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// All Quiet on the Western Front // Individual Research Activity English II



F or this assignment you are to research a WWI weapon or topic and create 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—1title, 4 information, 1 MLA work cited
 * No more than 15 words per spoke (except 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)
 * No more than 15 words per slide (except poem and work cited slides)
 * 1 slide for MLA Work Cited.
 * Notes
 * Create notes for each informational Prezi spoke or PowerPoint slide
 * Save to MS Word
 * Submit notes to turnitin.com
 * Must be no more than 30% plagiarized

Topics:

Causes of WWI and Nationalism

Flamethrowers

No Man’s Land, Western Front, Eastern Front

Mines

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

Heavy guns (Be sure to include Big Bertha)

Battleships

Tanks

Machine Guns

Shells/Mortar, bombs, parachute star shell

Small guns (weapons a soldier of WWI would carry)

Bayonets

Grenades (types and damage)

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

Zeppelins

Submarines and torpedoes

Trench Warfare (use of barbed wire)

Calvary Warfare

Shell Shock in WWI

Use of dogs in WWI

Use of Horses in WWI

Use of Railways in WWI

Christmas Truce of WWI

Women in WWI

Battle of Somme

Battle of Verdun

Battle of Flanders

Battle of Gallipoli

Famous Central Powers People- What they did in WWI to make them famous.

Famous Allied Powers People. What they did in WWI to make them famous

WWI Propaganda from the Central Powers

WWI Propaganda from the Allied Powers

Aftermath of World War I—Treaty of Versailles

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 of the 4 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. 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.