Task for Reporter on W.W.I:
The report over W.W.I is going to consist of average daily casualties of all kinds during the war as well as daily expenses. This means that to finish the report for this broadcast, the reporter will have to find information dealing with how long each country was involved with W.W.I and when W.W.I ended. Information will also have to be found on the total numbers of casualties as well as the total account of money spent! Once this information is found, it is the job of the reporter to find the averages for daily casualties and daily expenses of the countries that you have found. It will then be asked of you to present this information from the country that had the highest number of daily casualties to the lowest, as well as highest daily expenses to lowest. Internet sites will be provided to help find this information and steps are included for the learners use.
Procedures that can help in creating a great report:
STEP #1) Information on the number of casualties is needed as well as the amount of money each of the chosen countries has spent.
- Pick eight different allied countries and four central
power
countries and write down the estimated number of casualties and
expenses for each of those countries.
- Estimate the numbers to the nearest hundred
thousand for both casualties and expenses.
- Example: Russia totals for Casualties is
9,150,000, so round to 9,200,000.
- Example: Russia totals for Expenses is 22, 293,950, so round to 22,294,000,000.
- Web site #1 and #2 provide casualty
information.
#3 has expenses information.
Web site #2: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/FWWcasualties.htm
Web site #3: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWcosts.htm
STEP #2) Many countries were involved in W.W.I, but many of them did not declare war until later dates, meaning they all did not join on the same date or right at the beginning of the war.
- Find when your four Central Power countries
joined, and when
your eight allied countries joined that you chose from above. This
web site may be found to be very helpful. Click on
"Nations Engaged in Great War" and that link will take you to the
information needed.
- Find the total number of days involved in
the
war.
(The war officially ended in June of 1919.) The exact number of days
does
not need to be exact, an estimated number of days is good, use your
best
judgment.
- Example: U.S. declared war in April of 1917. From April, 1917 to April, 1919 is two full years, plus April to June is two months and averaging about 30 days a month for total of 790 total days. (800 is close enough)
STEP #3) Now that you have all of the information that is needed, you must find the average daily amounts of casualties and expenses. This may take a calculator or use paper and pencil computations.
- Divide the total casualties/expenses by the total
number of
days that country had declared war for.
- Once you have all of the averages figured, estimate that number to the nearest whole and create two lists for casualties and expenses from highest to lowest.
- Example: U.S. spent $22,625,300,000 and
spent
from April of 1917 to
June of 1919 involved in the war which equaled about 800 days. Then you
would take the
total amount spent and divide that number by the total number of days,
and that will give you the estimated average daily cost of the W.W.I
for
the U.S. which is around $28,281,625.
Activity created by Nathan Becker
Creator's email address: Borisbecks@hotmail.com
This activity folder aligns with:
- World History Standard number 39, Level III, section 5.
- Math Standard number 3, Level III, section 1.
- Math Standard number 1, Level III, section 4.
All standards are from: http://www.mcrel.com/