Christmas Truce Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard Convey Ideas in Writing Outcomes Students will research information about a truce at Christmas during WWI using several media sources and write an opinion paper detailing the motivation of this event.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors      Social Studies , language arts - writing Roles      Community Member Program Type(s)      GED, Urban, Rural, Corrections NRS Learner Levels (ABE/GED)       4, 5, 6 Time Frame      2.0 to 3.0 hours Technology Integration Admit Slips Teaching Strategy World War I Wikipedia The Christmas Truce Letter The Christmas Truce Reader's Theatre

Keywords

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Purposeful, Transparent, Contextual, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Students will better understand WWI. WWI has often been thought to be the most important of all wars fought in the 20th or 21st centuries. It was the first to use weapons of mass destruction (submarine, airplane, missiles, tanks), and the first with participants from all the major industrialized nations in the world. Contextual This information provides students with a better understanding of war and gives them content knowledge that will help them with the GED test about WWI. Building Expertise Transference of knowledge from multiple media sources into a written opinion paper builds on the student's understanding of content and writing conventions.

Lesson Designer Nancy Simmons Hamilton City ABLE (513) 867-9634 neseff@yahoo.com

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