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The document includes my research.

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Works Cited

Hille, Katherine. "What Was It like in Towns and Rural Areas?" BBC News. BBC, 11 Apr. 2014. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

Johnson, Alan. "How Did 12 Million Letters Reach WW1 Soldiers Each Week?" BBC IWonder. BBC, n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

Keitch, Charlie. "First World War Recruitment Posters." Imperial War Museums. N.p., 29 Aug. 2014. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

Keitch, Charlie. "10 Photos Of Life In The Trenches." Imperial War Museums. N.p., 22 Jan. 2014. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

King, John. "Letters from the First World War, 1915." The National Archives. The National Archives, 18 Oct. 2017. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970. All Quiet on the Western Front. New York :Fawcett Crest, 1975. Print.

Staff, History.com. "The Christmas Truce." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

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Friend Check

Collin:

Hiro’s range of sources are excellent, from websites, books (which he explains he read in English), to archives with collections of primary sources. The Christmas truce was a very controversial topic, therefore, his work may have been more reliable if he had looked at more than one source for that. However, other than that, everything looks great!

Calvin:

I see that all of Hiro’s sources come from usually credible websites, such as BBC, Imperial War Museums, History.com, and so on. He said he cited them correctly with the use of NoodleTools. Overall, all of the work he cited seems credible.

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I worked on writing this fictional character's letter to home today in class. This letter is very special, as it actually contains bits and pieces of writing from actual soldiers during world war one. In this letter, Jack Symons, the British soldier writes about how his view on war had changed from the beginning of the war to the present and reflects on it. The emotions in the letter is meant to reflect the emotions that the average soldier went through at the time, in other words, it reflects what I researched.

I have written the letter, and now, I need to focus on finding the other things that will be put into the tin, which are photos and personal belongings of the soldier.

Things that I still need to do

- Placard
- Bibliography

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As planned on Thursday, I found a ton of primary sources that answers my supporting questions. However, now, with all of this information, I need to somehow piece it all together and create the narration for the video that I am creating. For homework, I will begin writing the script for the narration over the video, and also I will start looking for pictures and videos online that show what I am saying. By the end of Wednesday, I hope to have the complete script for my narration, and part of the video, so that I can record it, make it into a video, print everything to get ready for the exhibition.

Part 2:

After spending a solid 2 minutes thinking of my decision, I decided to change my project, as I felt that a museum video does not leave a big enough impact on the audience. Because

I have decided that my artifact would be a mail sent from the Western front to home by a fictional character named Jack Symons. All of the artifacts, which will be relavent to that time will be put into a army ration tin in order to show my findings from the research.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgWmA2Qn8zc

Good for experiencing the horrifying sounds and panic.

https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=museum+exhibitions+on+trench+warfare&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiopJijkeXXAhXEvbwKHaENCNMQ_AUICigB&biw=1363&bih=780#imgrc=BJ3vf14gR6bzZM:

Good picture of what a station could look like. Print primary sources and so on.

https://www.google.com.hk/search?biw=1363&bih=780&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=QlMfWtKjH4eZ0gSr5ZLwCw&q=bull+fight+arena+painting&oq=bull+fight+arena+painting&gs_l=psy-ab.3...1518.3059.0.4202.9.9.0.0.0.0.167.948.4j4.8.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.1.154...0i30k1j0i10i24k1.0.k8ZrImKlcMw#imgrc=MHpB5TwAT00D0M:

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Exhibition for Trench with Jeffrey and Andrea

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Exhibition for Trench with Jeffrey and Andrea

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Part of Hiro's exhibition is exploring the horrific events that took place in the trench, and how it effected soldiers physically and mentally. However, because Hiro will not be looking very closely into the 'horrific events', when it gets to that part of the video, Hiro will tell the audience to stop and look at Andrea and Jeffery's project. Jeffery is looking into how trench warfare worked, and Andrea is researching how the army rations supplied at the trenches reflect on the countries' economy.

We decided that on the exhibition day, we will just line our projects up in order of Jefferery's work, My work, and the Andrea's.

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Printed pictures and a letter with a handwriting font.

Coffee, oven

Ciggerettes and matches

A stone
Black Paint

Army identification tag

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- Short Presentation on Tuesday

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Staff, History.com. "The Christmas Truce." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KHoVBK2EVE

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Trench Warfare Activity Document.

Keitch, Charlie. "10 Photos Of Life In The Trenches." Imperial War Museums. N.p., 22 Jan. 2014. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970. All Quiet on the Western Front. New York :Fawcett Crest, 1975. Print.

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Keitch, Charlie. "First World War Recruitment Posters." Imperial War Museums. N.p., 29 Aug. 2014. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

Hille, Katherine. "What Was It like in Towns and Rural Areas?" BBC News. BBC, 11 Apr. 2014. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

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King, John. "Letters from the First World War, 1915." The National Archives. The National Archives, 18 Oct. 2017. Web. 07 Dec. 2017.

