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My Great-Uncle’s Extraordinary World War 1 Scrapbook

A reader shares his ancestor's poetry and views on the Great War

Gonzalo Jiménezi shares his great-uncle’s scrapbook from the First World War. Renato Perez-Calvo lived in Valencia, Venezuela, at the beginning of 20th Century. His scrapbook features a notebook with some of his own poems (many of them already published in the local newspapers) and news clippings and cigarette cards. “One of Renato’s brothers was married to a German woman in Puerto Cabello, so everybody in the family was interested in the Great War,” Gonzalo tells me.

Gonzalo now tells the story of his ancestor’s World War 1 scrapbook:

Undocumented histories usually end up being forgotten. During many years I thought that this notebook belonged to my grandaunt Clorinda Tans, the daughter of German settlers who had established themselves in Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) and the mother of my uncle Federico Perez-Calvo Tans. It seems likely that bering a German citizen she’d be interested in Europe’s development during the Great War.

I was wrong. The scrapbook belonged to my granduncle Renato Perez Calvo, an early XX Century Valencian Poet, who according to two surviving photographs, dressed very elegant with a tie and wore a thin moustache, elevated on its toes as all “Beautiful Era” (Belle Epoque) gentlemen used to do.

Uncle Renato transcribed his poems in formidable handwriting – creating a graphic poem – and indicated which were unpublished or published. His verses revealed that the sensibility of the poets of the era: tragic, aggressive and lovers of the night and of all impossible loves. “Daydreaming is the cause of sorrow,” he writes. On one of his unpublished poems, he writes:

The Thunder I want – God told me – to make piles out of those cities I once cursed, And that by the impure song of its orgy Out of pain, the convulsions occurs! I wish that from your light, the explosions will annihilate its shameless audacity, And that my justly prophecy be complied before the mute horror of the Nations! And so quickly, accurate and brilliant, Crumbling the temples and the palaces, I reduced to dust, the powerful. The sound of my voice was heard through the spaces, Upon my omnipotent crash and a cloud of dust seen on the environment!

Drawn on the even pages are the poems; on the odd pages are three types of cuttings: those taken from the press, all yellowy; the ones extracted from magazines, still in good shape; and the cigarette boxes medal and military figures trading cards or stamps. This notebook also reflects the impact and amazement of a poet living at the end of the world on a far-away-city, conscious that Humanity was witnessing a new face of the horror, as it may never had seen it before.

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February 10, 2017 Ticia 2 Comments

While previous wars had newspapers and political cartoons.  World War 1 is probably the first war to have a newspaper made for just the soldiers (if you know otherwise I’d love to hear it). It was such a novel concept this even became a Horrible History sketch.  Of course, we had to use comics for our World War 1 writing assignments.  It’s a nice bit of cross-curricular history lessons .

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Our inspiration for our World War 1 writing assignments

Archie’s War Scrapbook * was also our spine for this hands on World War 1 unit.  It is the scrapbook of Archie, a student in England during World War 1.  He humorously illustrates all of the key events in World War 1, and provides commentary from the point of view of a young child.  Like many books of this style, there are random elements that have been “taped” or put in envelopes for you to take out.

I love how the book looks like it’s illustrated by a kid, and the random comments.

I absolutely adore this book, and unlike the other picture books I’ve featured this week, you probably don’t need to pre-read the material.

Brainstorming World War 1 writing assignments

I delivered the news we were going to write daily World War 1 writing assignments, and they got to draw them as comics.  I was thinking I would be met with, “This is awesome! I can’t wait to do it!”  That was not the response I got.

“This is too hard!” “I don’t know what to write about.”

“I don’t like writing about war!  I don’t like war.”

The complaints went on and on.  After I got done rolling my eyes and the kids’ over-the-top responses.  I asked, “Have I ever just left you hanging on a project?”

After a few mumbled “Nos,” we worked together to brainstorm writing topics.  As you can see we eventually came up with quite a few.

We got a bit more inspiration from the Horrible Histories video handing out writing assignments (our original inspiration video has been taken down, so I’m including the official Horrible Histories World War 1 playlist).  Then we might have wasted an hour or so watching their videos.  This reminds me I need to add their videos in to my other World War 1 posts….

