WORLD WAR I PROJECT TOPICS
**All links that are provided are to get you started in the right direction. RESEARCH the Net for other informative links to ensure yourself an A+++++!!
TO HELP YOU ALL
OUT----THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR IN PHOTOS
http://www.vor.ru/55/Photo_Exhibition/Pic_eng.html
THE TOPICS
PEOPLE:
(23 projects)
On a 20” X 20”poster board, the
color of your poster board is dictated by
your persons Country of origin (flag
colors from Country of origin will work too)
discuss/list all the pertinent facts about your person and WHY they are
important to World War I. Be sure to have lots of visuals.
Decorate your poster board according to Country, Rank, Royalty
etc….that your person represents. EX:
If you have a King, then your poster board should be decorated like Royalty; A
General, then your poster board should be decorated militarily etc…) Represent
this person with a bigger than life persona!
Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Archduke of Austria Hungary)
Asquith, Herbert Henry (British Prime Minister who led Britain into war)
Berchtold, Count Leopold von (Austrian Foreign minister most responsible for war)
Bismarck, Prince Otto von (Architect of the German Empire)
Currie, Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur (Canadian General)
Czar Nicholas II (Czar of Russia)
Emperor Franz Josef (Emperor of Austria/King of Hungary)
Foch, Marshal Ferdinand (Commander in Chief of Allied Armies in France)
French, Field Marshal Sir John (Commander in Chief of British Expeditionary Forces)
Haig, First Earl Douglas (Commanded the British troops)
Kaiser Wilhelm II (Kaiser of Germany)
King Albert I (King of Belgium)
King George V (King of Britain)
Kitchener of Khartoum, First Lord (British Secretary of State for War)
Lichnowsky, Prince Karl Max (German Ambassador to London)
Lloyd George, David (Munitions Minister of Britain/Prime Minister)
Monash, General Sir John (Australian General)
Pershing, General John J. (Commander of the American Expeditionary Force)
Princip, Gavrilo (Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand)
Tirpitz, Admiral Alfred von (German Admiral)
Wilson, President Thomas Woodrow (US President during WWI)
York, Sergeant Alvin C. (Sergeant in US Army)
Fighten 69th http://www.hourigan.com/69thny/worldwar.htm
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR ONE (1)
Click on the 4 causes of World War I link after you click on the link below—ON
a standard size poster board (color is your choice), discuss NEATLY the FOUR
causes of WWI. Be sure to label in
such a way that the FOUR reasons are easily identifiable. YOU may wish to use more than one poster board too.
ALSO, have visuals that support each cause of the war.
Decorate your poster board (s) in a creative way that draws EVERYONE to
your project!
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/2460/
THE PLAYERS OF WORLD WAR I (2)
Allied Powers—On a White Poster Board, Detail the
players on the Allied side. Use
visuals, flags etc…. to highlight each member.
List pertinent facts that correspond to each member. DECORATE your poster board creatively and title it: THE ALLIED
POWERS
THE ALLIED POWERS http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/2460/
Central Powers—On a Red Poster
Board, Detail the players on the
Central side. Use visuals, flags
etc…, to highlight each member. List
pertinent facts that correspond to each member.
DECORATE your poster board creatively and title it: THE CENTRAL POWERS
THE CENTRAL POWERS http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/2460/
THE
SPARK that set off the WAR (1)
On an ORANGE standard size poster board, detail the most pertinent facts in
reference to what SPARKED the beginning of
WWI. Be sure to include visuals of
key people and make your poster board “flashy” in
a creative sense of the word.
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/2460/
THE
SCHLIEFFEN PLAN (1)
On a standard size BLUE poster board, discuss the pertinent facts of this German
plan of warfare. Be sure to include
key people, places and events. You
may wish to re-create the map found in the link below.
However, any other original creative visuals are also recommended.
Be CREATIVE in illustrating this plan as it was a VERY creative way to
engage in warfare and will ultimately change the way we look at strategy.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWschlieffenP.htm
THE
THEATERS OF WAR (6)
On a standard size GREEN poster board, detail the pertinent
facts about the THEATER OF WAR that you have chosen. Be sure to include visuals (maps, locations, and imp. Cities
etc…) that will enable all to understand where this Theater Of War is located
and why this Theater was important to WWI. BE CREATIVE in your visual.
