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