Fighting World War I

SWBAT: explain how waging war before WWI differs from waging war in the 1910s.

Homework: None

Do Now: If you had to take a guess, which weapon do you think is more deadly? Why?

Clip Time▪ What is the setting of the battle?

▪ What kind of weapons are being used?

▪ What kind of tactics look like they’re being employed here?

▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3po17QbHLRQ

Technology Before WWI▪ Before WWI, movements towards deadlier

and deadlier weapons was already in motion.

▪ Guns could now hold several bullets without having to reload after each shot.

▪ Cannons became more accurate and could shoot longer distances.

▪ The first machine gun (Gatling Gun) made its limited debut during the Civil War.

▪ Hand grenades were primitive.

▪ Ships powered by steam began arming themselves with iron.

What changed?

▪ industrialization affected every aspect of how humans went about killing one another.

▪ For the first time, mass production methods were applied to weapons and to the technology of warfare in general.

▪ Advances in metallurgy and in chemical industries had created new firepower that made defense almost invincible and attack almost impossible.

▪ This is why trench warfare exists during WWI.

Tomorrow’s Activity▪ In groups, you will be assigned one weapon of WWI. You will fill out the

chart for that weapon.

▪ You must also create a poster to present to the class that provides a brief overview of that weapon (how it worked, why it was so deadly, etc.). This must include some sort of picture as well.

▪ As each group presents on that weapon, you will be responsible for filling in the rest of your chart.

▪ Tomorrow when you come in, you should get right to work with your group.

▪ This organizer in addition to your leaders of WWI organizer will be used for a quiz on Friday.

Group Number: Weapon▪ 1 Tank

▪ 2 Machine Gun

▪ 3 Poisonous Gas

▪ 4 Plane

▪ 5 Submarine

▪ 6 Rifle