Example: Make your poster
board look like a movie theater screen or something.
Just a suggestion to get those creative juices flowing.
You want EVERYONE to immediately walk to your project and say “COOL”!
“What a neat idea”! J
THE WESTERN FRONT
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWwestern.htm
THE EASTERN FRONT
THE MESPOTAMIA FRONT
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWmesopotamia.htm
THE DARDANELLES FRONT
THE BALKAN FRONT
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbalkan.htm
THE SALONIKA FRONT
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWsalonika.htm
NEW
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS (14)
Okay folks, the sky is the limit for these projects.
CREATIVITY is the KEY here! On
a WHITE standard size poster board, Detail the most important facts about the
topic that you have chosen and why it was important to WWI.
For a visual, full model replicas could be awesome here!
Be creative in this endeavor. 3-D
visuals that jump off of your poster board are SURE to catch the passer by’ers
eyes!! Flashy and informative
poster boards will SURELY get you an A!
ARTILLERY ADVANCEMENTS
Vickers Machine Gun http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWvickers.htm
Browning Machine Gun
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbrowning.htm
Rifles http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/leenfld.htm
Heavy Artillery
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWartillery.htm
http://www.greycounty.on.ca/museum/ww1art.html
Big
Bertha
Howitzer
Skoda
30.5
Flamethrowers http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/flamethrowers.htm
Grenades http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/grenades.htm
Another link for ya:
US
Defensive Grenades
Gas http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/gas.htm
Gas
Attacks
Types of Gases used/Types of gas masks used
http://www.worldwar1.com/arm006.htm
Gas Masks Pictures http://www.worldwar1.com/armory.htm#tanks
Mustard
Gas (be sure to include written accounts from Nurses/Doctors)
Chlorine
Gas (be sure to include written accounts from Nurses/Doctors)
Death from Gas Attacks http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWgasdeaths.htm
THE TRENCH SYSTEM (14)
This can be FUN FUN FUN!!
Your creativity is VERY important to do the following project topics
justice. On a BROWN standard size
poster board, detail the most important points about the topic that you have
chosen. Visually: feel free to cut
up, mangle, distort, dig out your poster board so that it will literally be
mistaken for a TRENCH and/or the elements that are found in such a system.
Create something that NOONE would have ever thought about—that is the
key to getting that A! As people
walk by, your project should PULL them into THE TRENCHES of WWI.
Trench Warfare on the Western Front
(Use the link below,
scroll down and click NEXT)
http://www.activehistory.co.uk/GCSE/ww1/frameset.htm
(Discuss dimensions, fire step, dugout, barbed wire,
routines, boredom, lack of food)
The Front Line
(Click on link below and then click on FRONT
LINE TRENCHES)
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=246467&flt=CAB
(Discuss traverses, funk holes, duck boards, machine gun
posts, parados, parapet, sandbags, barbed wire etc…)
TRENCH SYSTEM
diagram
(draw and label the Trench system) TRENCH
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/Trenchsystem.jpg
No Man’s Land
http://www.fire-step.com/nomansland.html
Trench Life
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=246517&flt=CAB
Trench Rats
http://64.70.189.3/atoz/rats.htm
Trench Foot and body lice
(click on the link below and then
click on TRENCH FOOT)
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=246467&flt=CAB
Body lice link Body
Lice
Dysentery
Stretcher-Bearers
Amputations
(give accounts of Doctors)
Trench Fever
http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/medical/liceand.htm
CODE
BREAKING (2)
On a standard size YELLOW poster board, discuss the pertinent facts that deal
with the project that you have chosen in reference to WWI.
For CODE BREAKERS, research the Choctaw language and give examples of
what it looks like. Be CREATIVE in how you represent your topic on your poster
board. Your poster board should
visually represent your topic. You
may wish to create your own code to see if we can break it.
Have fun with this topic!!
