First World War inquiry guide - Voices
This inquiry guide suggests ways for students to explore the theme "voices" by investigating ways that different individuals and groups made their voices heard about aspects of the First World War.
About this resource
Students investigate how people’s responses to the same event differ, how this event affects people in different ways, and what this means for us today. This resource is part of the First World War Inquiry Guide series. See the resource carousel for more.
First World War inquiry guide: Voices
In answering their chosen inquiry focus question, students might, for example, go on to investigate the experiences of a particular group and how their experiences have affected society today. For example, they could investigate the experiences of women who participated in the war overseas or the treatment of people of German descent in New Zealand during the First World War.
The six hooks presented in the initial I Wonder stage of the guide introduce students to a range of information about these wartime voices.
Year 9-10 hooks:
- voices through images
- voices through sound and song
- voices through writing
- voices from the home front
- voices of Māori
- voices of the Pacific
Year 11-13 hooks:
- nurses and doctors
- Ettie Rout (public health campaigner)
- soldiers’ voices before, during, and after battle
- aliens, objectors, and "Wobblies"
- authorities (generals, censors, and government ministers)
- recent voices through the arts
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