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Standards Assignment for History teacher.

__10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.__

1) Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of "total war."

-Students will be assigned to groups and will create their own propaganda film from the viewpoint of one of the countries involved in the war. This aligns with the knowledge standard and satisfies my own behavior standard of increased creativity through the use of technology. Students will post their finished products on the wiki and other students will comment on the product in a discussion board.

2)Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways, distance, climate)

-Students will create a powerpoint/flash movie showing the evolution of the battlefield in WWI. They will look for appropriate maps, pictures, etc and create a history using images. This aligns with the knowledge standard and satisfies my own behavior standard of using search tools to locate relavant information. Students will post their finished products on the wiki and other students will comment on the product in a discussion board.

3) Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.

- Students will write a chapter for a textbook explaining the importance of the Russian Revolution and US entry as factors in WWI. They will create text, captioned pictures, use a heading scheme, and typographic conventions to enrich user comprehension. This aligns with the knowledge standard and satisfies my own behavior standard of using technology to enrich and publish documents. Students will post their finished products on the wiki and other students will comment on the product in a discussion board.

4) Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, including how colonial peoples contributed to the war effort.

- Students will create a map of national involvement in WWI using Inspiration. This map will include alliances and death tolls for the parties involved. This aligns with the knowledge standard and satisfies my own behavior standard of using technology to enrich and publish documents.Students will post their finished products on the wiki and other students will comment on the product in a discussion board.

5) Discuss human rights violations and genocide, including the Ottoman government's actions against Armenian citizens.

-Students will have a Skype conversation with a class in a country involved in the fighting (possiblities: Belgium, Turkey, Armenia, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Britain). We will discuss the importance of human rights and the illegal actions, such as the targetting of civilians, of armies in WWI. This aligns with the knowledge standard and satisfies my own behavior standard of using telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences. Students will either record the conversation or write a transcript of the chat and post it on the wiki. Other students will comment on the product in a discussion board.