CODE BREAKERS http://www.niti.net/~michael/choctaw/code.htm
Code Breaker machine: http://www.nsa.gov/museum/verdun.html
and the DF
Tractor
THE
TANK (7)
OKAY….lets rock and
roll! On a standard size GREEN
poster board, research and discuss all pertinent facts about your project as
they pertain to WWI. For your
visual: Design, construct, draw,
and/or produce three dimensionally…. WHATEVER you wish to do to AMAZE US ALL
and get an A++++, the tank. Of
course, the bigger the better. Remember,
cardboard, or any household item for that matter, along with duct tape and a
little paint can turn your visual into a MASTER PIECE!!
Try and think of a way to do this project that NO ONE has ever thought
of. J
TO HELP YOU OUT HERE ARE SOME COOL Tank PICTURES http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/photos/tank1.htm
http://www.worldwar1.com/armory.htm#tanks
Developing the Tank
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/mag/extra/tanks/developing_the_tank.html
Evolution
of the Tank
http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/tanks.htm
German Tank A7V
http://www.tin-soldier.com/sg/a7v.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWa7v.htm
French Schneider Tank
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWchar.htm
British Mark IV
http://members.cox.net/johnahamill/armorwwi.html
British Whippet Tank
http://members.cox.net/johnahamill/armorwwi.html
French Renault’s
http://www.tin-soldier.com/sg/renault.htm
IN
THE AIR (9)
On a RED poster board that measures 12” in
height and 22” in length, discuss the pertinent facts about the project that
you have chosen as it relates to the FIRST WORLD WAR. CREATE a visual that it is able to SOAR above us all as it is
suspended from the ceiling. THAT’S
RIGHT; a little fishing line is necessary for the FULL effect of this visual.
USE cardboard or any household object to re-create your WWI airplane.
Pay attention to detail! For
this one, bigger is better so the kids in the hallway feel that they must take
cover as the dogfights begin above their very heads!!!!
AIRPLANES
United States: (1)
Curtiss
JN-4
Great Britain:
(4)
Airco
D.H.2
Armstrong-Whitworth
F.K.8 and Handley
Page V/1500
Bristol
F.2b Fighter
Sopwith
Triplane
Germany: (4)
Albatros
D.I
Fokker
DR.I (Dreidecker)
Junkers
J.I
L.V.G.
C.II
ACES
OF THE WAR
(FIGHTER PILOTS)
(12)
On a Sky BLUE poster board that measures 20” X 20”, discuss the most
pertinent facts about your Fighter Pilot and his contributions to WWI.
Be sure to include his Country, his medals, his quotes, planes used
etc… as both facts AND visuals. GO
above and beyond to bring this pilot to life both factually and visually.
His picture is important, as is a flashy title.
THINK of a way to illustrate your project in a way that NO ONE has
thought of! Perhaps expanding on
the way these Fighter Pilots dressed could enhance your visual?
Remember, they are ACES!!!! Your poster board should be decorated as much
as your Fighter Pilot was decorated. J
Australia: Robert
A. Little
Canada: William
A. Bishop
England: Edward
C. Mannock
GERMANY
Richthofen, Baron Manfred von
http://www.briggsenterprises.com/bluemax/
France: René
P. Fonck
India: Indra Lal Roy
Ireland: George
E.H. McElroy
New Zealand: Keith
L. Caldwell
Russia: Alexander
A. Kozakov (Kazakoff)
South Africa: Andrew
F.W. Beauchamp Proctor
United
States: Edward
V. Rickenbacker
Frederick
W. Gillet
Zeppelins
(2)
This project is for the creative mind! On
a GRAY poster board that measures 20” X 20”, discuss ALL pertinent facts
about your project and how it was useful during the FIRST WORLD WAR.
DESIGN a visual that can hover above us all (fishing line will be needed
here) and AMAZE all who pass under how majestic and graceful these giants of the
air were.
Zeppelin L 13
http://www.worldwar1.com/arm010.htm
Zeppelins- LZ 10
http://www.geocities.com/glupscherle/zepp/lz10schwaben.jpg
WAR
AT SEA (6)
The German Navy
On a standard size DARK
BLUE poster board, discuss all pertinent facts about the GERMAN NAVY in
reference to WWI. Be sure to
discuss tactics and use LOTS of visuals to illustrate the different types of
ships that were used during the many campaigns at sea during WWI.
You may even wish to turn your poster board into a German Naval symbol or
ship to REALLY catch the passer byer’s eyes.
