So, this is our first unit as grade 10s. It is a unit about World War One, but this project and the way that we learned is a bit different than just learning abut the war itself. We based the whole project and unit around Canada’s involvement in the war. Why they joined, what was happening in Canada at the time, what they did and more.

We started all of this by talking about what Canada was doing just before the war started. At the tie we were starting to do the things that a new country has to doom we were figuring out things like schooling, but more importantly we were fighting racism, discrimination and more.

Then we started talking about how the war started. Below I have attached a video that we watched, that helped explained the beginning of WWI.

Then we took that information that we had just learned, and a bit more research to make vides in groups, that creatively explain why the war started. I was in a group with Aiden and Lucas and this is what we made…

Then we moved onto Canada’s involvement in the war and why they joined. This was the main project. The first part that we did was to use Government of Canada‘s website, and more specifically their ‘Soldier Archives’ to find a soldier that we found interesting and that we thought we could make a project off of. I chose Harold Dwight Arnott, a pilot during the first world war.

After we talked a bit more about Canada and the war, before we jumped into podcasting. We listened to a podcast called How McDonalds Broke My Heart, a podcast that, if you don’t want to listen, vids the topic by including personal opinions and experiences. I really liked that so I did it as well.

The first podcast we did was kind of a free range podcast, we were told to make a podcast, that answered the projects driving question: How Did WWI Impact Canada’s Identity. below is my first draft.

Side Note- Yes I know theres very distracting images, its how movie works, you need an image and I just selected random ones.

Then we did a peer critique. I was paired up with Robbie and here is what he had to say.

So after the teachers saw what we had made, they decided that we needed to change everything, especially the hook. Our next task was to listen to a ton of podcasts, different genres, moods, formats and lists to how all of them hooked you. Whether it be though setting the tone immediately, or spitting numbers, or the one that I like the most, relating to personal experience or opinion. below is my first 30 seconds.

First 30 Seconds

Then, we took the tone that we had used in our fist 30 seconds and the script that we had revised after our peer critique and we made one final draft of thee podcast. That is the final project for this unit.