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Lesson Title: Intro to WW1:Scavenger Hunt

Lesson #: 1
Date: October 25, 2017
Subject: Social Studies 9
Grade: 9

Rationale: To understand the 20th Century, students must first understand the impact that the
First World War had on the world. Students must understand not only the global effect that
World War 1 had, but also the effect it had on Canada. This lesson will teach the students about
battles that Canadians took part in, as well as the personal impact that the war had.
Curriculum Connections: Collective identity is constructed and can change over time.
Curriculum Competency: Make reasoned ethical judgments about actions in the past and
present, and determine appropriate ways to remember and respond
Content: WW1, Primary Sources

Learning Intentions Activity Assessment

Discover WW1 WW1 Battlefield Search Worksheet

Use of Primary Sources CLIP Letters/Diary Entries Discussion during finding

during activity clues

Use of Secondary Use of websites and and

Resources music videos

Prerequisite Concepts and Skill:

Reading and Writing
Able to differentiate a secondary and primary source
How to use Chromebooks and google docs
Problem solving

Materials and Resources with References/Sources:

For Teacher For Students

Worksheet Printed Worksheets Copied, Pen/Pencil

Projector/Screen/Laptop Chromebooks/Laptops

PRINT and put Clues/Letters/Paragraphs in Clues on each table, Letters in Envelopes,

Envelopes Paragraph and photos
http://www.canadianletters.ca/
 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/g
al/vcg-gcv/bio/miner-hgb-eng.asp

Differentiated Instruction (DI) (Accommodations):

Working in a group
Ability to Elaborate/Research more for gifted/advanced students

Possible Aboriginal Connections/First Peoples Principles of Learning:

Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on
connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).
Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story.
Learning requires exploration of ones identity

Lesson Activities:

Teacher Activities Student Activities Pacing

Introduction to WW1 Intro to WW1 - Tanner 5m

Split Students into groups of 6 and Number them Students sit at assigned 20m
from Regiment #1-#5 Regimental Table #1-#5 -
TRAINING CAMP - Valcartier
Step 1) Tanner introduce WW1 w/ write up and
video - hook/super enticing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAzseue8qv Received worksheets, write
w regiment # and name on the
- Introduce video sheet
- Preamble to WW1
- Number them off in groups of 6 (5 Activity: Where in WW1 are we?
groups) - Regiment #1-#5 Using the sources provided:
-http://www.warmuseum.ca/
Step 2) Hannah splits the room into regiments by -http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/r
number - talk about Valcartier emembrance/history/first-world-w
- September 4th ar
- 6 groups of 5 Students must use these
- Then they all get different clues to websites to figure out which
different postings - they each visit two battle they are a part of. NO
battles GOOGLING!
-Work as a Regiment
-Fill out worksheets while
 Let them discuss @ each table their discussing each battle
question and fill out their worksheet -Think of any Questions you may
have
Valcartier:
http://www.canadianletters.ca/content/document-
6181
Facts:
- The First Contingent of soldiers sent to
France numbered a little over 25,000
men strong. They were sent in August of
1914.
- Almost every Canadian Soldier passed
through the camp located in Quebec.
- The Canadians were referred to as the
Canadian Expeditionary Force

Step 3) Jayse - will have tables set up with clues

on each table
Activity: Where in WW1 are we?
Start by opening your clue - figure out where you
are posted in WW1 by using the sources
provided on your chromebook.
- Students must use these websites to
figure out which battle they are a part of.
NO GOOGLING!
- Work as a Regiment
- Fill out worksheets while discussing each
battle
- Think of any Questions you may have
- QUESTION: how did this battle impact
canadian identity
- Jayse will have a chromebook/tablet at
each table

Passchendaele:
http://www.canadianletters.ca/content/document-
525
Battle Facts:
- Date: July 31st, 1916
- Soldiers would drown in the craters filled
with mud and water, created from the
constant shelling
 - Casualties: 275,000 British Casualties,
remembered as one of the most costly
battles of the WW1 and an example of
the needless loss of soldiers.
- http://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/
history/battles-and-fighting/land-battles/p
asschendaele/

CLUE: 100,000 canadian men went to this place

not realizing the conditions
The rain, mud and deep trenches were
not part of their suspicions
This battle is where we needlessly lost
thousands of men
We tried to get out of the mud but it came
and came again
This battle took place in 1916 on July
31st
As they crawled through the mud it took a
turn for the worst

Vimy Ridge:
http://www.canadianletters.ca/content/document-
1492?position=2&list=uuzFEob-K2T-OIPT3VzH
SAL5nBl2QJdvriRbs9qKqyA
Battle Facts:
- Was Fought on April 9th,1917
- Canadian Soldiers found their identity
during the battle, being the only country
to successfully take the Ridge
- The Attack was launched partially in the
city of Arras, France and soldiers were
being housed in the Wellington Caves
an ancient chalk quarry. They were well
concealed underground.

The Battle of Beaumont-Hamel -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knxR-Q2VoB
E

Battle Facts:
 - Newfoundland Regiment known as the
Blue Puttees
- 57,000 British and Commonwealth
soldiers were killed, wounded or
missingthe heaviest combat losses
ever suffered by the British Army in a
single day.
- The losses sustained by the
Newfoundland Regiment at
Beaumont-Hamel on July 1, 1916, were
staggering. Of the some 800
Newfoundlanders who went into battle
that morning, only 68 were able to
answer the roll call the next day, with
more than 700 killed, wounded or
missing.

Battle of Amiens - Victoria Cross Recipiant of

the Battle
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/vc
g-gcv/bio/miner-hgb-eng.asp

Battle Facts:
- One of the final Battles of WW1
- Canadians had more than 11,800
casualties
- August 8th, 1918 is called Black Day by
the German Army

Battle of the Somme - Photos of the

Devonshire Cemetery, provided by Ms.Perry
Battle Facts:
- July 1st, 1916 - The bloodiest day of
WW1
- No Canadian Regiments participated in
the first day of the battle, but the
Newfoundland Regiment or the Blue
Puttees as they were known
participated. Newfoundland was not yet a
part of Canada.
- 600,000 Soldiers were killed in the short
four month battle
 - One of the worst battles of attrition on the
Western Front

Handout Worksheets

Discuss Discuss what students found and 5m

how it made them feel?