Scars of the Heart

At school we had been learning about all the sorrow, excitement, reasonings and lives lost in the first great war. World War I began in August 1914, sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary had taken control over a small country, Bosnia in hopes of making Austria-Hungary a great empire. The trouble was the Serbians and Bosnians living in this unimportant country wanted to be a part of their allied country, Serbia. A Bosnian-Serb terrorist group didn't like this at all and decided to fight back. They were called The Black Hand, these men planned to kill the heir to the Austria-Hungary empire, Franz Ferdinad. The Black Hand's plan was successfully carried out and created a huge out break. In a domino like effect one country after another declared war one another.

In search of coming to a deeper understanding with the great war four year ten classes were to go to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The trip was held on Friday, the 14th of March. Scheduled to leave Before nine am and return just on fourth block. Everyone from 10SCHE was fulled with anticipation, for the class was getting split into two and no one knew who would be with who. It turned out that the first letter of a persons last name would determine which class they would go into. To my luck it turned out I was grouped with Tash, Steph, Cerise and Emelia.

At the museum the five of us filled out worksheets asking a range of questions which required us to to do all sorts of things. From listening to a recording through a phone to searching models for answers. The exhibition we stayed around was called 'Scars of the Heart'. We breezed through the sheets and finished the activities with ease, which left us with alot of free time to look through the museum. Trenches were made to show us what it would be like to be a soldier during these times of filth, dust and despair. By the end of the trip I did feel as though I came out with alot more knowledge of the men who went to fight for their country in the war.