Western+Front+vs.+Eastern+Front

Welcome.

With your partner, you will be researching the similarities and differences between the Western Front and the Eastern Front during World War I.

1. Make a T-chart, Venn Diagram, web, list or any other tool that will help you organize your information.

2. Then, research the two fronts. Use the links below and your textbook (p. 504, ff.). Focus on what is similar and what is different. You might want to use the following categories for your comparison: tactics (how they fought), weapons used, countries involved, where they were fought, number of casualties and taken prisoner, etc.

3. When you have finished your research, you will construct a visual presentation of the similarities and differences. The Links:
 * Your presentation may be anything that shows the viewers the KEY similariites and differences.
 * Your visual may be a PowerPoint, Prezi, wikispaces page, skit, cartoon, "rap," etc. If you have a particularly wild idea, run it by me before you begin so that I may approve it.
 * You will do this visual project by yourself, unless you do a skit.
 * This project is due Friday, April 20 at the end of class.
 * It is worth 20 points in the assignments category of your grade, as follows:
 * 10 points for accuracy and relevance. Is your information valid? Do you show important similarities and differences? Are you comparing apples to apples?
 * 5 points for overall visual appeal. Is your project nice to look at? Is it professional looking? Neat? Clean?
 * 5 points for interestingness. Does the visual command the viewers attention? Does the viewer find it difficult to look away, even though he or she knows he or she should? Does the overall impression made by the visual stay with the viewer long after the viewing? Or, something like that.

**Western Front:**

Wikipedia: Western Front, trench warfare, Battle of Verdun, Battle of Somme, poison gas, Pictures of the Western Front

Other Sources: Western Front summary, Life in the Trenches, Pictures of the Western Front

**Eastern Front:**

Wikipedia: Eastern Front, Russian invasion of East Prussia, Battle of the Vistula River, Battle of Tannenberg, Battle of Massurian Lakes, Pictures of Eastern Front

Other sources: wolves on the Eastern Front, Eastern Front summary

Presentation ideas:

Prezi, Google Docs, ZohoShow,