WWI TECHNOLOGY & FALLEN SOLDIER RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
Task: You are going to research a WWI Weapons Technology and a fallen Canadian
soldier who served and died during WWI.
HOW?
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You will research both and provide answers to the questions below.
In total, you must cite at least three different types of sources (e.g. a print
source, a database, a lecture, a website,).
You will create a Works Cited page.
Fallen Soldier
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Select and research a CANADIAN soldier who was killed in action during WWI
Provide
a. His full name and rank (1 mark)
b. His military unit (1 mark)
c. Where in Canada he was from (1 mark)
d. The date he was killed (1 mark)
e. Where he died (and the particulars of his death if possible) (1 mark)
Technology:
You will choose ONE weapon technology used in WWI, and answer the following questions in
complete sentences.
1) Describe how the chosen weapon technology worked and how it was used in
combat(5 marks)
2) Identify and explain the strengths(2) and weaknesses(2) of this technology?(8
marks)
3) Indentify one battle in which this technology was used and explain how the
technology affected the outcome(3 marks)
Your answers to the above questions should be typed and formatted using MLA
conventions (see exemplar); your general use of spelling, punctuation, grammar,
and style will also be assessed.
4) Provide two visuals of this technology and provide a caption that draws
attention to some key feature of the weapon(a strength, a weakness, a key
part/feature, how it worked in battle etc.) (4 marks)
o NOTE: Make sure you internally cite them and include it in your Works
Cited.
Research and Works Cited Expectations Application: 10 marks
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while researching this information, keep a clear record of which sources you
consulted and where each piece of information came from.
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the Works Cited will be on its own sheet of paper
WORKS CITED
 you will need to use and document a minimum of three types of
sources
 ONE of the three types of sources must be a print source
 for this assignment, you may NOT use your textbook or
Wikipedia(except for images) as one of your official
sources, although you may consult these sources in your
preliminary research
 you must follow MLA expectations(refer to model)
DUE DATE:
Student’s Last Name 1
Student’s Full Name
Course Code
Teacher’s Name
Due Date
Lazer Guns: The Bright Yet Deadly Killer
1. Write your answer to question 1 here in complete sentences. After you write ANY
information that you got from somewhere else OR if you directly quote from another
source, you must include an internal citation. For example, you might have got all your
information on page 76 from a book called The Two World Wars by Susanne Everett and
Brigadier Peter Young to answer question 1. After you write your answer to the
question, you will write the name of the author of the book and the page number you
referenced between two parentheses ( ). In this particular case, The Two World Wars
has two authors; so using the “Guide to Referencing,” you would look up how to write
an internal citation that has two authors which would look like this→ (Everett and Young
76). Remember, you only use et al if there are 4 or more authors.
2. Questions 2 and 3 will be answered the same way ensuring that you are citing all your
sources. For any of the questions, you might have more than one source. This is a good
thing – it means you are consulting multiple sources! Just be sure to write the internal
citation directly after the information. This means that you might have one internal
citation midway through your answer and one at the end. Again, this is a good thing.
3. In complete sentences with sources, answer number three.
Student’s Last Name 2
4. Don’t forget the two visuals of your technology. You will also need to cite where you
got the picture from in your Works Cited. Include a caption that highlights some
important aspect of the weapon. Obviously, LAZER GUNS were NOT invented by WWI—
I am merely using it to help you understand the expectations!
(Smith)
As is evident in the above picture, the lazer gun is highly powerful, and could penetrate
most armour (Everett and Young 75).
NOTE: In the internal citation, you see a name: this means that this photo has a known
artist.
(Charlie with Laser)
Clearly, a major weakness of the lazer gun is the fact that at night, it is easy to detect the
shooter, which rendered the soldier vulnerable to return fire (Everett and Young 77).
NOTE: In the internal citation, you see a title; this means that this photo has no known
artist; instead, you use the title given to the photo)
Student’s Last Name 3
Fallen Soldier
George Brown: A True Hero
All of the information for the soldier should be included here.
a. His full name and rank
b. His military unit
c. Where in Canada he was from
d. The date he was killed
e. Where he died (and the particulars of his death if possible)
Student’s Last Name 4
Works Cited
Charlie Uses Laser. 2013. Canadian Laser Agency. Photo NH 89r45. Canadian Laser and
Weapons Agency. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.
Everett, John and Tara Young. The Fallen Soldiers. Toronto: Harcourt Press, 2010. Print.
Smith, John. Laser vs. Armour. 2012. National War Depository. Photo Q-559. Wikimedia
Commons. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.