Be creative with this endeavor and ooh and aah us all.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWgermanN.htm
The British Navy
On a standard size DARK
BLUE poster board, discuss all pertinent facts about the British NAVY in
reference to WWI. Be sure to
discuss tactics and use LOTS of visuals to illustrate the different types of
ships that were used during the many campaigns at sea during WWI.
You may even wish to turn your poster board into a British Naval symbol
or ship to REALLY catch the passer byer’s eyes.
Be creative with this endeavor and ooh and aah us all.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnavy.htm
The French Navy
On a standard size DARK
BLUE poster board, discuss all pertinent facts about the FRENCH NAVY in
reference to WWI. Be sure to
discuss tactics and use LOTS of visuals to illustrate the different types of
ships that were used during the many campaigns at sea during WWI.
You may even wish to turn your poster board into a FRENCH Naval symbol or
ship to REALLY catch the passer byer’s eyes.
Be creative with this endeavor and ooh and aah us all.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWfrenchN.htm
HMS Dreadnought
Create
a model of a Dreadnought. The
bigger the better but just make sure it fits through the doors of Clements.
On a standard size BLUE poster board that can ALSO serve as the water
below your creation, use the links below to recount this ship and how it served
during the GREAT WAR. This project will lie FLAT on the floor!!!!
http://www.worldwar1.com/tldread.htm
THE NAVAL BATTLE OF
JUTLAND (Discuss Prelude and Outcome)
Re-create
the Battle of Jutland by using a standard size BLUE poster board that can ALSO
serve as the water below your creation. Highlight the most important initiatives
about this battle as it pertains to WWI. As your visual, re-create the battle scene around these
important facts and bring the battle to life for all to see. The bigger the better but just make sure it fits
through the doors of Clements. This
project will lie FLAT on the floor!!!!
World War I- A Naval
Victory
On a BLUE standard size
poster board, discuss the pertinent facts about WWI being a Naval victory.
Discuss why victory on the seas by the Allies caused Germany to
surrender. Identify key people
visually and decorate your poster with a Naval flare!
You may turn your poster board into a Naval symbol as well.
In short, the more you AMAZE us with your creativity, the more you are
assured of that A+++++++!!
U-BOAT
(4)
Phases of the U-BOAT campaign
On a standard size BLUE poster board, discuss the most
important facts about the phases of the U-BOAT. Illustrate the U-BOAT as both predator and prey.
Diagram the U-BOAT so we know how it all works.
Be very creative in this endeavor. You
may wish to turn your poster board INTO A U-BOAT!!!!
Whatever you wish to do to make us all go THAT PROJECT ROCKS!!!!
This project will lie flat on the floor.
http://www.worldwar1.com/arm012.htm
U-boat 20
Create
a model of U-boat 20. BE CREATIVE here.
Household objects, card board etc… will work fine.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO FLOAT ON WATER.
J The bigger the better but
just make sure it fits through the doors of Clements. On a standard size BLUE poster board that can ALSO serve as
the water below your creation, use the links below to list important facts about
this U-Boat and how it served during the GREAT WAR. This project will lie FLAT on the floor!!!!
U-boat 673
Create a model of U-boat
673. BE CREATIVE
here. Household objects,
card board etc… will work fine. IT
DOES NOT HAVE TO FLOAT ON WATER. J The bigger the better but
just make sure it fits through the doors of Clements. On a standard size BLUE poster board that can ALSO serve as
the water below your creation, use the links below to recount this U-Boat and
how it served during the GREAT WAR. This
project will lie FLAT on the floor!!!!
http://uboat.net/technical/flak.htm
http://uboat.net/boats/u673.htm
Anti-Submarine Weapons
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWantisubmarine.htm
Create
models of different types of Anti-Submarine Weapons. BE CREATIVE here.
Household objects, card board etc… will work fine.
The bigger the better but just make sure they fit through the doors of
Clements and DO NOT get confiscated by Officer Holmes.
On a standard size BLUE poster board, detail these weapons and how they
were used and where they were used on ships to fight the U-BOAT. Use the links
below to recount these weapons and how it served during the GREAT WAR.
This project will lie FLAT on the floor so you could actually
create a battle scene if you feel so inclined and want that A++++!
