Project 2: World War I
Use the example for post number one below as a guide to complete all three posts. In your ePortfolio site, you will need to create a new page titled "WW I Writing Project." You will copy all three of your World War One Writing Project posts on this page. Additionally, you will add at least TWO images per post. You may also include other media to this page (video clips, music) that will add to the overall look of your posts. You can use the links provided in your class forum for websites with images, maps, etc. (click here to be taken to the class forum page. You may copy images from the Internet to your desktop and then use the "Picture" icons in the Elements tab to insert them on this page.
EXAMPLE POSTS
POST #1- THE WAR BEGINS
My Love,
I am so excited about signing up to join the armed forces and protect our homeland – Germany and our allies, Austria-Hungary. They will definitely need our help against Russia now that the Russians are mobilizing. I still can’t believe the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. With the largest standing army in Europe it looks as if I’ll be home by Christmas! I hear that General Alfred von Schlieffen has an amazing plan put together that we should all be seeing first hand very soon. Right now I am in the midst of more training before I leave. We are practicing fighting with our bayonets and shooting with the machine gun. Firing those machines guns is truly spectacular; this sure will be the weapon to win the war. I was talking to some other enlisted men and everyone in my division hopes to be sent to the West to battle the French. Some men think the fighting will be fiercest there because of our victory over them in Franco-Prussian War. All I know is that we have a huge advantage over the Russians and French. The Russians are so far behind the times they haven’t fully built up their infrastructure and France doesn’t even have the formal support of a signed treaty with Britain. Is there any news about Britain? We haven’t heard anything since France entered the war. I’ll be home very soon with a victory for Germany.
Always,
Fredrick Von Aickman
I am so excited about signing up to join the armed forces and protect our homeland – Germany and our allies, Austria-Hungary. They will definitely need our help against Russia now that the Russians are mobilizing. I still can’t believe the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. With the largest standing army in Europe it looks as if I’ll be home by Christmas! I hear that General Alfred von Schlieffen has an amazing plan put together that we should all be seeing first hand very soon. Right now I am in the midst of more training before I leave. We are practicing fighting with our bayonets and shooting with the machine gun. Firing those machines guns is truly spectacular; this sure will be the weapon to win the war. I was talking to some other enlisted men and everyone in my division hopes to be sent to the West to battle the French. Some men think the fighting will be fiercest there because of our victory over them in Franco-Prussian War. All I know is that we have a huge advantage over the Russians and French. The Russians are so far behind the times they haven’t fully built up their infrastructure and France doesn’t even have the formal support of a signed treaty with Britain. Is there any news about Britain? We haven’t heard anything since France entered the war. I’ll be home very soon with a victory for Germany.
Always,
Fredrick Von Aickman
POST #2- THE TRENCHES
COPY POST #2 HERE AND ADD IMAGES
POST #3- THE WAR WRAPS UP
COPY POST #3 HERE AND ADD IMAGES