End results of our World War 1 writing assignment

After they’d gotten over the shock that I expected them to actually write stuff, they suddenly had great bouts of inspiration, but all along the same lines.  They got around my saying “You can’t all write on the same topic,” by not writing about it on the same day. So I had three different comics on growing a Victory Garden, though I think the Brits called it something different than that during World War 1.  I had three different comics on gathering scrap metal for the war.

But there was also some variety.  Princess went with a crazy Mom character who kept hearing ideas on the radio and going crazy with them.  She built a bomb shelter, she gathered everything under the sun for the scrap metal drive.  She grew crazy amounts of vegetables.  I think she also built a tank.

Batman had a young boy collecting scrap metal who managed to find a spare tank laying around to turn in.  I’m not quite sure how it fit on his wagon, but he brought it in.

Superman had a super fun comic on living in the trenches.

At the end of the week (plus or minus a few days) I gathered all the comics up and bound them together into a book.

I admit I used the photo I created for the World War 1 unit for our cover because I liked the way it looked so much.  Kinda silly, I know, but I like it.

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February 18, 2017 at 6:10 pm

What a cool assignment. A’s class did one comic project earlier this year on the subject of rise of civilization. They used https://www.pixton.com/ for kids like A who didn’t want to hand draw theirs.

February 18, 2017 at 10:15 pm

That’s a cool program! My boys weren’t too excited about drawing, but reluctantly did so, and got into it eventually.

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Lesson Plan: Choice Board: World War I

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Author Margaret MacMillan talked about the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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This document is a choice board covering 16 different events and topics occurring during World War I. For each topic, students are provided a link to a C-SPAN video clip asked to answer questions addressed in the video clip. Teachers can customize this document as needed -- the current directions ask students to complete 5 slides, but that can be adjusted. This is a multi-day activity that can be done in person or via distance learning.

Open the Choice Board - World War I Google Slides Presentation in Google and choose "File" then "Make a Copy" to get your own copy. Make any needed adjustments in the instructions and then make it available to students (via Google Classroom or another method).

Update the directions on the first slide of the choice board with your own instructions to students if you choose. The board currently requires them to complete 5 total topics, but you can adjust that before you send to students. Additional instructions for teachers can be found on the Teacher Notes Google Doc linked below.

Each student will need their own digital copy of the Google Slides (via Google Classroom or some other method); they will also need a Google account to be able to complete the work.

CHOICE BOARD: World War I (Google Slides)

TEACHER NOTES: World War I (Google Doc)

INTRODUCTION:

Share the Google Slides document with the students and instruct them to make a copy of the choice board that they can edit.

CHOICE BOARD DIRECTIONS:

Students will complete a total of five slides on the choice board. Students should keep track of which slides they have completed by clicking and dragging the poppies over each completed box on the choice board.

For each slide, students will need view the video clip and answer the questions relating to each video clip on the slide.

CHOICE BOARD VIDEOS AND READINGS:

Below are the video clips included in each of the slides.

Slide 2: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Video Clip: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (5:16)

Slide 3: The United States’ Role

• Video Clip: The United States and the Decision to enter World War I (7:58)

Slide 4: American War Cemeteries

• Video Clip: The Cultural Landscape of American World War I Cemeteries (5:08)

Slide 5: War Poster

• Video Clip: World War I Poster (5:02)

Slide 6: Fort McHenry Hospital

• Video Clip: Fort McHenry During World War I (3:53)

Slide 7: African American Soldiers

• Video Clip: African American Soldiers During World War I (10:36)

Slide 8: Women in the War

• Video Clip: Women in the War (3:22)

Slide 9: American Soldier Equipment

• Video Clip: World War I - American Soldier (8:19)

Slide 10: German U-Boats

• Video Clip: German U-Boat WWI (5:12)

Slide 11: Weaponry

Video Clip: WWI Weaponry Part One (2:31)

• Video Clip: WWI Weaponry Part Two (2:43)

Slide 12: Trench Warfare

• Video Clip: World War I and Trench Warfare (5:49)

Slide 13: Aviation

• Video Clip: Military Aviation during World War I (3:40)

Slide 14: The Battle of Saint Mihiel

• Video Clip: World War I Battle of Saint-Mihiel (6:51)

Slide 15: The Battle of Belleau Wood

• Video Clip: WWI: Battle at Belleau Wood (4:59)

Slide 16: The Argonne Forest

• Video Clip: World War I: The Argonne Forest (7:13)

Slide 17: The End of the War

• Video Clip: Fall of Empires
• Video Clip: Veterans Day History (5:25)

CONCLUSION:

After completing the required tasks, students should turn in their completed Google Slides by submitting the URL with the completed Google Slides to you electronically.

