V4B 31-1-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Please sit with your group!

You need: reader, laptop, pen, notebook

Welcome! You need: reader, laptop, pen, notebook

Learning Goals

At the end of today's lesson, you will....

• know about the Great War
• have reseached life in the trenches

Today's Lesson

1. Introduction to the Great War (10 mins)
2. Watch a video (10 mins)
3. Do a research exercise (15 mins)
4.  Round off together 

What is The Great War?

Why was it called the Great War?

Why 'the Great War'?

The enormous scale of the conflict (like 'a great storm')

Moral connotations: 

- the Allies believed they were fighting against an evil (German) militarism

 - Echoes of 'Armageddon', the biblical Great Battle of Good and Evil to be fought at the end of Time. 

- It was therefore sometimes referred to as 'the Great War for Civilisation'.

www.historyextra.com

https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/history-extra-explains-why-is-ww1-called-the-great-war/

How many casualties?

casualty: a person hurt or killed in a war 

or other destructive event

How many casualties?

The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.

Wikipedia

Watching 2 video's

Take notes: keywords

Name 5 characteristics of the Great War 

mentioned in the video's

5 characteristics
mentioned in the video's

Research assignment

- Work in pairs

- Send it to me in Teams at the end of the lesson

- Extra assignment if you finish quickly

Living in the trenches

Make a mind map with pictures, 

using only the information on the website (link next slide). 

Your mindmap should contain:

1. A typical day in the trenches

2. What items did soldiers keep

3. Christmas in the trenches

4. Physical and emotional problems

(Finished? Do the quiz)

www.bbc.co.uk

Imagine...

.....You are a soldier, living in the trenches

- Think of the experiences / situations /

   activities you have just researched

- What kind of feelings could you experience during a day?

- Make a list

A soldier's feelings

Take notes

Extra assignment

Look up on the Internet: Wilfred Owen

- Background / biography

- Role in the War

- His literary work in general

Well done! You...

- know about the great war

- have reseached life in the trenches

NEXT LESSON: BRING YOUR READER   :)

Remember the letters?

- We listened to 3 letters

- Think of a characteristic of each letter (style!)

- Letters written by 1. Quirine, 2. Mohamed, 3. Tim

Style characteristics:
1. Quirine, 2. Mohamed, 3. Tim

What to expect in period 3:

Poetry, creative writing, speaking

- 3 March: creative writing test (3x)

- During this period: writing assignment in class (mandatory)

- Week 13 (testweek): group conversation (15-20 mins, 3x)

- End of period: hand in (completed) poetry reader (mandatory)

What do you need to do?

• Go through the reader and do the tasks (I will tell you  what to do and when). You need to hand everything in.
• Read the poems and analyse them using the glossary
• Decide which poem is your favourite and why
• Take the writing test
• Write a poem using your new acquired knowledge
• Oral exam in groups of 3/4 about all of the above