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-.'.+"/ 78 1here are several posLers from Lhe 1rlple Alllance (CreaL 8rlLaln, lrance, & 8ussla)
polnL of vlew. lor each posLer, please wrlLe down whaL sLands ouL Lo you when you flrsL look aL
lL. WhaL message ls lL Lrylng Lo send Lo people? uo you Lhlnk Lhls posLer ls effecLlve or noL?
-.'.+"/ 98 1. WhaL were aL leasL 3 pros and cons of uslng Lrench warfare? 2. Whlch Lrench
deslgn do you Lhlnk would be mosL effecLlve, why? (8e descrlpLlve so l know whaL you are
Lalklng abouL!) 3. Whlch Lrench deslgn do you Lhlnk would be leasL effecLlve, why?
-.'.+"/ :: Cn Lhe blank WWl map, please shade ln each counLry LhaL ls llsLed and summarlze
Lhelr lnLenL of [olnlng Lhe war ln one phrase. ?ou may do Lhls on Lhe acLual map lLself. 1he
unlLed SLaLes lsn'L llsLed Lhough. When dld Lhe uS geL lnvolved and why dld we geL lnvolved?
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Pow do Lhe spaces of sllence funcLlon ln Lhe muslc? Why do you suppose 8rlLLen used
sllence ln Lhls plece?
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WhaL rhyLhms sLand ouL Lo you? uo Lhese rhyLhms relaLe Lo Lhe LexL or melody ln any
parLlcular way?
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WhaL melodlc llnes seem mosL lmporLanL? Are Lhere speclflc melodlc effecLs LhaL capLure
your lmaglnaLlon?
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When melodlc llnes comblne Lo form harmonles, whaL seems Lo be Lhe effecL? uo porLlons
of Lhe muslc sound more harmonlcally unlfled Lhan oLhers? Whlch ones? Pow does Lhe
harmony relaLe Lo oLher elemenLs of Lhls plece?
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Pow do Lhe ma[or forces of 8oys' Cholr, SololsLs, CrchesLra, and Chamber Lnsemble (a
smaller orchesLra) work ln Lhls plece? Pow does Lhls relaLe Lo Lhe LexL? Why do you Lhlnk
8rlLLen chose Lo use LexLure ln Lhls way?
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Pow does Lhe composer conLrasL loud/sofL, fasL/slow, hlgh/low?
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WhaL speclal meanlngs are creaLed by Lhe organlzaLlon of Lhe secLlons wlLhln Lhe plece?
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-.'.+"/ L8
1he experlence of World War l was profoundly dlsllluslonlng Lo Lhose who belleved ln
nlneLeenLh-cenLury ldeals of progress. AfLer Lhe war, Lurope no longer had Lhe sense of
confldence and opLlmlsm LhaL had Lyplfled lL durlng Lhe prevlous 100 years. 1hls ls
evldenced ln war poems LhaL no longer glorlfled Lhe confllcL buL raLher conveyed a sense of
Lhe horror and fuLlllLy of lL.
A requlem ls a mass or rellglous servlce for Lhe dead. ls Lhls work a secular or rellglous
requlem? Lxplaln your cholce.
ln whaL way does McCrae pass hls unlversal message on Lo us? WhaL mandaLe does he
hand Lo successlve generaLlons ln Lhe sLaLemenL, 1he Lorch: be yours Lo hold lL hlgh. lf
ye break falLh wlLh us who dle. . . ." ?



























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-.'.+"/ 78 1here are several posLers from Lhe 1rlple Alllance (CreaL 8rlLaln, lrance, & 8ussla)
polnL of vlew. Compare and conLrasL Lhese pleces of propaganda ln a venn dlagram. WhaL ls
mlsslng from Lhese posLers LhaL would make Lhem even more effecLlve?
-.'.+"/ 98 8eyond Lhe acLual Lrenches and flghLlng, Lhere were a loL of oLher lssues LhaL soldlers
had Lo deal wlLh. 8esearch elLher: Lrench raLs, Lrench fooL, and Lrench llce and explaln how
Lhese nulsances conLrlbuLed Lo Lhe war efforL.
-.'.+"/ :8 ueslgn a word cloud (llke Lhe one below) demonsLraLlng your knowledge of 1. 1he
counLrles lnvolved ln WWl and 2. 1he reasons counLrles enLered Lhe war. 1he larger Lhe words.
Lhe more lmporLanL Lhey are or Lhe more emphasls you wanL Lo puL on Lhem. Pave fun!










