Student Directions
Throughout this website, college students will be exposed to various memorialization efforts of the Great War and explore how nations have chosen to remember the conflict. Materials can be adjusted at the teachers' discretion, shortened to combine days, or lengthened if the teacher decides to include other exercises to learn about historical memory and the Great War. The lesson plan is designed to be implemented through both in-class and take-home activities within a group during a regular class period and after class. The overall purpose of working in groups is to stimulate critical and historical thinking by collaboration between students and the professor through dialogue. This virtual field trip will ideally inspire students to visit the museums and memorials in person if they are able to in the future.
Tentative lesson plan:
Day 1: National WWI Museum vs. Imperial War Museum. Explore the websites through a virtual field trip.
Day 2: Geolocation map. analyze how geography had influenced how the United States and Great Britain have memorialized the war.
Students will need:
- A laptop of any variety such as but not limited to Microsoft, Apple, Google, or Linux to access online materials.
- A reliable internet connection.
- A pen or pencil to take notes and jot down their ideas, thoughts, feelings, and emotions as they complete daily activities and discuss their ideas with classmates.
- A composition or spiral notebook if they are inclined to write out their ideas.
- A version of Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, Google documents, or a similar online writing software or application if they decide to record thoughts and experiences through their laptop.
Students will:
1. Be able to demonstrate elements of historical thinking.
2. Be able to identify how nations chose to remember the war.
3. Be able to articulate if and how geography influenced war commemoration.
4. Analyze how digital technology has influenced how museums have depicted the Great War.
5. Consider how collective memory has shaped how nations commemorate the war.
6. Analyze how architecture contributed toward collective memory when constructing WWI Memorials