The setting for the lesson is a virtual, asynchronous classroom. Students have 24/7 course access. The student will conduct research about the Florida Panhandle region and its veterans during World War I (1914-1918). This lesson is an enrichment activity for the US History course delivered using the learning platform Educator.
The Florida Panhandle includes the counties as follow:
Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Wakulla, and Washington.
Student learning and research related to area life and involvement in World War I will offer connection with history.
Student will:
1. Student will complete personal KWL chart about WWI. The student should have three to five entries in each column. Collaborate with other students to complete a KWL Chart in a course wiki. Place KWL chart in wiki (within virtual course). If you want to use this activity in the traditional classroom, follow information below:
Have students fold papers into thirds vertically or use this chart:
At the beginning of a lesson or concept unit, have students fill out the "What I Know" and "What I Want to Know" column. As students learn throughout the unit, have students revisit the second and third column and add "What I Want to Know" and "What I Learned". From:
2. Look at website material chronicling the PBS series The Great War. Student will offer a discussion board post (and a response to a peer’s post) for each segment of series.
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Video Programs |
Discussion Board Original Post |
Response to Peer’s Post |
Check: Original Post |
Check: Peer Response |
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Explosion/Stalemate Examines the conditions that caused the war, and once started, how quickly reached a deadly stalemate. |
#1 Write two sentences explaining how the conditions that caused the war led to its stalemate. |
Offer a two sentence response to a peer’s post. |
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Total War/Slaughter The war spread to become a global war and the battlefield gave a new meaning to death. |
#2 Choose a country involved in WW I. Comment on its losses. |
Offer a two sentence response to a peer’s post. |
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Mutiny/Collapse Men, armies and nations were nearing a breaking point, when the United States enters the war. |
Is mutiny ever justified? Comment on WWI |
Offer a two sentence response to a peer’s post. |
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Hatred & Hunger/War Without End The old order is decimated and a new one takes shape, with people questioning why so many had to die? |
Write two sentences about Florida troop losses in WWI. You may reference a casualty discovered in your research. |
Offer a two sentence response to a peer’s post. |
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Note: Discussion board posts are made in the Discussion Groups area within the course.
3. Identify and research five events which occurred during the World War I years (1914-1918) in the Florida Panhandle area.
4. Identify and research a WW I military service member from the Florida Panhandle area. Include supplemental information about veteran from varied sources.
5. Record Florida statistics (casualties/wounded) during WW I. Research a Panhandle Florida county and note information in presentation.
6. Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation with information.
Next Generation Sunshine State Standards
Demonstrate an understanding of the changing role of the United States in world affairs through the end of World War I.
Use research and inquiry skills to analyze American history using primary and secondary sources.
Describe various socio-cultural aspects of American life including arts, artifacts, literature, education, and publications.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United States history.
Examine causes, course, and consequences of United States involvement in World War I.
Missouri Standards
2. continuity and change in the history of Missouri, the United States and the world
6. relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
7. the use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys, statistics, maps, documents)
Kansas Standards
Benchmark 1: The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of individuals, groups, ideas,developments, and turning points in the era of the emergence of the modern United States (1890 -1930).
6. (A) analyzes the reasons for and impact of the United States’entrance into World War I.
7. (A) analyzes how the home front was influenced by United States involvement in World War I (e.g., Food Administration, Espionage Act, Red Scare, influenza, Creel Committee).
Benchmark 5: The student engages in historical thinking skills.
1. (A) analyzes a theme in United States history to explain patterns of continuity and change over time.
2. (A) develops historical questions on a specific topic in United States history and analyzes the evidence in primary source documents to speculate on the answers.
Primary sources (document, photograph, artifact, diary or letter, audio or visual recording, etc.) needed – cite detailed information:
Florida Memory Project (Website can be used to locate induction cards and other military records for World War I service members.)
http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/WWI/
National Archives (Website can be used to locate induction cards and other military records for World War I service members.)
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww1/draft-registration/florida.html
Online World War I Indexes & Records: A Genealogy Guide-Online World War I Indexes & Records – USA (Website can be used to locate induction cards and other military records for World War I service members.)
http://www.militaryindexes.com/worldwarone/
National World War Museum
http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspx
Truman Library and Museum
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/online-collections/harry-trumans-world-war-I
Secondary materials (book, article, video documentary, etc.) needed – cite title and other detailed information:
Timeline of Florida History 1914-1918
http://palmm.fcla.edu/fh/outline/outline.shtml
PBS series on World War I
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/ http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
National World War Museum
http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspx
MLA Documentation
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Source of map: http://www.cogmifl.org/images/Panhandle_Map.gif
Addendum
Personal Connections with WWI
Annie Mae Kittrell
Maternal Grandmother of Pam Smith
My grandmother Annie Mae Kittrell (B: 9/27/1910- D: 9/25/1995) lived in Jackson County in Florida’s Panhandle. She wrote over 700 pages of memories for us. Included in her memories were images of the war in her hometown of Cottondale. Recalling World War I, she writes about a bond rally that was held in Cottondale. Annie Mae states, “I remember that there was an armored tank and some soldiers and they allowed the children to climb on the tanks and look inside. There was a lot of patriotic songs and music. The entire neighborhood turned out for these occasions." She recalls the involvement of schoolchildren as they collected dimes in a special slotted card to be turned into the bond chairman. She further explained that patriotism was taught in the schools and that it remained important to her as she writes, "For many years I have often thought of what has become of patriotism. The word I think has become obsolete. I was very young, but the things I saw and heard made a lasting impression on me." Later, Annie Mae saw joy around her as World War I ended. She remembered the tears that were shed at church after the armistice was signed. She wrote, "Now I know they were releasing some of their pent up emotions they had harbored for so long. Children see and wonder about such things, but somewhere, later in their lives, they reason these things out as similar situations confront them."
Personal Connections with WWI
Obediah Bryson Smith
Paternal Grandfather of Pam Smith
PFC Obediah (O.B.) Smith served in World War I as an ammunition specialist in the Army’s 81st Infantry in France. Also, he served as a French interpreter and division negotiator with the local population for horses, food, and lodging. Personal Connections with WWI Personal Connections with WWI Personal Connections with WWI
Below is a link to the WW I induction card for my grandfather Obediah Bryson Smith (B: 5/23/1896 - D: 5/21/1985). He was a Florida Panhandle resident.
http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/WWI/card.cfm?intOurDocID=26057
Assessment Rubric for Lesson: Florida Panhandle & World War I: 150 Points
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Complete
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Points Earned |
Teacher Comments |
| Wiki (KWL) | 20 |
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| Discussion Board | (20) |
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Board Post #1 |
5
(3-original Post/2-response) |
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| Discussion Board Post #2 | 5 |
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| Discussion Board Post #3 | 5 |
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| Discussion Board Post #4 | 5 |
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| PowerPoint Presentation |
110 |
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| Content: Five events | 10 |
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| Content: Research-
World War I soldier |
10 |
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| Content: KWL Chart | 20 |
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| Content: Florida WW I Statistics | 10 |
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| Sources:
Min. 2 primary sources |
10 | |||
| Sources: Min. 2 secondary sources | 10 | |||
| Creativity:
Color |
5 | |||
| Creativity: Two photos | 10 | |||
| Creativity: Graphics | 5 | |||
| Documentation: Works Cited Page |
10 | |||
| Documentation: In-Text Citations |
10 | |||
| Total points | 150 |