedy to win, you may wait until the end to copy it into your portfolio.


Instructions:
  • To play, each team will have a game card like the one below.  When I say go, you will click on box 1 of the game board below and read about the war strategy or tactic. 
  • As a team, you must decide whether the strategy or tactic is a type of ground warfare, aerial warfare, naval warfare, two of these, or all of these.  
  • Your team will write the strategy or tactic in the first column of the game card under strategy or tactic.  
  • In the small box under Ground, Air, and Sea, put a check mark in each box under the column in which the strategy or tactic falls.  
  • Then in the large box, explain why your group believes it goes in this column.  Was it stated in the reading?  Did something in the reading cause you to make an inference?  If so, what was it?  Did you see it in a picture or read about it in a caption?  Use these questions as a guide to what to write in the category boxes.  
  • When you finish box 1, your team needs to bring me your game card.  I will look over your response.  
  • If it is correct, you get a box 2 key and your group may go on to box 2 following the same procedure above.  
  • If it is incorrect, I will highlight what is correct.  Your team will need to work together to correct anything not highlighted and write the corrections on a post it note.  When you are done, you will place the post it on the unhi-lighted portion of the game card and resubmit it to me for review.  If it is correct, you will get your box 2 key and you will continue.  If you do not get it correct, you will have to go back and keep working until it is correct.
  • The first team to correctly and completely fill out the game card wins.


Rules
  • You may not go to the next box until you receive a key from me.  If you do, your team will lose 25 points.
  • You may not talk with other teams or get help from another team.  If you do, your team will lose 25 points.
  • All teams must finish the game board.  If you goof off in class, the game will become individual homework that you will have to complete before the next portfolio check on your own.


Game Points - Activity Grade
The points will be awarded as follows:
  • 1st Place:  100 Points
  • 2nd Place:  98 Points
  • 3rd Place:  96 Points
  • 4th Place:  94 Points
  • 5th Place:  92 Points
  • 6th Place:  90 Points

WWI SPEED MATCH GAME BOARD 

GAME CARD

Remember you must complete your game card and have all box keys to complete the game!

~  CHALLENGE 4  ~
Individual Activity - Prove Yourself 

In this activity, you will answer the questions in a short quiz to prove that you have accomplished the Lesson 7 Mission.  You may take this quiz as many times as you like.  Click on the icon below to take the quiz.  Try not to use your notes.

 ~  MISSION ACCOMPLISHED  ~
Lesson 7:  Win, Lose or, Draw Checklist

Challenges for Topic 2 Lesson 7

  • Did you complete and save Challenge 1:  The Focus Activity - Tackle Vocabulary and Animated Maps in your Lesson 7 Desktop Portfolio?
  • Did you complete and save Challenge 2:  The Teaching Activity - Hack through the Class Reading Questions "Title This" in your Lesson 7 Desktop Portfolio?
  • Did you complete and save Challenge 3:  The Small Group Activity - Research Project - The Battles Of World War I in your Lesson 7 Desktop Portfolio?
  • Did you complete and save Challenge 4:  The Individual Activity - Prove Yourself Quiz Questions online and submit?

No?

Why Not?   
Get It Done Today!

Yes!

Congratulations!  Victory is yours!  
You have completed the Topic 2 Lesson 7 Mission!

Tool Box

People To Know

General Gerard Leman:  Belgian commander who was taken prisoner after Germany took Liege and wrote a letter to the King of Belgium praising the bravery of the out-numbered Belgian soldiers

Vocabulary To Know

Any vocabulary words that you are not tested on or have already had in a previous lesson are at the bottom under other things to know.  
casualties:  the numbers of people that died, were wounded, captured, or missing in action in an act of terror, battle, or war.

resistance:  the attempt to stop invading military forces.

offensive:  refers to the invading forces; attempt to take over another place using military force.

Zeppelin:  blimps that dropped bombs in World War I

Places To Know

Germany
France
Great Britain
Russia
Belgium
World War I Maps
 Click on the icon below to see interactive maps by The Map as History Website.

Events To Know

1914:  
German Invasion of Belgium
World War I Timelines
 Click on the icon below to see interactive timelines by The History Place Website.

Other Things to Know

Two Sides formed in World War I:

The Allies
France
Great Britain
Russia

The Central Powers
Germany
Austria - Hungary
Ottoman Empire

Note about Italy
Italy was in the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria - Hungary, but when it entered the war joined the side of the Allies.

Note about Russia
Russia withdrew from the war in 1918 when the royal family was killed and civil war began.  Russia signed a treaty with Germany in Brest Litovsk (now Belarus) ending the war on the Eastern Front.

Note about the U.S.
The U.S. did not enter the war until 1917 after Germans sunk the Lusitania - a British passenger ship that was carrying Americans.
More Info:
Can't get enough about World War I.  Click on the icon below to visit an interactive website by PBS called, The Great War.
Click on the BBC icon below to go to a really cool site with games, timelines, inter actives, and stories!
Click on the first world war.com icon below to learn about all things World War I!