World War I Webquest

"The War to End All Wars"

The Nurse

U.S. Hospital Car in WWI
http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/ww_hospital_car_01.jpg

 

Site #1:
1. Look through at least ten photos on the FirstWorldWar.com Vintage Photographs - Medical and choose two to save.
2 . Save (download) the photos as .jpg files.
3 . Copy the descriptions into a Word file.
4. What do these photos tell us about the life of nurses and medics in the war?

Site #2:
Read the lyrics and listen to the song, The Rose of No Man's Land.
1. Copy the lyrics into a Word document.
2. Save the link to the song in the Word document.
3. What does this song tell us about the role of nurses in WWI?

Site #3:
Read Surrounded by Death: Guts and Glory (soldiers describe World War I)
1. Take notes on the main parts of Shirley's story.
2. Prepare to retell the story.

Site #4:
1. Read the Volunteer Aid Detachments: An Introduction website.
2. Take notes on what VADs did in WW1 and be able to explain it.
3. Read each of the following websites, taking notes that include three facts and a quotation from each:
Volunteer Aid Detachments -- Catherine Cathcart-Smith
Volunteer Aid Detachments – Vera Brittain
Volunteer Aid Detachments – Mary Borden

Site #5:
1. Read five entries from Letters from a Canadian Nurse.
2.Take notes that include three facts, a quotation, and a photo.
3. Read five entries from Letters from Nurse Helen Fairchild.
4. Take notes that include three facts, a quotation, and a photo.

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