WOMEN IN WORLD WAR ONE (1)
Women
in World War One
For this project use a standard size YELLOW poster
board. List all pertinent facts in
reference to Women in World War One. BE
NEAT!! Decorate your poster board
with a collage of pictures that represent Women in the First World War. You may
wish to attach additional pieces of construction paper to the corners of your
poster board to illustrate a few of the WOMEN IN WORLD WAR ONE posters.
Creativity is important. The
sky is the limit here.
Doughboys
(American Soldiers) (1)
On a GREEN standard size poster board, discuss the origin of the Doughboy
and their role in the FIRST WORLD WAR. Be
sure to put pictures on the poster board. VISUAL: Re-create
a life-like standing replica Doughboy using poster board, cardboard or any other
household item. In other words,
create a Doughboy from scratch!! Decorate
this visual in proper dress and have him holding on to the poster board that
displays all the important facts about his role across seas.
Life-like and life-size is the key to this visual and will most certainly
get you that A++++!!
http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/bldyk9.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/rtoartilleryfo/private/doughboys.html
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/origindb.htm
MAJOR
BATTLES (24)
ON a DARK GREEN poster board that
measures 22” X 22”, detail the most important facts about the Battle that
you have chosen. Be sure to include
why it was important to WWI, what, if any gains were made to either side,
casualties etc…. Your title should be the battle name and be big and easy to
read.
For your visual: RECREATE the BATTLE scene using a shoe box ( a diorama is what
it is called I think) and fasten it SECURELY to your poster board.
Make this scene come to life from EVERY ANGLE.
When passer byer’s look upon your Battle, they should become a part of
the action!!!
Battle
of Mons Battle
of the First World War: Mons
Battle of Tannenberg
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtannenberg.htm
First Battle of the Aisne
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWaisne.htm
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWneuve.htm
The Gallipoli Campaign
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWgallipoli.htm
First
Battle of Ypres.
The Second Battle of Ypres.
The Battle of Artois
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWartois.htm
The Battle of Isonzo
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWisonzo.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWflers.htm
Battle of Gaza
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWgaza.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWarras2.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWmessines.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWmarne2.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWalbert2.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWalbert2.htm
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/bigshow.htm
Battle of Canal du Nord
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnord.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWvittorio.htm
Voices from the past (3)
On a BLACK standard size
poster board, create a letter via Voices from the past.
Type your letter or hand write it NEATLY.
The paper should be at least THREE PAGES typed or 5 pages written and
should be attached SECURLY in order on your poster board.
Your visuals should surround your paper and the title should read BIG:
Voices from the past.
Shell-Fire
and Self-Inflicted
Wounds
Write a letter to your wife. Describe to her your life in the Trench and these
two words (Shell-fire and Self-Inflicted Wounds) as it applies to you and to
those around you. Be sure to
include pictures that illustrate what you see, hear, smell and feel. You can
also put your emotional opinion in this paper.
Captain Lanoe
Hawker
Write a letter to your daughter. Tell
her about your life in the cockpit of a plane.
Describe a dogfight, your achievements and how your life could end at any
moment. Be sure to include pictures
that illustrate your missions, your planes, medals won, feelings about life lost
etc…. You can also put your emotional opinion in this paper.
Zeppelin
Write a letter to a relative discussing a Zeppelin raid that you witnessed.
Illustrate your letter with pictures.
Describe what you feel, the horror, your feelings toward seeing these
majestic giants in the sky as they soar toward you and where you live etc… You
can also put your emotional opinion in this paper.
Letters
from WORLD WAR I (5)
On
a GREEN poster board that measures 22” X 22”, recreate the letter that your
person wrote NEATLY. You may cut the letter down in size to just include the
MOST important parts. As you
recreate it, replace specifics of the letter with specifics of YOUR life.
In other words, re-write the letter so that it is you
addressing members of your family
etc….from your location during World War I.
Be sure to include pictures of YOUR family that correspond to the people
that are in the original letter. Title this project: A LETTER from World War I.
Albert
Smith
Marion
Rice
Stull
Holt
John
Douglas
Lloyd
Staley
US INVOLVEMENT (4)
WHY THE US ENTERED THE WAR
http://www.publishit.com/Authors/K/Kolecki_Mary_C/TheUnitedStatesAndWorldWarI/page001.html
On a standard size WHITE poster board, discuss the 6 reasons that the US
entered WWI. BE NEAT!!
