6.+Station+2-Sample+WH+Lesson

=Station Two --Sample Lesson=

For this lesson, students will be working online individually or in pairs. The following is a sample of the work students will do in this station. Please be sure to review the student activities and links so that you can include them in the face to face Big Picture station.
 * Research Station**: Review, Assign and Research

(Students will from this point)

page 1 The War to End All Wars Exhibit

The Director of the Museum will be hosting a World War I Memorial Dinner in the museum banquet hall. After the dinner, there will be an unveiling of new World War I exhibit that you and your team will prepare. War is a very sensitive topic for people who lost loved ones so it is very important that you pay attention to detail and prepare a very special exhibit for this very special night. Your exhibit must have the following elements
 * An Artifact Collection
 * An accurate timeline of the events of the war
 * Photo Gallery, video and/or slide show
 * Eye Witness Articles: A simulation newsletter that will be included in the guest's parting gift basket.

page 2 Before you begin creating your exhibit you must first become very knowledgeable about the War that was thought to End All Wars: World War I Click on the links below to begin:


 * Lesson Checklist: This is a list of all the readings, videos, assignments and assessments you must complete for this lesson
 * Reading Assignments: The Road to War Lecture Review #1 + #2
 * Choose and complete one assignment from the Researching World War I options. Make sure that your assignment choice is approved by your teacher, facilitator or group leader
 * Present your completed assignment for peer review
 * Take the required lesson quizzes and test
 * Participate in the discussion board

page 3 Lecture Reviews. This reading activity is not very extensive so it is important that you read the entire page.
 * The Road To War
 * Lecture Review #1: The Road to War: How it all Began. Make sure you also watch the video links on this page
 * [|Lecture Review #2: The Road to War]

page 4 Researching World War I Now that you have a general idea of World War I from the face and face session with your teacher and the lecture review, it is time to delve a little deeper and begin to choose materials to build your exhibit. ALL OF THESE ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE DONE DIGITALLY OR TRADITIONALLY. You may choose to work alone but you can also work in groups (4 max.). Note:


 * You must have your assignment choice approved before you begin
 * You have 2 Stations to Complete your assignment
 * You may work individually or in a group (4 max)
 * Assignments can be done digitally or traditionally
 * Unless otherwise noted, All assignments are due at the end of Station 3. Any work not completed in class will be considered homework.

>>> The artists and their work are brought into context in a detailed presentation of the works by art historian and exhibition curator Philippe Dagen. The war gave rise to the most lively and surprising emotions and artistic reactions to patriotic feeling, to the emerging new technologies, and most of all to the horror of the first experience of modern warfare...**(click here for assignment description and rubric)** >> media type="youtube" key="htyue8xRS7M" height="385" width="480" align="center" >> >> *Austria-Hungary sends an Ultimatum to Serbia (country of the members of the "Black Hand" who assassinated the Archduke); they agree to 3 out of the 4 terms, but Austria-Hungary wanted all 4 so they declare war. >> Great Britain declares war on Germany - 4th Aug, 1914 >> >> Lord Kitchener calls for 100,000 men to join British army - 7th Aug,1914 >> >> First German aircraft shot down by allied plane - 5th Oct, 1914 >> Battle of Ypres - 15th Oct, 1914 >> >> Christmas Truce on the Western Front - 25th Dec, 1914, (Germans and British played football) >> German gas attack at Ypres - 22nd April, 1915 >> >> Sinking of the Lusitania - 7th May, 1915 >> >> First Zeppelin raid on London - 31st May, 1915 >> >> Germans attack at Verdun - 21st Feb, 1916 >> >> Battle of Jutland - 31st May, 1916 >> >> Start of the Battle of the Somme - 1st July, 1916 >> >> First use of the tanks, in the Battle of the Somme - 15th Sept, 1916 >> >> *Canadians take Vimy Ridge, February 1917 (VERY important if you take Canadian History because no other army was able to capture the ridge, and the Canadians were considered the underdogs at the time that they captured the ridge). >> >> United States declares war on Germany - 6th April, 1917 >> >> United States troops arrive in France - 25th June, 1917 >> >> King George V changes his name to Windsor - 17th July, 1917 >> >> British attack at Passchendaele - 12th Oct, 1917 >> >> Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates - 9th Nov, 1918 >> >> Armistice - 11th Nov, 1918 >> >> Paris Peace Conference - 12th Jan, 1919 >> >> Treaty of Versailles signed - 28th June, 1919. >
 * The Diary of a World War I Soldier. Using Glogster, Create a photo exhibit depicting the war experiences of Private Harold George Macklon (individual or group work)
 * ==== Harold George Macklon was a soldier in the East Surrey Regiment of the British Army 1914-1918. Private Macklon fought on the front at Loos and Meroc in France and guarded German prisoners of war. Shortly after his return to Britain, Harold wrote a journal of his adventures in the Great War - an honest tale of trenches, battlefields and modest bravery. With the addition of some fascinating family history, facts about World War One and life in 1900's London - **//Shall I get to Blighty?//** was created - a unique biography of this tragic period of history. (Click Here for assignment description and rubric) ====
 * [|Art of the First World War.]
 * Using My Brouchure Maker or Microsoft Word, Create a brochure featuring 7 painters (one from each of the seven collections).(individual)
 * An exhibition of **110 paintings** brought together by the major history museums of Europe. World War I as seen by **54 painters** on both sides.
 * [|The Causes of WWI.] Create a video or slideshow explaining the causes of World War I. View the following student made example for inspiration.
 * Alternative options:
 * create a video on [|Xtranormal] to create your visual presentation.
 * make a photo album by finding images online
 * Create an Illustrated Timeline (Sample [|Timeline] assignment description) displaying the major events of World War 1. Include 10 of the following events, illustrate them and write 2 sentences about why these events were so important (Individual)
 * Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - 28th June, 1914
 * **(click here for assignment description and rubric)**
 * [|Would You Have Made a Good Officer]? Learn about War Trench Warfare in the Western Front. You must go on a mission and earn at least 50pts to show that you could have been a good officer. You may take the assessment as many times as you need in order to earn the required points. Don't forget to take notes as you learn about Trench Warfare because you will need the in formation for the second part of this assignment.
 * Then create a Newsletter, warning future officers about the perils of Trench Warfare. If you are working in a group, please consider using Google Docs or a wiki to work
 * **(click here for assignment description and rubric)**