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Student Choice Assignment: The Great War [WWI]
Due Tuesday April 26
Select at least 1 assignment for each of the rows labeled Causes [1a-6a], Timeframe [7a-12a], Effect on American society [13a-18a], Post War world [19a-24a], and Problems and changes [25a30a]. You will submit a total of 5 assignments one from each row [go from left to right to make your selections]. Each assignment from each row is worth 20 points for a total of 100 points. Assignments
will be scored based on 3 factors: Historical accuracy, Creativity and Correct spelling and grammar. If you have limited internet or computer access you might want to avoid assignments that require use
of computer technology. If you have any questions about this assignment whatsoever see me in person of e-mail as soon as possible to have your concerns addressed in a timely manner.
The United States and
the Great War [WWI]
1. Causes
a. Militarism
b. Alliances
c. Imperialism
d. Nationalism
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking
1a. Identify alliances
formed during WWI and
show your knowledge via
student led lecture.
[NCSCOS 8.01]
2a. Explain each of the 4
major causes and show
your knowledge using a
power point presentation
of at least 6 slides.
[NCSCOS 8.01]
3a. Order and catalogue 4
causes of the War and chart
ideas using a flow chart.
[NCSCOS 8.01]
4a. Compare & contrast causes
Great War with another U.S.
war and chart ideas using a
Compare/Contrast diagram.
[NCSCOS 8.01]
5a. Ponder an international
community without alliances
using a Twitter Feed [at least
10 threads].
[NCSCOS 8.01]
6a. Decide if purported causes
of Great War were valid and
determine if the U.S. was
deceived using a poster.
[NCSCOS 8.01]
Remember the acronym
MAIN
2. Timeframe of War
a. Neutrality/Isolation
b. Relations with Germany
c. U.S. Declaration of War
d. War Technologies
e. Wilson's 14 Points Speech
7a. Provide reasons a
foreign country would
give for neutrality and
explain what you know
by writing a magazine
article. [NCSCOS 8.02]
8a. Describe Germany’s
possible reasoning for
issuing the so-called
Sussex Pledge and show
your knowledge using
Twitter, an online Blog or a
poster. [NCSCOS 8.02]
9a. Articulate the use of
military technologies during
War and give a speech to
show your knowledge.
[NCSCOS 8.02]
10a. Critique American
involvement in the Great War
and show your knowledge by
creating a Bubbl.com web
diagram. [NCSCOS 8.02]
12a. Evaluate the legitimacy of
the Treaty of Versailles share
opinions on a scheduled podcast
or have an employee of the U.S.
State Department give a class
talk. [NCSCOS 8.02]
3. Effect the War on
American Society and
attitudes
a. The Dough Boys
b. Female roles during War
c. Buffalo Soldiers [blacks]
d. Propaganda during War
13a. Describe how the
federal government was
able to secure sufficient
numbers of military
personnel using a collage
[with text and images].
14a. Explain female roles
during War and show
knowledge using a 5-slide
power point presentation
or 6-panel cartoon strip.
15a. Explain how
propaganda was used
during the War and show
your knowledge by writing
an online newsfeed.
[NCSCOS 8.02]
16a. Disaggregate the effects
of propaganda and show your
knowledge by having a rally
[anti-U.S./anti-Germany]
during lunch and report on
student crowd reactions.
4. The Post-war World
a. Economic changes
b. U.S. role as world power
19a. Explain three
examples of
transformation that
occurred after the Great
War using a word search
[with word bank]. Must
have at least 25 terms.
20a. Articulate major
transformations abroad
[overseas] after the Great
War and show knowledge
using a graphic organizer
from Bubbl.com.
21a. Order and catalogue
socio-political and financial
transformation abroad and
domestically and show your
knowledge using a diary
entry.
22a. Distinguish the best role
for the United States as a
result of the defeat of
Germany and its allies using a
period propaganda poster.
5. Problems and challenges
a. Entangled alliances
b. U.S. domestic policies
c. Treaty of Versailles
d. Healthcare challenges
25a. Identify 3 problems
of the Treaty of Versailles
at Paris and lead a
focused reading group to
suggest 3 solutions.
[NCSCOS 8.02]
26a. Articulate three major
causes/results of the draft
riots and explain using an
online blog or newsfeed
[Twitter]. [NCSCOS 8.02]
27a. Amass data about the
recent Swine flu pandemic
and compare it to the U.S.
Influenza outbreak of 1918.
Create a Pie Chart, Bar
Graph or Line Graph.
28a. Compare and contrast the
assassination of Franz
Ferdinand with that of Julius
Caesar and show your
knowledge using a public
service announcement.
11a. Hypothesize President
Wilson's administration sans
domestic and international
support for his Fourteen
Points and show your
knowledge using Op-ed
newspaper article. [NCSCOS
8.02]
17a. Ponder President
Wilson's administration
during a campaign to end
domestic racial segregation
by creating and conducting
an online survey [Survey
Monkey is useful or you
whichever program you like].
23a. Speculate about how the
international community
would be different had
Germany won instead of the
U.S. create a revisionist
German text book [at least 5
pages long, use an online
translator].
29a. Create an alternate
peace agreement to the one
at Paris [Treaty of Versailles]
and give a speech as a UN
Ambassador. [NCSCOS 8.01]
18a. Determine from war-time
letters from American GIs
[doughboys] what their true
morale was and create a
Youtube news video explaining
how this could have been
avoided. [NCSCOS 8.02]
24a. Defend/defy passage of the
19th Amendment after the Great
War and show your knowledge
by playing a game of charades
or invite law professor to give a
class talk.
[NCSCOS 8.03]
30a. Substantiate the current
necessity for 21st Century
international alliances and show
your knowledge using by
creating a talk show segment [at
least 3 minutes long].