This document provides instructions and assessment criteria for a history group project on World War I. It outlines several tasks for students to complete in groups, including making a web diagram explaining reasons Britain went to war, analyzing a source, filling out a chart comparing the Schlieffen Plan assumptions to why it failed, writing a paragraph from the perspective of a German general or soldier, and designing a recruitment poster for French taxi and bus drivers. It evaluates students on criteria like knowledge, understanding, communication skills, thinking, and social skills.

1. WWI BEGINS
Q R C O D E Q U E S T
L E V E L 4
2 0 1 6

2. OBJECTIVESCRITERIA OF ASSESSMENT
CRITERION A: KNOWING AND
UNDERSTANDING
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of
subject-specific content and concepts through
descriptions, explanations and examples
CRITERION C: COMMUNICATING
- Communicate information and ideas using an
appropriate style for the audience and purpose
ATL SKILLS:
COMMUNICATION:
- Negotiate ideas and knowledge with peers and
teachers
- Make inferences and draw conclusions
- Make effective summary notes for studying
SOCIAL:
- Manage and resolve conflict and work
collaboratively in teams
- Build consensus
THINKING:
- Create original works and ideas

3. GROUPS
GET INTO
Receive QR code #1
Follow instructions
Show it to your teacher.
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Receive QR code #2
Read p.27. Make a web
explaining why Britain
went to war (no more than
2 sentences per arrow).
Add a #hashtag to each
reason with a key word
that will help you
remember it. Show it to
Barby to get code #2.

4. Look at source I
on page 27.
Describe the
characters
(attitudes,
physical
appearance and
weapons) and
explain what the
message of the
source is. Show
it to Barby to get
code #3.

5. Make a chart with 2 columns and
6 rows. The heading of column 1
should be "What the Schlieffen
plan assumed" and column 2
"Why the Schlieffen plan failed".
The left side column should have
the following:
- Belgium wouldn't resist
- The British wouldn't join the
war or would do so late
- The Russians would be slow to
mobilize
- The German armies would
encircle Paris
- The French armies would
surrender quickly.
Complete the right side column
with info from page 35

6. Choose either option 1 or 2 and write a short
paragraph.
1) Imagine you are a German general. Write a
brief account for your superiors back home
explaining why the British Expeditionary Force
(BEF) ruined your plans. Use page 33.
2) Imagine you are a German soldier invading
France through Belgium. Describe your reaction
to the quick arrival of the BEF and the
implications this will have for your plan.

7. 5. The first paragraph on page 34
ends with "Their armies (BEF and
French) were reinforced with
every available soldier from Paris,
transported by taxis or buses."
Imagine you're a member of the
French government. Design a
poster that will help the soldiers
persuade the taxi and bus drivers
to abandon their usual route and
take them to the front to fight.
Appeal to their sense of
nationalism and their hatred of
the Germans.