The Reporter
It is the responsibility of the reporter to cover the cultural impact of the
war: specifically, its effect on poetry, art and music produced during
wartime. The other members of the group may provide creative input, but the
reporter will be held accountable for the actual two page newspaper article
critiquing the works produced
Internet Links to Help You Research
World War I Poetry
This site is intended as an introduction to First World War poetry and will
give information about the authors and reasons they wrote.
Poetry of World War I
A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-
1917.
British and American Poems of the World War
Songs Brought Back from the Battlefield depicts the songs written by Lt.
James Reese Europe, famous leader of the 369th Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band.
Songs Brought Back from the Battlefield
No Man's Land: Six months after the end of the First World War, Mary Riter
Hamilton undertook a "special mission" for the War Amputations Club of
British Columbia. Her task was to provide paintings of the battlefields of
France and Belgium for publication in a veterans' magazine, The Gold Stripe.
The Battlefield Paintings of Mary Hamilton
The Story of the American Expeditionary Forces in music and examples of many
of the songs written during WWI.
Doughboy Music
The Heritage of the Great War: When the Great War was over, on November 11,
1918, there were festivities all over the world. Pictures of celebrating
masses are abundant. But the millions who had lost loved ones, or who were
crippled forever, had little reason to feast. The widows, the orphans, the
disabled soldiers, they faced a devastated world, poverty and a future
without hope. This site shows art work dedicated to those who were lost.
The Heritage of the Great War
Official War Artists: It was in July 1917 that the idea of official war
artists to be sent to France was proposed by the Committee on Public
Information, which had been recently organized to coordinate propaganda for
the war effort. This site shows that artistic depictions of the war that
were created.
Official War Artists
Posters from the Great War: this site is dedicated to posters used in WWI in
numerous countries to promote the war effort and enlist citizens to fight.
Posters from the Great War
Use YOUR brain!!
Just because this is a WebQuest doesn't mean that the you are
limited to only using what we have listed for your resources. Feel free to
search and find additional material that you feel is important to include
in your project!!