Prereading Activity: All Quiet on the Western Front Scavenger Hunt

Prereading Activity: All Quiet on the Western Front Scavenger Hunt English II

Directions: You are to hunt the following information using all available resources in the media center. As you look at each item, consider the easiest and quickest way to find the information (remember that the internet is not always where you might want to turn first-look in the reference section!!!). You may NOT talk or share answers during this activity.

1. What were the years that WWI was fought?

2. Why does the author have a female middle name?

3. What year was this novel first published in book format?

4. What event actually started the fighting in the war?

5. What year did the United States enter the war?

6. Who was the U.S. President during WWI?

7. Why was this war called the first modern war?

8. How many people (total of civilians and military from all countries) were

killed in the war?

9. How many people were estimated to be wounded or permanently disabled?

10. How many times was the author wounded during the war?

11. Name the two sides and the countries that fought on each side:

12. What is the western front?

13. Why was this novel later banned in Germany under Hitler?

14. How many movie versions of the book have been made?

15. What is another name given to WWI?