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LI: Learn about the Treaty of Versailles and who was involved.

The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after WW1 had ended in 1918. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris between Germany and the Allies. ** Background ** WW 1 had left Europe devastated. Those countries that had fought in it, had suffered casualties never experienced before:


 * Britain ** : 750,000 soldiers killed; 1,500,000 wounded
 * France ** : 1,400,000 soldiers killed; 2,500,000 wounded
 * Belgium ** : 50,000 soldiers killed
 * Italy ** : 600,000 soldiers killed
 * Russia ** : 1,700,000 soldiers killed
 * America ** : 116,000 soldiers killed

Those who had fought against the Allies suffered heavy casualties as well:


 * Germany ** : 2,000,000 soldiers killed
 * Austria-Hungary ** : 1,200,000 soldiers killed
 * Turkey ** : 325,000 soldiers killed
 * Bulgaria ** : 100,000 soldiers killed

LI: Learn about the different weapons that were used in WW1


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LI: Understand why trenches were used, how they were used and what it was like to live in the trenches.

What I know:

1. What is a trench?

Trenches were large ditches (hence "trench") dug into the ground. Soldiers would group together in trenches during battle and operate out of them as they attempted to take the enemy trenches.


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2. Describe in your own words what life might have been like in the trenches?

Summary of WW1
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**LI: Identify Gallipoli on a map and the important facts on the Gallipoli landing.**

**Activity: The war at Gallipoli worksheet and Gallipoli map. **

<span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Key for the map: ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A - Actual Landing - Anzac Cove ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I - Intended Landing - Lone Pine ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1 - Gallipoli (Gelibolu) ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2. Suvla Bay ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3. Chunuk Bair ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4. The Nek ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5. Anzac Cove ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">6. Lone Pine ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">7. Cape Helles ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">8. Kum Kale ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">9. Dardanelles ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">10. Gallipoli Strait ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">11. Turkey ** <span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">12. Canakkale **

<span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**30th April and 1st May**


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<span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ff00dc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">KWHL:

<span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ff00dc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">What I know:

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Xavier: Most soldiers have their own gravestone. 25th April everyone wears a poppy to remember all the soldiers that have fallen. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Rino: They use trenches to protect themselves. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Damian: The Turks fired from the cliff tops. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Eugene: War is when they fight or live. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Louisa: They live in awful conditions in the trenches. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Harrison: The soldiers ate ANZAC biscuits because they were easier to preserve. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Blake: Lots of wars occurred because they fought over land. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Delara: The soldiers who were injured in No Mans land were left there to die. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Mathew: Some plan of attack failed. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Hamish: Germans started WW2 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Oliver H: Hitler was one of the most evil man in history. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">George: Japan fought with the Germans <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Aryan: The soldiers were shot if they were severely injured. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Ibadat: In WW1 they had Zeppelin planes to carry bombs. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Georgia: ANZAC stands for Australian, New Zealand Army Corps. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Bronsyn: New Zealand tried to capture Gallipoli <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Oliver R: WW2 they had the Red Cross to help the people who were injured.

<span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ff00dc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">What I want to know:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">1. How many Allies were there? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">2. How were the letters sent? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">3. How did the wars start? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">4. Why were there never peace between the countries? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">5. What kind of weapons were used? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">6. Was it a must for the men to sign up? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">7. What was the strongest weapon they used? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">8. How did the Turks and ANZACS become enemies? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">9. Why did young men want to go to war? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">10. In WW how did they survive the living conditions? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">11. How come the soldiers didn't have any medicine? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">12. Which was the strongest country during the war? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">13. Why did the Americans make an atomic bomb and bomb Japan? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">14. How hard was it for them to survive without food?? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">15. How are mines made?

<span style="background-color: #5a0f0f; color: #ff00dc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">How I will learn:

1. Ask parents or grandparents 2. Books from the library. 3. Research on the internet. 4. War documentary.