Review student responses and address any misconceptions.

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:

Classroom Museum Exhibit- Students can select one of the topics they learned about and create an artifact to include in the exhibit along with a written explanation describing its significance.

Newspaper Article- As a journalist, write a newspaper article describing the circumstances of one of the topics that was covered during this time.

ADDITIONAL PROMPTS:

Respond to one of the following prompts by providing a written response:

How should people remember World War I today?

How do the events and legacy of World War I impact the world today?

• Compare the events and tactics of World War to other wars that you have studied. How are they similar? How are they different?

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FREE Worksheets and Unit Studies About World War I

Published: July 7, 2020

Contributor: Sarah Shelton

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World War 1 is known as “The Great War”. It began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Country after country was pulled into the war, with the United States of America being the last country to join in April 2017. The war ended on November 11, 1918.

It was a trying time, with lots of losses and also new creations and inventions due to the war. Learn more about it with these FREE Worksheets and Unit Studies about World War 1.

This “Great War” was also known as “the war to end all wars”, unfortunately that was not the case. This war included Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. Lots of new military equipment was created for this war, which resulted in over 16 million deaths. 

It can be a confusing war to learn about with so many allies, and powers involved in it.

Your kids can learn more about this war with these free worksheets and unit studies about World War 1:

World War 1 Interactive Notebook Activities – Heather LeBlanc – Brainy Apples TPT

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World War 1 Alliances Map – School History

United States Enters World War 1 Highschool American History Handout – Student Handouts

World War 1 Lesson Plans, Games and Power Points – Mr. Donn

World War 1 Research and Notebooking Unit  – this research and notebooking unit will provides options for studying battles of WWI including a list of 168 World War I battles and engagements, world maps of the regions where the battles occurred, and multiple notebooking page templates. This is great for middle and high school aged students. 

In this podcast, 7 Amazing World War Heroes , Meredith Curtis introduces you to 7 heroes from World War I that you may never have even heard of. Not only are they amazing people who did extraordinary things, but their faith in Jesus shined through! 

FREE History of Wars Cheat Sheets – these printable cheat sheets are a great reference to help your children learn about the many different wars in history. 

World War I Minibooks and Notebook Pages – Practical Pages

Create Your Own Homeschool History World War 1 Day – Design Your Homeschool

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Ten Fun Ways to Study World War 1 – Crosswalk

World War 1 Unit Study – Oklahoma Homeschool

Learn about America’s Patriotic Victory Gardens from History.com

Learn about Food Rationing in Wartime America and the creation of the U.S. Food Administration. – History.com

Propaganda Posters:

The United States joined the war later in April of 1917. The government had to convince the Americans to get on board to join this war. They way they did this was through their propaganda posters. They are known to have produced more war propaganda posters that any other nation that was involved in the war!

Sow the Seeds of Victory – Posters from the Food Administration During World War I – National Archives

You can view the collection of approximately 400 Propaganda Posters by clicking on each image at First World War .

The Posters that Sold World War 1 to the American Public – Smithsonian Magazine

Websites to help your kids learn more about World War 1:

World War 1 Documents Archive – Official Papers and documents assembled by volunteers of the WW1 Military History List.

Learn about the different World War 1 Sites and Battlefields from Trip Historic .

Homeschool Lessons has Free Weekly Lessons on World War 1 . There are 5 weekly unit studies with a new lesson to focus on each week. It includes information to learn, videos, worksheets, free downloads and more. These are suitable for grades 3-10.

First World War  is a multimedia history of World War 1. There are timelines, details, battles, war posters, source documents, weaponry and tons of information to explore.

Eyewitness to World War 1 from Eyewitness History has a full timeline of the war. Starting from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and ending with the Unknown Soldier coming home. 

If your kids enjoy learning about wars they will love these other websites, YouTube channels, movies and hands-on activities:

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