With this imperialism / Great War unit, I decided to have you make up your own higher order thinking questions.
1. Why didn't Vicar tell the other guys (Trench, Willoughby, Jack) that he thought he saw Harry ride off after a spy?
2. Why would soldiers countinue to fight after they've what horror and damage that war can do? - Karen, Maddie, Eric
3. Why did King Leopold mistreat the people of the Congo if that might cause a rebellion? - Braxton
4. Why didn't any of the soldiers in the Great War rebel earlier because of the awful living conditions?
5. Do you think Vicar thought it was all right to kill a man if he prayed to God while doing it? -Kelly
6. Do you think there was a deeper meaning behind why Ethne decided to marry Jack? Maybe she felt bad for him becuase he was blind? Or maybe he was a last resort because Harry was surely gone by then? - Kelly
7. What was your first impression of shell shock? Did you think it was this severe? What were your reactions to it? Do you think stuff like this still happens today and did you ever know about such a thing until now? - Jithmi, Larry G., Maddie
8. Towards the end of Four Feathers, Jack and Ethne are outside talking by a carriage after Harry's visit to his house. It is thought that Jack broke up with Ethne at that point. Why would he decide to do that? - Nona
9. What influence do you think Siegfried Sassoon had on Wilfred Owen and his writing? Do you think Sassoon was liked or disliked by generals? Why? - Jithmi
10. What do you think America should have done during the Armenian Genocide in 1915? Was what they did a good response or could it have been better? Why? - Reanna
11. What would happen if the Turks were to take responsibility for the Armenian Genocide? - Andrea K.
12. Why would the British continue to drop so many shells at the Battle of the Somme when they had made so little progress? - Andrea K.
13. Why were nations like Germany so obsessed with gaining land in Europe when they already had overseas colonies in Africa? Did being a smaller nation have something to do with this? - Larry G.
14. Why couldn't soldiers speak their minds about how the war was going without getting punished? - Karen DLR
15. Why did soldiers like Sassoon go back to the war after being injured? - Maddie
16. Why do you think, even after the war had begun, secret agreements were being made, just like there had been at the beginning when countries tried to gain allies? - Lizzie
17. What do you think would of happened if America had been involved in World War 1 from the start, instead of trying to stay out of it? Do you think peace would of come faster? Or did America’s timing have to do more with it than the country itself? - Lizzie
18. Why might some countries be in favor for the treaties made during World War I and why might some countries be against them? - Emily H.
19. Why do you think that Serbia would choose to not agree to all the demands that Austria sent them, even if it meant avoiding a war and also saving lives and resources? - Emily H.
20. Why was the idea of imperialism so more influential then the idea of Enlightenment? - Eric
21. “ You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye,
who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you’ll never know
The hell where the youth and laughter go.” –Siegfried Sassoon, “Suicide in the Trenches”.
What do you think Siegfried poem has to say about the war in this poem? Why? - Alesha
22. Even though women couldn’t fight in the Great War, do you think women are valuable as soldiers now? Support your answer. - Alesha
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Please pick one of the questions above (that isn't your own) and answer it to the best of your ability in 150 words. Due Friday, Jan. 29, 2010.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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