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Archie's War

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Archie's War: my scrapbook of the first world war 1914-1918 by me Archie Albright aged 10 years by Marcia Williams, ill. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2007.

ISBN: 0763635324

Media: collage of photographs (for realism) and color pencil drawings (for texture)

Keywords: collage, cartoon art, photography, naive, question-answer, drawing

Archie’s War is a historical based picture book written in the first person perspective of Archie Albright, a ten year old boy who grew up in East London during World War I. The book chronicles the trials and tribulations of the British people who are divided by those who want peace and those who have a great sense patriotism.

Literary Devices: The author uses personification by telling the story as a scrapbook or diary created by the main character Archie. Archie's writes about daily struggles of living in a war torn society. He watches his father, brother and uncle go to the war front while the rest of the family struggles to survive in England. The pictures and scraps of photographs and newspaper clipping illustrate living conditions and horrors of living in England during WWI. Archie's draws cartoons about what is happening in his life and around the frame he draws characters that state his feelings; onomatopoeia is used to convey the physical aspects and sounds of his drawings.

Curriculum Connection: Would be useful to illustrate to children what life was like in Britain during World War 1. The book is appropriate for grades 5 and 6 or higher. The use of photographs and newspaper clippings from the World War I era along with Archie's narrative help develop the feelings and ideology of British citizens living at that time. History

Lesson Plan:

Date: July 22, 2009

Grade: Eight

Teacher Name:

Subject: History

1. Topic-

Word War I

2. Content-

The black Hand, Central Powers, The Allies, Trenches, No Mans Land, Lusitania, Battle of the Somme,

3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-

1.Teach students about reasons for World War I
2.Teach students about individual countries role in war

4. Objectives-

1. Assess children's thoughts and feelings about treatig one another with respect
2. Help them work comfortably and successfuly in group situations (teamwork)

5. Materials and Aids-

1. Assigned text book
2. Map of the world
3. paper flags of the countries represented in World War I

6. Procedures/Methods-

A. Introduction-

1. Q & A about what children know about WWI
2.Have children read Archie;s War by Marcia Williams.
3.Give short summary of WWI was about and have questions that will help lead the WWI studies throughout the course

B. Development-

1. Have children get into groups and take a flag and stand in appropriate places to help act out the scenario
2. Create a role playing scenario based on WWI and the actions of each country regarding both the Allies and the Central Powers. May want to attribute these actions and relate them to scenarios that students may understand better.
3. Develop the role of each country and have each team study and explain why they are behaving in such a manor that they enter WWI

C. Practice-

1. Guided activity includes the role playing

D. Independent Practice-

1. Students will have to study on there own via textbook, why the country they represent in the role playing model is responding activities in Europe

F. Checking for understanding-

1. After the role playing students will need to take a quiz explaining why each country acted the way they did during WWI. Other questions will be asked based a countries motives.
2. Homework from assigned reading will be assessed with assigned textbook questions.

G. Closure-

1. At the end a summary of events and why WWI occured will be given by the instructor.
2. Students will also be assessed on group work and how well they functioned in their groups.

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