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World War I WebQuest
What is it like to be in a conflict as a Leader or Officer?

The leaders of the governments and the generals of the soldiers often were not on the front lines of the war, but they had to make the decisions that could send tens of thousands to battle.

A Nation’s Leaders, Generals and Admirals all have certain things in common:

  • 1. to inspire their charges

    2. to remind us who the true enemy is

    3. to order young men and women into battle, while they, themselves, most often, remain on the ‘sidelines’.

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    Instructions:

    Your task is to follow each of the following pairs of links. After visiting each set of sites, your team should:

    1. Discuss what it was like to be a government’s leader or an officer during World War I, as if you were this participant.
    2. Go to your team’s worksheet and write down an understanding or truth, based on the set #1 workstation/internet sites that you just visited [see below]
    3. Then proceed to the next pair of sites of materials and repeat steps 1 and 2
    4. When you have visited, discussed and written down your understandings from the 3 sets of websites and/or other work stations that you visited, you will then complete the last section of your worksheet that answers the question "What was it like to be a government's leader or an officer during this conflict?"
    5. Remember, in the next stage [Stage 2] of this WebQuest, each member of your team will be sharing your team’s response with a larger group of participants. Make sure your understanding and analysis will help this larger group understand the essential question.
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    Remember - your entire team will be assessed on what you write down and turn in!
    Be sure to use your BACK button to keep returning to this site

    [http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/leader_wq.html]

    Now turn this sheet over and begin your webquest

    Visit these sites:

    Once you are at each new page, click on the Real Audio sound file. While listening to the speech, you may also read the text of the speech on the same page.

     

    Set #1: the political leaders

    James Watson Girard

    Former American Ambassador to Germany Click on ‘Loyalty’.

    Senator Warren G. Harding

    "the surpassing war of all times has involved us and found us utterly unprepared..." Click on ‘The Republic must awaken’.

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    Set #2: the military officers

    General John J. Pershing
    Commander, American Expeditionary Forces

    A patriotic appeal to all Americans, recorded on the battlefield in France.

    Click on ‘From the battlefields of France’,

    General Leonard Wood

    "...in time of peace,....in time of war..."

    Click on ‘Theodore Roosevelt’ .

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    Set #3: Labor and religious leaders

    Samuel Gompers
    head of American Federation of Labor

    ‘Labor’s Service to Freedom’

    Rabbi Stephen S. Wise

    "What are we fighting for? My answer to mothers and fathers is..."

    Click on ‘What are we fighting for’.

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    When you have completed viewing and analyzing the three sets of information, on a separate sheet of paper, synthesize the information from your notes into one statement:

    What is it like to be in a conflict as a Leader or Officer?

    Remember: this is not a report about... You are to respond in the voice of your participant.