JR#5 - The World at War

No doubt that many of you have prior knowledge and historical understanding of the World Wars, yet I'm curious to know the extent to which this knowledge and understanding exist and to see if any personal connection exists... Answer the following questions in your composition notebook in order to allow for an engaging introduction to our next unit of the course! You can transfer your responses to the blog later tonight.

1. Given your historical background in and study of the World Wars, turn your focus to the Great War or World War I. What were some of the factors which led to the ultimate conflict of WWI? Try and be as detailed and as descriptive as possible. 
2. Do you or does any of your family have a personal history with the Great War? Offer a brief narrative here...
3. What are some of your expectations for this unit? What might be some of the questions that you feel will arise?

Text Purchase!

So that we can complete the reading schedule for the next unit, please purchase a massmarket copy of All Along the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque and translated by A.W. Wheen (ISBN: 9780449213940). The chosen edition of this novel is quite affordable, only $6.99!

While I have provided the link for an e-copy of this text via the "Schedule..." page, I would nevertheless prefer for us to utilize a hardcopy of the novel for our in-class analysis and discussion. Your annotations within this fictionalized, yet autobiographical, account will be vital to this end!

This text should be purchased by this Friday, October 19th and in hand when you come to class at the end of the week. If there are issues which prevent the timely procurement of this text, please speak with me privately as soon as possible.

Thank you!
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