WW1 Day 4 : Technology

BLUE:  Tuesday, December 5
ORANGE:  Wednesday, December 6

  

Warm-Up

Turn and Talk:  How had wars mostly been fought before World War 1?

Objective:

I can see how new technology changed the style and impact of war in World War 1.

Agenda:

1)  Let's look at this image of a painting called LÉnfer  by artist, Georges Leroux.  I sent it over Classroom.
2)  Watch video on how technology is a game changer.
3)  BBC WW1 Technology Game. 
4)  If time, create pitch.

Special Links:  

This is an interesting and concise list of the weapons of World War 1.
And here is another cool article about technology from Mental Floss.

Homework:

Read/notes 29.3 Part 1 (p. 1703-1706) for next class

Ticket To Leave:

On Classroom, if your army could have only one of the weapons we discussed, which one would it be and why?