ww i, controversial issues, and all quiet on the western front
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WW I, CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, AND ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
At what age . . .
There are many topics that we don’t want young children to know about and there are many thing we don’t want them to be doing. What things do we not want young people
to know about? What things do we not want young people
to do? Think about ideas such as: death, drugs, how
babies are made, war, bad things/people in the world, violence, etc. . .
At what age. . .
Age Can Know About Can Do (if applicable)
4
8
12
16
20
Changing Gears!
We’ll come back to that but we’re going to take a break to talk about World War I
What started it?
First, before anything ever happened, most of the major powers of the world were trying to expand. Because of this they had lots of smaller
countries that they vowed to “protect” The major powers also signed treaties
with each other and promised to defend each other if either one was attacked.
What started it?
It worked like a chain: Serbia < Russia < Britain
Therefore, Britain was bound to defend Serbia if anything ever happened to Serbia
Scenario: Little brother in the lunch room.
Hint: something happened to Serbia
The War Effort – Propaganda
“We teach you to run!”
Big Questions:
What is the goal of these posters?
Do these posters work?
Do we see things like this today?
War Recruiting Today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlzdZqSVbJ4
Now To Our Focus:
3.01 Examine controversial issues by: sharing and evaluating initial personal
response. researching and summarizing printed data. compiling personal responses and
researched data to organize the argument. presenting data in such forms as a graphic,
an essay, a speech.
World War I Data
Total Cost in US Dollars
22,625,253,000
Total Cost from Allied Nations
125,690,477,000
Total US Deaths
57,476
Durham’s Population approx. 230,000
Average Age of Soldier
25Although men were recruited as young as
16
Average age in the Vietnam War was 19
Total US Deaths from Suicide
967
The US was only in the war for one year.
Our Current War: Iraqi Freedom
Out of 4,059 deaths:
100% under 35
50% under 24
Take a minute to process. . .
Do we see posters or commercials with this information? Why not?
What do we learn from this data?
WW I
One of the first modern wars Lots of new ways to kill people: machine
guns, tanks, gas, bombs, etc.
WW 1 – Trench Warfare
The Western Front battles mainly used trench warfare
Author – Erich Maria Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque
Originally named Erich Paul Remark German born At 18 he joined the German Army to
fight in World War I Was badly injured by shrapnel a year later
and spent the rest of the war in a military hospital
Wrote All Quiet . . . ten years later
German Reception of the Novel At first the novel was widely read When the Nazis took power they claimed
that the book was anti-German propaganda and had all of Remarque’s books burned
Remarque had to flee Germany in order to save his own life His sister stayed and was executed