All Quiet on the
Western Front
in Preparation of
Studying Erich Maria Remarque's
It
was supposed to be "The War to End All Wars."
For over four years World War One raged on, leaving in its wake a toll
of death and destruction such as the world had never seen.
Introduction
Task Procedures
Resources Evaluation
Conclusion
Introduction
Date: August 1917
Place: Germany
Memo to: Soldiers of Frau Adams' Platoon
RE: Assignment Code: Red Baron's Eyes
Battlefield Orders: You are a carefully
chosen group of trusted soldiers who will act covertly to gather information for
Kaiser Wilhelm's secret service. You are to gather information which will
either confirm or disprove information already flowing into the Kaiser's staff
office concerning the complicated nature of World War One. You will be
covertly infiltrating the websites of the Allies (France, England, and America).
Task:
A deputy in the Kaiser's office has given you
a piece of paper with hastily scrawled questions on it concerning the war.
It is your job to answer these questions as completely as possible in the time
available. Place questions and answers in your trench journal.
Procedure:
Click here for
the hastily scrawled questions.
You will be given a list of top-secret Internet sites which can provide the
information needed. Only diligent and
astute observers will ferret out the necessary information. Write all questions
and answers in your trench journal. Using two colors of pens for questions
and answers will be helpful.
Before you finish your web quest, collect 2 or
3 pictures of World War 1 that you can print and place in your trench
journal. You'll find thousands of pictures in your quest, choose
carefully.
Resources:
The following links will lead
you to web pages of the "Allies" (English, French, and
Americans). It will provide links to all the information you are
looking for. Search carefully.
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc
Evaluation:
You will be evaluated on the
accuracy of your research, how well you followed instructions, how well you
completed each question, how well you searched the Internet, how well you worked together as a group (if in
fact, you had to work with a comrade) to complete this covert task, and
how creatively you transported your information to headquarters.
After gathering your
information, please conceal your papers (your trench journal) in some kind of protective covering, for
example: inside a German restaurant menu, glued to the inside of a folded
map of Germany or France, secreted inside a hollowed-out book, concealed within a folded newspaper
hidden in something, disguised as an old, perfumed love letter in an
envelope, tucked into a soldier's boot, or
baked inside a loaf of bread. Military information is worth a lot of money on the
open market and could change the outcome of the war. Take care to conceal your information as it is being passed
to Frau Adams.
Frau Adams will collect all information and
deliver it to the Kaiser's offices. Make sure you answer the questions in
complete sentences (for easy decoding)
Conclusion:
Be prepared to reveal your secret information
to members of the platoon, on the date communicated to you by your
teacher, to confirm that your
information is correct.
For more photos of World War I,
google for "World War I" at the Google Image Search Site.
Click here.
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