Learning Goals
Students will be able to investigate World War I government decisions and their effects on soldiers and civilians using letters, speeches, casualty lists, photographs, and other historical documents to build evidence-based claims.
Students will be able to analyze primary and secondary sources about World War I by identifying origin, purpose, perspective, and reliability to determine what each source reveals about wartime experiences.
Students will be able to formulate a focused research question about how World War I leadership choices affected the front lines and the home front and refine it as evidence emerges.
Students will be able to evaluate how World War I art, photographs, and written documents represent the human cost of war by comparing what is emphasized and what is absent across media.
Students will be able to justify a historical claim about the human impact of World War I leadership decisions using multiple pieces of corroborated evidence from their investigation.
Students will be able to create an original artwork that communicates a researched interpretation of how World War I decisions shaped soldiers’ and civilians’ experiences.
Students will be able to curate and present connections among research evidence, original artwork, and historical context for a public audience in a way that communicates understanding and empathy.
Products
WWI Inquiry Notebook and Research Paper
Students compile an investigation record with question development, source notes, evidence tracking, methodology decisions, and reflections, then use it to write a research paper on how World War I leadership choices affected soldiers and civilians.
Letters Across the Lines: Curated Exhibit with Original Response Art and Group Findings Presentation
Teams synthesize individual investigations into a formal presentation and curated exhibit section that explains shared findings, methodology choices, visual evidence, limitations, and new questions, alongside student-created artwork and artist statements.
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