World War One Poster Assignment

Create a Poster in Adobe Photoshop that contains a Visual Story about your Topic. You must include Primary Documents, Images, Quotes and Descriptors. You will be required to have your own description in the poster. You will also be evaluated on the presentation of your Poster during a Poster Exposition.

Note: You will also be putting your poster on your e-portfolio

Students will be given time to research textbooks and the Internet.
Here are some websites to get you started:
www.vac-acc.gc.ca
www.thememoryproject.com
www.firstworldwar.com/posters
www.worldwar1.com/posters.htm
http://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&q= Google Images

Students should gather or draw enough visuals to make their poster attractive.

Poster Size:

Width: 11 inches
Height: 17 inches
72 dpi


List of Topics: Each student will select one of the topics outlined below.

Causes of War Canadian Technology Schlieffen Plan Valcartier Training Internment Camps Women and War War Propaganda Xenophobia Billy Bishop Chlorine Gas Arthur Currie Maps of Europe League of Nations

French-English Relations Conscription Crisis Halifax Explosion Profiteering and Scandal Victory Bonds Robert Borden Armistice No Man’s Land U-Boats Douglas Haig Paris Peace Conference Spanish Flu Pacifism

Naval Operations Communism Reconnaissance Battle of Ypres The Trenches Battle of Somme Vimy Ridge War at Sea Battle of Passchendaele Canada’s Hundred Days Treaty of Versailles Winnipeg General Strike