WWI

WWI Group Presentation


 * __OBJECTIVES__**: World War I was an extremely important but somewhat forgotten war that established the United States as the most powerful nation in the world. However, the outcomes of WWI were also significant resulting in the causes of World War II. You and your assigned group members will create and present a PowerPoint that explains a particular subject related to World War I. Each group will teach their classmates and all group members will need to present a portion of the information. You can use your book or provided websites to create your PowerPoint. [|Pstory.msi]


 * __REQUIREMENTS__**: Your group needs AT LEAST 5 SLIDES of factual information. Each group member MUST present AT LEAST 2 SLIDES. Each slide MUST have AT LEAST 1 picture. Use brief keynotes on your slides and explain them in detail. Your group also needs **1 MLA STYLE WORKS CITED** slide at the end of your presentation (use easybib.com). Group presentations should last about 10 minutes. Each student will be graded individually based on this [[file:Presentation Rubric.doc]] (5 Points will be subtracted from all group members' grades for missing requirements). BE CREATIVE and ENTERTAINING!

Completed PowerPoints are to be emailed to stell.freeport@gmail.com by this next Wednesday at the end of your period and we will begin presentations on Thursday. Type in the subject line: "**WWI Present (topic) pd. #**" USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

GROUP TOPICS

TRENCH WARFARE Teach your classmates about how soldiers lived and fought in the trenches. What types of conditions did they deal with? Why were they forced to fight in this way? Use your book and the WWI site for Trenches. ||  || GROUP 2 NEW WEAPONS Teach the class about how the new technological innovations of the 20th century led to the use of some extremely deadly weapons. Tell us about machine guns, rifles, grenades and chemical weapons from your book and the WWI website for Weapons. ||  || GROUP 3 NEW VEHICLES Teach your buddies about how new vehicles changed the way wars were fought forever. Find great information about tanks, airplanes, dirigibles and submarines on the WWI site for Air Warfare. Find info on Tankstoo. ||
 * GROUP 1

SIGNIFICANT BATTLES Explain to us the most important battles of WWI including maps and strategies, and how the various fronts played roles. Why were the Allied Powers successful over the Central Powers? Use your book and the WWI website for Battles. ||  || Assassination of Franz Ferdinand media type="youtube" key="Ed-i7zWgqZo" height="344" width="425" ||  || GROUP 5 U.S. NEUTRALITY, INVOLVEMENT AND MOBILIZATION Teach the class about the United States reasons for neutrality, what caused us to enter WWI, and how our country changed from a peacetime to wartime economy. Your book has excellent info and/or use the WWI site for Wilson. ||
 * GROUP 4

10 POINT BONUS OPPORTUNITY: 2. (5 pts) Reply to someone's post about their observations and add your opinions. Tell whether you agree or disagree with the original post. For either option, you must type __1 FULL PARAGRAPH__ to receive any bonus credit.**
 * 1. (5 pts) On the discussion board for this page, type out a few comments about some of the presentations you saw this week. Include some observations of things a specific group did that you liked, or maybe some things a specific group did that made you not want to pay attention. Did you think their pictures were not big enough to see? Do you like the way they explained the material? __DO NOT USE ANYONE'S NAME__!