This activity gets a class involved! On cue, each person with a card stands up and declares the intention of a different country involved in World War I, starting with the announcement by the teacher, “Gavrilo Princip and the Black Hand have just assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo!” I would guess many of you have heard of this or have seen it done, maybe even do this in class when you get into a WWI lesson. It takes a class willing to perform, but I always hand pick the students if the class is larger than 16.
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Thank you for sharing these resources, Bryan Dibble ! Any tips on breaking the ice pre in class performance?
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Adriane Musacchio I had not really thought of that- but now you mention it, yes, there has to be some ground work laid down. I'm a total goofball in my class most of the time, and so my students tend to get silly too (in a good way) - so having never done this alliance skit at the beginning of the term, guess it's sort of natural. But giving the first set of countries on the list to the most animated kids would get you the results. Maybe it's a good idea to do a practice run with some other subject in the weeks prior to set it all up. I've had hic ups in this activity of course many times, but the re-sets and "WHO HAS SOUTH AMERICA??" reminders don't take away from the point of how the dominos fall regarding the alliances prior to the Great War.
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Adriane Musacchio I had not really thought of that- but now you mention it, yes, there has to be some ground work laid down. I'm a total goofball in my class most of the time, and so my students tend to get silly too (in a good way) - so having never done this alliance skit at the beginning of the term, guess it's sort of natural. But giving the first set of countries on the list to the most animated kids would get you the results. Maybe it's a good idea to do a practice run with some other subject in the weeks prior to set it all up. I've had hic ups in this activity of course many times, but the re-sets and "WHO HAS SOUTH AMERICA??" reminders don't take away from the point of how the dominos fall regarding the alliances prior to the Great War.
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