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I took a lot of time today, knowing what I want for the final exhibit. Originally, my plan was to create an art piece to show how a soldier's view on war changes after he's fought in it, however, I did not feel like it covered the whole topic that I am researching. Therefore, I decided that I will create a museum video, ones that you see in a museum, so that I can put all of my research and findings in it. I found some good links that I can follow as examples, and I was able to come up with an idea to tie all of the similar projects together.

Now, I really need to focus on doing research. I am planning on doing research for homework, so that I can start on my project as soon as possible.

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What did you do in class today, and what did you find for research?

Firstly, I took around half of the block conferencing, consolidating, and finalizing my research questions, as I did not feel like my questions were specific enough.

After I felt comfortable with what to research, I decided to work on my second supporting question, which is what life in the trenches looked like as I already felt familiar with it from the trench warfare activity. That took up the rest of the block.

I feel like I am on the right track and I am clear on what to do with my project, which is a good sign.

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Why I chose this topic?

Recently, I have been watching a lot of WW1 documentaries on youtube and reading a novel on soldiers on the Western front. I began noticing a common trend that many soldiers went in and came out of the war with very different views on it [the war], and from there, I began to wonder, “What made millions of soldiers willingly volunteer for the war and then suddenly want to opt. out of it for peace?” I choose to do this topic as I am very interested in researching this physiological cycle that the majority of soldiers seemed to go through at the time.

Why I believe my questions are important?

My inquiry question is important as I believe it if focuses on a topic that has not been talked about enough and therefore has not been fully answered. The question allows us to have a better understanding of the emotions and perspectives of soldiers during specific time frames of WW1, and again, reminds us of the detrimental effects war had on soldiers’ lives.

I believe that the average soldier during that time had three distinct views on the war; one before battle, during battle, and after battle. Therefore, I dedicated each of my 3 supporting questions to each of these time frames. This was my thought process when I came up with my supporting question: What made millions of soldiers want to volunteer in the war during that time? - Propaganda posters. Propaganda posters were used to make men think of the war in a certain way, so that means the views soldiers had on the war must have been illustrated on the propaganda posters. With this question, I am able to narrow down my research.

My second supporting question is very straightforward. It is important as it allows me to focus on a crucial primary source.

Finally, my third supporting question is important, as it focuses on a controversial topic of soldiers questioning the war at the time.

Possible Artifacts?

A museum video that shows the phycological cycle of soldiers joining and getting out of the war.

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What does the Christmas Truce of 1914 reveal about the views soldiers had after they've fought in the trenches?

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What did the letters sent back to home from the frontline during WW1 tell us about how soldiers felt about the war?

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I am creating a 'museum video' on the average trench soldier's physiological journey/cycle of joining and getting out the war. It explores how the average trench soldiers' view on the war changed as trench warfare progressed.

Within the mail sent home from the front,, there will be an art piece from a quote from the book "All Quiet on the Eastern Front". "A declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it

out among themselves. Whoever survives, his country wins. That would be much simpler and more just than this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting" (21)

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Hiro Wang

Jack Symons’s Maconochie’s tin - A tin that expresses the feelings of many WW1 soldiers

Inside the reusable Maconochie’s tin (a widely used food ration for British soldiers during WW1), lies letters, photos, and personal belongings of Jack Symons, a fictional British soldier who had died on the 9th of January, 1915, fighting the Germans on the front. All of the components within the artifact was carefully thought through and crafted by artist, Hiro Wang, in order to allow the students and teachers of grade 10 to have a better understanding how the average WW1 soldier’s view of the war changed as battles progressed.

Wang believes that the average soldier during that time had three distinct views on the war; one before battle, during battle, and after battle (in the trenches). Before the battle, majority of the volunteers who enlisted, viewed war as an adventure and a place where patriotism, courage, and heroism could be proudly shown. He does have a valid reason for this claim: “Soldiers had this type of view on the war because the propaganda posters made them think that way by painting a false image.” These young, lively men were gripped by patriotic fervor and sought escape from grim conditions at home. However, as soldiers battled in the front, they quickly realized that war wasn’t some fun adventure or place that had better living conditions than home. Life in the trenches took a toll on the soldiers both physically and mentally, and their view on the war had changed almost immediately. This claim made by Wang is reliable , as it can be supported by the millions of letters sent home from the front. Finally, after the soldiers had battled and experienced the real horrors of war, many soldiers questioned the war and had feelings of resentment towards high officers and war ministers, the ones that made the wrong people do the fighting. Wang believes major events such as the christmas truce help support the soldiers’ third view of the war.

By carefully reading and viewing the artifacts inside of what Jack Symons, a fictional soldier that represented other innocent lives during WW1, the audience can connect to “the average soldier” on a personal level to get a better understanding of the disturbing yet interesting phycological cycle soldiers went though.

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What did the huge success of propaganda posters at the time tell us about the views soldiers had on the war?

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How did the average trench soldier's view of the war change as trench warfare progressed in World War 1?