Title: World War 1 Forum
Course: BC-Social Studies 9-1.0.0.0-XT > Section: Unit 5: Canadian History: 1867-1919

In this forum, you and your classmates will analyze and discuss a number of different statements about World War 1. Your goal is to understand the conflict better and how it impacted warfare from that point forward.

Below are the statements you can choose to analyze. Only choose one of these statements to research and analyze. You may agree, partially agree, or disagree with the statements as they are written.

1. World War 1 showed that industrialization and warfare were a bad combination.
2. World War 1 showed that war must be avoided at all costs.
3. The soldiers of World War 1 should be honoured, but the leaders who sent them to war should be looked on with contempt.
4. World War 1 changed people’s perceptions about war forever.
5. World War 1 changed lives for women in Canada forever.
6. World War 1 was the true birth of the Canadian nation.

Use the lesson materials, the documentaries you watched, and other reliable online resources to support your response to the statement that you choose. Write your opinion on the statement in a short paragraph, providing evidence for your reasoning. In your answer, try to find at least one quote from a historian or other expert that supports your point of view.

Your paragraph should be between 200 and 250 words. You should use proper paragraph format, clearly stating your position in a topic sentence. You should then support your position using evidence and write a concluding sentence to wrap your paragraph up.

Only choose reliable and credible sources as evidence. Use a bibliography-making website like mybib.com or bibme.org to list any sources that are not in the lesson material.

Once you have written your own paragraph, respond to two classmates with a brief 50- to 100-word response. If you agree with a classmate’s original post, express the reason why and try to add an additional reason why their position is correct. If you disagree with the original post, respectfully and kindly explain why you disagree.

Forum Rubric

 | Insufficient Evidence | Emerging | Developing | Proficient | Extending
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Understanding of global conflicts | There is too little content to adequately assess my proficiency. I need to resubmit this assignment. | I show an initial understanding of the nature of global conflicts and their impact. | I show a satisfactory understanding of the nature of global conflicts and their impact. | I show a complete understanding of the nature of global conflicts and their impact. | I show a mature and complete understanding of the nature of global conflicts and their impact.