Remember, this year, 2014, it is EXACTLY 100 years since World War One began. Everyone thought it would be over after a few weeks. Nope. It lasted four long horrible brutal de-humanising years.
Is there ever any sense in a war? All the killing. All the heart-ache. All the injuries to the bodies. All the injuries to the minds. Can we really not sit down and work out our problems peacefully? Would you support a war?
Recruitment Posters (Which ones work best? Would they work on you? Notice how they try and put pressure on you to join up.)
Photos of Real Soldiers At War (Would you like to have lived like this? And probably died? Or maybe survived after seeing so many of your friends being killed?)
A Little Bit of Information on the Different Types of Battles: Land, Sea, and Air (which was safest? which was most important?)
A 'FUN' Video Introduction to WHY did everyone go to war... did it make any sense? was there a better way to work out problems between countries? did anyone get to vote on it? or was the decision made by the people in governments only?
Shellshock--a short video on the horrible way many people were left: Soldiers were in SHOCK at how horrible it was to be in a war and to watch people being killed almost every day. (DO NOT watch this if you are afraid of seeing how bad soldiers were affected in their brains.)
A Sad Video Showing How Hard It Was For Families To Get Bad News from the Front Line of the War
A Real Letter (read by an actor) to a Mother from a French Soldier in the War
A few Maps: They tell a story: See what you can work out... map of Europe BEFORE the War
map of Africa before the war (with the names of the European countries in charge)...
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map of the world before the war (with the names of the European countries in charge)...
What can we learn from it? Stop the video at any spot and ask yourself a few questions. Like: (1) What was it like to be there at the time? (2) Was it exciting? (3) What would those people say to you if they could talk to you?