VISUALS should be created to enhance each reason!! You could turn this
project into a hanging mobile if you would like!!!!
USE YOUR CREATIVITY to do this topic justice!
Create a model of the
Lusitania. BE CREATIVE
here. Household objects,
card board etc… will work fine. IT
DOES NOT HAVE TO FLOAT ON WATER. J The bigger the better but
just make sure it fits through the doors of Clements. On a standard size BLUE poster board that can ALSO serve as
the water below your creation, use the links below to recount the great ship and
the reason she foundered! How did
this event lead the US into the Great War! In short, tell us everything you can
about the Lusitania. THIS
PROJECT WILL LIE FLAT ON THE FLOOR!
http://members.aol.com/~bry1976/lusi.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/steamer/lusita.htm
http://www.greatshipwrecks.com/lusitania.html
The Zimmerman Note
Recreate an authentic version of
the Zimmerman Note. Remember, it is
VERY old now so it should LOOK OLD. Include
pictures of those who sent and those who received it.
Make sure you also indicate which Countries were involved with this
letter. MAKE IT BIG SO PEOPLE CAN
READ IT!!!! Make sure you title it
with a FLASHY TITLE too.
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1917/zimmerman.html
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/zimmermann_telegram/images/decoded_message.jpg
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/zimmermann_telegram/images/coded_message.jpg
Wilson’s 14 Points
http://www.luminet.net/~tgort/14points.htm
TREATY OF VERSAILLES (1) http://ftp.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/versaill/versahtm.htm
On a standard size WHITE poster board, discuss the
most important members that were present at the Treaty of Versailles.
Be sure to include pictures of each and list important points that relate
to them and their demands at the end of WWI.
Under this poster board, attach SECURELY via string, cut out poster board
strips, YOU DECIDE, THREE other 14” X 14” poster boards that discuss/list
the most important points about these following topics: WHAT HAPPENED AT THE
PEACE CONFERENCE
WHAT DID PEOPLE IN GERMANY THINK ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
WHAT DID PEOPLE IN ITALY THINK ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Be sure to also include COOL visuals to illustrate
these three topics.
CASUALITIES
OF THE GREAT WAR (1)
On TWO standard size poster boards, GREEN for WORLD CASUALTIES and RED for
the AMERICAN BREAKDOWN, re-create the causality charts to illustrate the great
loss of life because of WWI. BE
NEAT and precise with this endeavor. THE
BIGGER THE BETTER. You may wish to
put these charts over some type of picture that illustrates a helmet on top of a
cross that marks a grave etc….You decide by using your own creative genius.
This project will have a HUGE impact on many as they see just HOW MANY
LIVES where lost to the GREAT WAR. Do
this topic justice as you dedicate it to all those that died!!!!
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/8054/casualty.html
American
breakdown-- http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWusadeaths.htm
COST
OF THE GREAT WAR (1)
On a GREEN standard size poster board (might need to put two together)
create an American monetary bill as the background for this project.
This is just a suggestion to get those creative juices flowing.
Feel free to create your own symbolic background representation. AMAZE ME WITH YOUR CREATIVITY IN OTHER WORDS TO GET THAT
A+++++!! On this poster board(s),
re-create the cost of the war charts to illustrate the monetary impact on Allied
Nations and Central Nations because of WWI.
BE NEAT and precise with this endeavor.
THE BIGGER THE BETTER.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWcosts.htm
THAT’S
ALL OF THEM MY WONDERFUL STUDENTS!!!! This
hallway will go up in about two
weeks so you will have plenty of time to
CREATE YOUR MASTERPIECES to be showcased in---
WORLD
WAR I---THE GREAT WAR
HALLWAY
TOMORROW,
Friday, at 6:30 in the morning I will put the list of all project
topics out for you to sign up for. First
come, first serve so if you are bound and determined to get a certain
topic….ya better set that alarm! This
is our second
HISTORICAL hallway for this year and the word is out. The
seniors think you cannot touch what they accomplished last year with their
historical endeavors. I DISAGREE!!
It is time to BLOW them away!!!!!!!
