Learning task 1: Possible starter
Outline the unit to the students. If possible have students in groups enter the word "war" into a variety of search engines. Allocate a different search engine to each group, such as:
- Google
- Alta Vista
- Yahoo
- Dog Pile
- Access NZ
- Hot Bot
- Infoseek
Based on a quick scan of the first 5 sites returned by each search engine, have each group report back their answers to the following questions:
- If aliens landed and their only source of information about war was the internet, what would they learn about war?
- Is war always about military conflict – what other types of wars are there?
- What are, or have been, the most important wars?
- What powerful words and images are associated with war?
- What generalisations could you make about (1) war and (2) the internet?
Published on: 06 Apr 2009
