First World War inquiry guide – Truth and fiction
This inquiry guide suggests ways students can explore the theme "truth and fiction" by investigating the nature and use of information during the First World War.
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Students are introduced to a range of information about conflicting perspectives and truths. This resource is part of the First World War Inquiry Guide series. See the resource carousel for more.
First World War inquiry guide: Truth and fiction
The six hooks presented in the initial I Wonder stage of the guide introduce students to a range of information relating to conflicting perspectives and truths. This information may have originally been either publicly available (for example, as posters, pamphlets, speeches, cartoons, propaganda, photos, or letters) or withheld from the public. Students investigate how accurate and valid the information is, determine what its purpose is, and consider how what is thought of as true changes over time.
Year 9-10 hooks:
- field postcard
- war poem
- lions led by donkeys?
- returned New Zealand soldiers
- propaganda
- a socialist view of the war
Year 11-13 hooks
- propaganda
- conscientious objectors
- landing at Gallipoli
- adventure and aftermath
- the art of commemoration
- freedom and censorship
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