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Lesson Plan
Grade Level:
9-12
Duration:
One to two class periods
Content Standards:
(Revised Standards): Modern World History Course Syllabus. Topic: Achievements and Crises (1900-1945). Content Statements 14 & 15.
Lesson Description:
Primary source documents provide unique opportunities for exploring the past. The diary entries from three young people who lived during the World War I used in this activity will provide students a richer view of the past than they can get from just reading their text book.
Sources:
- Diary entries from Piete Kuhr and Yves Congar can be found in Intimate Voices from the First World War, edited by Svetlana Palmer and Sarah Wallis.
- Diary entries from Louise Hancock
- Instructional Steps
- Student worksheets to use to analyze the texts and photos
Created by Terry Mulgrew
