wwi battles and technology
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WWI Battles and Technology. CHC2D8 Ms. Gluskin. Homework Checkup (Reading Photos and Drawing Conclusions). Transition Words for Drawing Conclusions. Therefore, hence, thus To conclude, in conclusion On the whole. Questions. Did Canada’s soldiers prove themselves in battle? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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