This assignment includes a choice of writing prompt that encourage students to consider the realities for fighting soldiers during World War One and why the Christmas Truce happened. Students can choose one of three prompts upon which to focus, which helps students frame their viewing of Christian Carion's 2005 film, Joyeux Noël, which dramatized the Christmas Truce of 1914.Included is a rubric that covers three major strands:Knowledge/UnderstandingApplicationCommunicationTopics Covered in Film: