H200
Station Rotations - World War I
Name: ____________________________
The Guardian’s A global guide to the first world war - interactive documentary
+ Google Expeditions - The Great War + Joe Sacco’s The Great War
During this activity you will rotate through different tasks and activities, including the use of VR goggles! Be sure to
check which station you are at and complete each station as directed.
A - Trenches and Weapons of WWI (VR Station)
Trenches
● How were the trenches designed? What did they look/feel like to you in VR?
● What were some of the conditions like for soldiers in the trenches that you saw?
● What was the significance of barbed wire?
Advanced Weaponry - What types of weapons were
used in WWI?
Fighting in the Seas - Why was the naval front so
important during the war? What types of
weapons/tech were used in this front?
B - Joe Sacco’s The Great War.
Read the excerpt from Adam Hochschild’s essay and then examine the illustrated panorama, a twenty-four-foot-long
panorama that illustrates the first day of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in history, which took place
on July 1, 1916.
From the Hochschild essay - what did set up for battle on July 1st look like?
Now take a look at the panorama Initial Observations - What are some scenes or
aspects that stand out to you immediately?
Changes - How did the battle evolve in the drawing?
What looked different in the setup/beginning to the
end?
C - Fronts - Go to Guardian Interactive Documentary. Click on #4:Fronts. Watch the clip and take notes,
then click “Interactive” and explore the different fronts of the war.
Notes from documentary clip (consider significance of Ottoman Empire, Dardanelles, the fighting tactics)
Using the interactive map, learn about the different fronts of WWI and write a 1-sentence characterization or description.
Front
The Western Front
The Eastern Front
The War at Sea
The Italian Front
The Middle East
Africa
The Far East
Description