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Monday, November 16, 2009

Monday, November 16th

Assignments Due: Letter From The Trenches & PodCast Research Sites/Resources


In-Class Agenda:
WORLD WAR ONE PARTNER PODCASTING
In pairs you will be creating a podcast focusing on a main portion of World War I (WWI). This PodCast Should Be Approximately 4-6 minutes in length and should give a detailed description and information on the topic you have been assigned. These Podcasts are meant to inform your audience on the topic and are to replace an in-class presentation. Podcasts must be interesting and engaging for your listeners. You will be competing with my other class hours. The best presentation on each individual topic will make it on to our class podcasting station.

STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS TO BE COVERED IN PODCAST:
1. Triple Alliance (aka Central Powers)
2. Triple Entente
3. “The Spark” a.k.a. the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
4. M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI- militarism, alliances, imperialism, & nationalism.
5. Trench Warfare
6. Weapons & Technology of WWI
7. Key Battles: Marne, Galipolli, etc.
8. WWI Propaganda
9. Anti-German sentiment in the United States
10. Sinking of the Lusitania
11. Soldiers/the faces of war
12. War at home (the Homefront)
13. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
14. League of Nations
15. Treaty of Versailles
16. Outcomes & Causalities of the War
17. Lessons Learned.



Homework: Research Complete: Minimum of 4 Resources & PodCast Outline Due Tomorrow (Tuesday). PodCast Due FridayContinue Reading WWI Chapter From American Journey Textbook/C.D. Rom
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