Post on 17-Dec-2015
WWI Battles and Technology
CHC2D8Ms. Gluskin
Homework Checkup (Reading Photos and Drawing Conclusions)
Comparison ConclusionRich Canadians lived in large mansions, whereas poor Canadians lived in run-down shacks.
Therefore, there was a wide gap between the way rich and poor Canadians lived in the early 1900s showing that inequality was a problem.
Transition Words for Drawing Conclusions
• Therefore, hence, thus• To conclude, in conclusion• On the whole
Questions
• Did Canada’s soldiers prove themselves in battle?
• Did Canadian soldiers, sailors and others make a difference?
• Did the war lead to useful peacetime technologies?
Vocabulary for Battles• Battle = fight• Chlorine gas = poison gas• Bloodbath = a situation with a lot of killing• Casualties = wounded and injured • Endurance test = something that took a LONG time• Tactics = strategies• Troops, units• Creeping barrage (watch this video on Vimy Ridge):
https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/vimy-ridge
• Mow down = kill many people in a short time• Turning point = an event after which there is a major change
Day 2 Vocabulary
• Dogfight = fight between airplanes in the air• Ace = someone really good at something• Morale = feelings or spirits (of the troops)• Adapt = change to meet your needs• Blockade = prevent from entering• Convoy system = a group of ships travelling
together for protection
Over the next three days…
• Today:– Fill in Canadian Soldiers in Battle– Start Contributions of Aviators, Sailors…
• Tuesday: – Finish Contributions of Aviators, Sailors…– Start World War I Technology
• Wednesday: – Finish World War I Technology– Report Card on Technology?
• Thursday: – quiz (knowledge and communication) using only vocabulary journal
WWI on Film
• http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/movie_files/soldiers_somme.htm– British troops going over the top at the Somme
Old Technology to Start
Queen’s University Archives, An Archival Look at World War One, N.d., http://archives.queensu.ca/Exhibits/archres/wwi-intro/technol/Horsesembark.jpg (Feb. 11, 2014).
Where were these horses going?
Howitzer
Ibid., http://archives.queensu.ca/Exhibits/archres/wwi-intro/technol/pcheavyhowitz.jpg
What was heavy artillery used for?
Ships
Ibid., http://archives.queensu.ca/Exhibits/archres/wwi-intro/technol/WWIShips.jpg
Where are these ships waiting to go?
Convoy
British National Archives, First World War Convoy System, N.d., http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/military_conflict/p_convoy.htm (Feb. 11, 2014).
British Convoy, Aug. 1918
British Tank
Ibid., http://archives.queensu.ca/Exhibits/archres/wwi-intro/technol/GermTank.jpg
This British tank had been captured by the Germans.
British Plane
Ibid., http://archives.queensu.ca/Exhibits/archres/wwi-intro/technol/WWIPlane2.jpg
What is attached to the wing?
People Behind the Lines
Ibid., http://archives.queensu.ca/Exhibits/archres/wwi-intro/women/XMASHospital2.jpg
What job would these women have done during the war?
Day 3 Vocabulary for Technology
• Suffocation = when someone stops breathing• Ban (verb) = forbid, don’t allow• Armour = protection• Reconaissance = information gathering• Depth charge = bomb that explodes underwater• Submersible = something that goes under water• String (verb)= hang
Changes to Tanks & Influence of Tanks