1. Introduction to Great War Poetry
Brainstorming, Images,
Song and Poem Analysis

2. Prior Knowledge and Discussion
What do you already know about World War One?

3. World War One Background Info
Fought during between the Central Powers (Germany-Austria and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allied Powers (Britain, France, Russia)
U.S. joined in 1917
Russian soldiers died at a rate of 22 men for ever one American man
Trench warfare created extremely bloody battles and long stalemates
9 million men were killed and 21 million were injured

4. World War One Background Info
New weaponry made WW1 the most violent and bloody war- the first “modern war”
Barbed wire, machine guns, airplanes, and poison gas decimated both sides
The war was fought as a “total war”, meaning countries put all their resources into fighting

5. World War One Background Info
After the war, many soldiers were very affected by the violence they saw
They were diagnosed as “shell-shocked” at first, which later became “Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder”
Many of the returning soldiers felt disillusioned by society and the world
They started writing, and were known as “The Lost Generation” because they felt disconnected and disaffected

6. WWI Propaganda

7. WWI Propaganda

8. WWI Propaganda

9. WWI Propaganda

10. Images of War

11. Images of War

12. Images of War

13. Images of War

14. Images of War

15. Scene from Downton Abbey
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World War One Trench Warfare

16. Poem and Song Comparison
We will complete three compare and contrast activities during which we will listen to three modern songs and read three WWI-era poems.
Fill out the discussion guide as we go through each pair of songs and poems
You will use these as a basis for a Venn Diagram that you will create to wrap up our study of World War One poetry

17. Song Links http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DboMAgh WcA “Hero of War”
aSA “Mama”
lwM “Hands Held High”