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// All Quiet on the Western Front // Individual and Group Research Activity English 10 Honors

This assignment has 2 parts: (1) Research a WWI weapon or topic and (2) find, read, and present one poem on war. Weapon and Poem will be shown in either a Prezi or a PowerPoint Presentation. Requirements:
 * Presentation
 * Maximum Grade 100—A Prezi
 * Create a Prezi on your topic
 * Must have at least 7 spokes—title, 4 information, 1 poem, 1 MLA work cite
 * No more than 15 words per spoke (except poem and work cited spoke)
 * Must save to your network account and to the wiki site
 * Maximum Grade 90—A PowerPoint Presentation
 * Title slide
 * 4 slides on your weapon or topic (you can have more if you want but no less)
 * 1 slides on which you have copied and pasted the poems you have chosen
 * No more than 15 words per slide (except poem and work cited slides)
 * 1 slide for MLA Work Cited.

You are required to choose 1 Poem either against the war in Iraq or one for war in general as indicated by your assignment. The requirements for this part of the assignment are as follows: Topics:
 * Choose poems that no one else has
 * Give the titles to me in writing
 * Read the poems
 * Complete a TPCASTT
 * Copy and paste poem onto Prezi or PowerPoint
 * Read poem when presenting and explain what it means
 * In your presentation, you must show 2 literary techniques used in the poem

Cause of WW and Nationalism (Poem against War)

Flame throwers (Poem for War)

No Man’s Land, Western Front, Eastern Front (Poem against War)

Mines (Poem for War)

Poison gas (types and what each does to a person) and gas masks (Poem against War)

Heavy guns (Be sure to include Big Bertha) (Poem for War)

Battleships (Poem against War)

Tanks (Poem for War)

Machine Guns (Poem against War)

Shells/Mortar, bombs, parachute star shell (Poem for War)

Small guns (weapons a soldier would carry) (Poem against War)

Bayonets (Poem for War)

Grenades (types and damage) (Poem against War)

Aircraft (Be sure to include “The Red Baron”) (Poem for War)

Zeppelins (Poem Against War)

Submarines and torpedoes (Poem for war)

Trench Warfare (use of barbed wire) (Poem against War)

Calvary Warfare (Poem for War)

Shell Shock in WWI (Poem against War)

Use of dogs in WWI (Poem for War)

Use of Horses in WWI (Poem against War)

Use of Railways in WWI (Poem for War)

Christmas Truce of WWI (Poem against War)

Women in WWI (Poem for war)

Battle of Somme (Poem against war)

Battle of Verdun (Poem for war)

Battle of Flanders (Poem against war)

Battle of Gallipoli (Poem for war)

Famous Central Powers People- What they did in WWI to make them famous. (Poem against war)

Famous Allied Powers People. What they did in WWI to make them famous (Poem for War)

WWI Propaganda from the Central Powers (poem for war)

WWI Propaganda from the Allied Powers (Poem against War)

The Aftermath of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles (Poem for war)

You must have mostly pictures on your Prezi or PowerPoint slides. No more than 15 words per slide will be accepted without deduction. A picture must be on each spoke or slide. As you did with the Voice Thread, write a speech, this time on note cards. When you present, you can use the note cards to help with your presentations. If you choose, you may record your script/presentation on VoiceThread and upload into your presentation. You must read your poem and explain it, showing at least 2 literary techniques used it. PREZI AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS HAVE TO BE SAVED TO THE WIKI PAGE AND TO YOUR SCHOOL ACCOUNT TO GET FULL CREDIT.

TO GET FULL CREDIT, YOU MUST PRINT OUT OR COPY (HANDWRITTEN) THE RUBRIC BELOW.

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