Journal Write: Take 6 minutes to write about what Erich Maria Remarque was saying in this quote from "All Quiet on the Western Front". Discuss what it means and which character was probably speaking these words.
Discussion:
- Current Events Questions?
- Why did WW1 start?
- Why did Austro-Hungary feel so confident about declaring war?
- What did the leaders of Russia, Germany and England have in common?
- Where was the Western Front?
- How did technology affect the war?
World History Standards:
Regarding #27, we will discuss the genocide in Turkey tomorrow -- but here is the definition:
Class Work:gen·o·cideˈjenəˌsīd/noun
synonyms: mass murder, mass homicide, massacre;
- Have your All Quiet on the Western Front handout and book ready.
- Brief class discussion of your answers to numbers 1-5 from Chapters 1-5.
- Discuss imagery and symbolism: Represent a person, idea or event without spelling it out.
- Imagery: Mainly descriptive to help you visualize a scene.
- "The gate to the cavern was unhinged like the jaws of a snake."
- Symbolism: More conceptual but still provides a visual.
- Symbol is a tangible object (skull, tree, rose, table, etc.) [something you can touch] that represents something intangible [jealousy, patriotism, friendship, etc.].
- Example: A broken picture frame representing divorce or a death in a family.
- There can also be differences -- or a symbol can mean the opposite of what we usually think of.
- Roses are typically a sign of beauty or love, but in The Hunger Games they are seen as torment or oppression or death disguised as something beautiful.
- Flags are seen as patriotism or freedom, but they can also be seen as oppression or war. For us, imagine the NAZI flag. For others it might be the American flag or the Rebel flag. Symbolism is powerful. How you feel about someone burning the American flag, for example, tells you how powerful it can be.
- Students will be assigned a chapter (1-5) and given 6 minutes to locate 1 or 2 good sentences from their assigned chapter demonstrating symbolism or imagery. Write the sentence(s) down on a piece of paper.
- Students will get into groups of their assigned chapter and share their sentence(s). Each student should select one other good example (from those presented) to copy down on their own paper.
- Discuss Romanticism in History.
- William Hickling Prescott: The History of Mexico and Peru
Also, after the discussion of the way roses are seen [above] I couldn't help but share this quote:
All Quiet on the Western Front Battle Scene from 1930:
Epic History: The Russian Revolution:
Epic History: The Russian Revolution:
- Vocabulary: (p.280)
- Drawing Conclusions (p.281): What grievances did the Russian people have with the provisional government?
- Inferring (p.282): Why did German military leaders return Lenin to Russia?
- Guiding Question (p.282): How did Russia move from a czarist regime to a Communist regime?
- Critical Thinking (p.282): Why did the Bolsheviks choose the Winter Palace as the place to attack?
- Geography Connection (p.283): #1 & 2
- Lesson 3: Review (p.285): #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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