Y9: 1-24. Horrors of War – continued

Year 9A & Year 9B

Today we are going to finish our topic on WW1.

Follow the order in which I give you instructions:

1.

First, complete the “mood-o-metre” (on p.2) to show how you feel about the topic on “The First World War” …! (Feel free to also make any other relevant comments about this topic.)

2.

A POSSIBLE

SOLUTION?

3.

And now for a few questions to test your knowledge and understanding even further…

“The Horrors of War, p.38”

Please take note:

You may choose to complete EITHER numbers 1,3,5 and 7,

OR: numbers 2,4,6 and 8.

(You have already completed number 9.)

You must complete number 10 too.

You will need the information on the diagram below to fill in the table at number 10.

4.

You are required to complete an assessment project for this topic… Below are some details. However…

Also consult Schoology Assignments for the due date and also for more details about this project…

You will do an assessment project on WW1.

You have a number of options:

Make a video using the song “The Green Field of France” as background music…

(You can find the music as a mp-3 file on Schoology.)

• The video must either be on “The Horrors of WW1”, with relevant images.
• Or, the video must comprise of images that tell the story of Willie McBride.

The video must be the length of the song – i.e. about 5 minutes long.

(Please take note: this must NOT be a mysimpleshow video!)

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Answer the following question: “Why did WW1 last so long?”

Your answer must have a short introduction, a few paragraphs that explain the reasons why WW1 lasted so long, and a conclusion paragraph.

(Homework Task 9 on WW1 [p.23-25], that you have completed a while ago, will greatly help you…!)

The essay must be about 1½ pages long.

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Write a poem about one of the following:

• WW1 lasting so long
• The Horrors of WW1
• Pointless suffering of WW1

The poem must be about 300 words long.

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How does one do these things…?

Here is some useful advice!

How to make a video…

Making a video with PowerPoint. (1:56 minutes long)

How to write an essay…

Essay Writing Advice. (3:11 minutes long)

How to write a poem…

What makes a poem … a poem? (5:55 minutes long)

This song can also be seen as a poem…

The Green Fields of France (No Man’s Land)

Oh how do you do, young Willie McBride
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?
And rest for a while in the warm summer sun
I’ve been walking all day, and I’m nearly done

And I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
When you joined the great fallen in 1916
Well, I hope you died quick, and I hope you died clean
Oh Willie McBride, was is it slow and obscene?

Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the last post and chorus?
Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest?

And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?
In some loyal heart is your memory enshrined?
And though you died back in 1916
To that loyal heart you’re forever nineteen

Or are you a stranger without even a name?
Forever enshrined behind some old glass pane
In an old photograph torn, tattered, and stained
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame

Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the last post and chorus?
Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest?

The sun shining down on these green fields of France
The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance
The trenches have vanished long under the plow
No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now

But here in this graveyard that’s still no man’s land
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man’s blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation were butchered and damned

Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the last post and chorus?
Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest?

And I can’t help but wonder, oh Willie McBride
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you the cause?
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?

Well, the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing and dying it was all done in vain
Oh Willie McBride, it all happened again
And again, and again, and again, and again

Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
Did the band play the last post and chorus?
Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest?

Bogle Eric – The Green Fields of France (No Man’s Land)

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