CORNELL NOTES SHEET
Essential Questions:-
QUESTIONS
Directions : Go to the website
(URL) in parentheses or type
in “key words” from question
(which are underlined) into
the ‘search box’ at the top
right corner on the webpage
‘firstworldwar.com’
Responsible for the following
5Reflections:
a) Level question (one)
b) Level question (two)
c) Level question (three)
d) One picture/drawing
(use an image
(cut/paste you’re your
own caption which
describes the ‘image’)
e) A 3- sentence
summary of 4 facts
from the note taking
side of notes:
Name: ________________________________________
Class: ______________________ Topic: “WWI WebQuest”
Date: _______/ _____/ ________
WebQuest – Use Complete Sentences in Notes
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm)
Who was killed that started WWI? :
What date did it happen?
1a)Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed and was one
cause for what started WWI.
b) He was assassinated on June 28, 1914.
Click on that person’s link. What were two reasons why the future Emperor of
Austria Hungary was unpopular the ruling elite (aristocracy)
1)(REFLECTION)(a)
-Where/When/Who/
What…
2-Franz Ferdinand’s policies (decisions) to replace Austro-Hungarian
dualism with a triple monarchy was not popular with the ruling elite. He was
also missing the charisma needed to help his popularity.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/ferdinand.htm)
Read the ‘quotation’ on the page from June 28, 1914, what happened earlier
that day that made this person upset?
3)
Earlier that day, June 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand got bombs thrown at him.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/declarationsofwar.htm)
What 2 countries did France declare war on because of the treaty with Russia?
4)
France declared war on Turkey and Bulgaria because of the treaty with
Russia.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/declarationsofwar.htm)
When did the U.S. finally enter WWI?
2)(REFLECTION)(b)
The U.S. entered WWI in 1917.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/index.htm) or
go to the primary navigation bar and go to the “Memoirs and Diaries” page
and answer the following questions.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/littlerdiary1.htm)
How old was Frederick Littler when he joined to fight in the war?
5) Frederick Littler was 17 when he joined the war.
What disease was he able to survive during the war?
6) He was able to survive the Spanish Flu during the war.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/influenza.htm)
Click on that disease link. How many people died of this in the US?
What country was hit the hardest?
How many people died there?
7)
a) There were 450,000 deaths in the US.
b) India was the hardest hit.
c) 16 million died in India from the Spanish Flu.
3)(REFLECTION)(c)
What did the disease cause to the infected person?
8) The haemorrhaging that filled the lungs and the person would drown.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/index.htm)
Go to the primary navigation bar and go to the “Propaganda Poster” link.
Answer the following questions.
What was the nickname England gave German’s as you look at these posters?
9)The nickname England gave to the Germans were ‘Huns.’
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/usa.htm)
Why did the US encourage people to eat more cottage cheese? (Page 1)
4)(REFLECTION)(d)
10) The US encouraged the people to eat more cottage cheese, so the protein
from the chicken and beef could be saved to feed the US soldiers in Europe
for WWI.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/index.htm)
Go to the primary navigation bar and go to the Prose and Poetry link. Answer
the following questions. : Note last name of ‘author’ to answer questions:
What book did Ernest Hemingway write that used Italy and WWI as a
backdrop/background?
11) Farewell to Arms was the novel set against the background of the war in
Italy.
Before America entered the war, what did Hemingway do?
What happened to him?
12)
a) Hemingway volunteered and served in the ambulance corps in France
b) He was wounded in a mortar attack.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/index.htm)
Go to the primary navigation bar and go to the Vintage Photographs link.
Answer the following questions by finding information about ‘animals’&
‘aviation’ photos:
What types of animals were used in WWI? (name at least 3)
13) Carrier pigeons and dogs in the trenches were used in WWI.
What types of aviation were used in WWI? (name at least 2)
14) Dirigibles and observation balloons were types of aviation used in WWI.
(http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/index.htm)
Go to the primary navigation bar an go to the Weapons of War link. Answer
the following questions.
5)(REFLECTION)(e)
SUMMARY: Write 5 or
more sentences
describing specific
learning from these notes.
15)
SUMMARY: Write 5-6 or more sentences describing specific learning from these
notes(underline at least three (3) words from the note-taking side of the notes in your
summary- “World War One developed from 1914 to 1919.” (topic sentence)
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