WWI

=**WORLD WAR I**=

Socratic Seminar Questions

 * What are your opening opinions of the novel so far?
 * Do you believe the author is trying to make a point with this story, or is just about describing the events?
 * What are their views of joining the army and how are those views changed the longer they are there?
 * Was it worth it for Tjaden to exact some sort of revenge on Himmelstoss when he gets put in 'jail' for a few nights?
 * There are many animals in this play? What might they have to do with the story's meanings?
 * What kind of propaganda is necessary to get people to volunteer for the army? Have those tactics changed over the years with the different wars we have been in?
 * What aspects from your Historical readings for class have brought better understanding to the book?
 * Are you affected by the fact that this book is from the german ponit of view?
 * Where is the book going? Where will we be when the book ends?

Seminar #2 Questions

 * What do you feel about the ending of the book? Was it appropriate?
 * What does the title mean?
 * Why is so much of the novel spent in the hospital? What happens there that doesn't happen in the field?
 * Why is the last page in third person perspective?
 * What topics of war did this novel skip? What would you have liked to have read about that wasn't in there?
 * After reading this novel, is it appropriate that WWI was called the War to end all Wars?
 * What scene stood out for you the most in the second half of the book?
 * Should Germany have received the full blame for WWI?
 * What are some of the effects of WWI on women and returning soldiers?
 * During WWI the economy was strong because of the war effort. Why are things different today?
 * How does propaganda change throughout the course of a war, especially if the war takes years?