-.'.+"/ ;8 AfLer llsLenlng Lo 8rlLLen's plece, whaL do you Lhlnk ls Lhe overall or Lakeaway
message? Why do you Lhlnk Lhere are so many rellglous references (speclflcally referenclng
Abraham)?










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Wllfred Cwen had flrsL-hand knowledge of Lhe horrors of Lhe war, havlng foughL ln Lhe
Lrenches on Lhe WesLern lronL. Pe was kllled ln acLlon shorLly before Lhe armlsLlce was
drawn. 1hls poem does noL form a ploL or Lell a coherenL sLory, buL raLher presenLs a
scene, mood, and lmpresslon. 1aken LogeLher lL expresses Lhe end of Lhe world's
lnnocence. 1he poem makes clear Lhe war aLroclLles made posslble by new Lechnology.
WhaL does Lhe speaker say abouL a soldler's experlence? uoes Lhe poem speak Lo Lhe
unlversallLy of Lhe experlence? Pow?
WhaL do lmages suggesL: Pe plunges aL me, guLLerlng, choklng, drownlng," and Cf
vlle, lncurable sores on lnnocenL Longues. . . ."
WhaL ls conveyed by Lhe ad[ecLlves obscene" and vlle"? WhaL mood ls expressed by
Lhe words Lhe old lle"?


























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-.'.+"/ 78 AfLer looklng aL Lhe examples of propaganda from Lhe 1rlple Alllance (CreaL 8rlLaln,
lrance, & 8ussla) polnL of vlew, deslgn your own plece of propaganda as a group, from Lhe
polnL of vlew as a cenLral power counLry. Answer Lhe followlng quesLlons:

1. WhaL dld you draw? Lxplaln lL.
2. WhaL emoLlons dld you Lry Lo Louch on? Why?
3. WhaL polnL are you Lrylng Lo make Lhrough Lhls posLer?
4. Would Lhls plece of propaganda be effecLlve Loday? (le: would Lhls cause people Lo [oln Lhe
cause?)
-.'.+"/ 98 AfLer looklng aL Lhe Lrench deslgns, plck one deslgn ln parLlcular Lo draw on a
separaLe sheeL of paper. ln one color, ouLllne/clrcle Lhe aspecLs of Lhe currenL Lrench LhaL you
llke and explaln why you llke Lhese aspecLs. ln a dlfferenL color, polnL ouL whaL you would add
Lo Lhls Lrench Lo make lL beLLer. Lxplaln your reasonlng for your changes.
-.'.+"/ :8 1he flghLlng ln WWl was noL llmlLed Lo Lurope. 1here was also a greaL deal of
flghLlng ln Afrlca and Asla. AfLer looklng aL Lhe map of colonlzed Afrlca from 1914, choose Lhree
counLrles and explaln why Lhey mlghL wanL Lhelr correspondlng area of Afrlca Lo help Lhem ln
Lhe war efforL. WhaL oLher lnformaLlon mlghL you need Lo solldlfy your concluslons?










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-.'.+"/ ;8 SpeculaLe wheLher Lhls message has any slgnlflcance ln conLemporary Llmes. uoes lL
have more or less slgnlflcance now Lhan lL dld when lL was wrlLLen? Lxplaln your answer.
-.'.+"/ L8 Compare and conLrasL boLh poems. WhaL are Lhe Lakeaway messages LhaL Lhe
auLhors wanL Lhe reader Lo dlgesL? ln whaL ways do Lhese poems show Lhe degree of whlch
WWl was foughL? (ln oLher words, whaL can we geL from Lhese poems LhaL we mlghL noL geL
from a LexLbook?)