WORLD WAR 1UNIT 6

OPEN DOCUMENT:

UNIT 6 - CAUSES OF WW1

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. THEN, SHARE WITH YOUR PARTNER

WHY DO COUNTRIES GO TO WAR? WRITE AS MANY REASONS AS YOU CAN

ARE THESE REASONS JUST?

WHY IS THIS QUESTION IMPORTANT?

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

IN THIS UNIT WE WILL LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT GLOBAL CONFLICTS. KEEP ASKING YOURSELF THE QUESTION:

IS THERE SUCH THING AS A JUST WAR?

ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND AND HIS WIFE WERE RULERS OF

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST EMPIRES IN EUROPE.

SERBIA, ONCE PART OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE, WAS GIVEN

INDEPENDENCE IN 1878

HOWEVER, MANY SERBIANS WERE RESENTFUL THAT THEY

STILL LIVED IN TERRITORY CONTROLLED BY AUSTRIA-

HUNGARY.

FRANZ FERDINAND VISITS BOSNIA, WHERE MANY SERBIANS LIVED

HIS CAR IS SURROUNDED BY SIX ASSASSINS, BUT THEY FAIL

HIS CAR LATER MAKES A WRONG TURN AND GETS STUCK

HE AND HIS WIFE ARE SHOT AND KILLED BY GAVRILO PRINCIP

PRINCIP IS A SERBIAN NATIONALIST

A MONTH LATER WORLD WAR 1 BEGINS

WORLD WAR 1 - THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

MORE THAN 70 MILLION SOLDIERS FOUGHT IN THE WAR

UP TO 16 MILLION DIED. 7 MILLION WERE CIVILIANS.

OVER 100 COUNTRIES WERE INVOLVED IN WW1

HOW DID IT START? WAS IT CAUSED BY ONE BOY?

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1 ACTIVITY

YOU WILL

GERMANY

GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE

RUSSIA

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

SERBIA ITALY

ALLIED POWERS

AXIS POWERS

ACTIVITY 1: NATIONALISM

SHOW YOUR PRIDE IN YOUR COUNTRY BY CREATING AS MANY EXACT COLOR COPIES OF YOUR FLAG AS YOU CAN IN

2 MINUTESBRITAIN TEAM - JUST USE BLUE AND RED RUSSIA TEAM - DON’T MAKE THE EAGLE

ACTIVITY 2: IMPERIALISMCOMPETE TO EXPAND YOUR EMPIRE BY SENDING ONE PERSON AT A TIME TO TAPE YOUR FLAG ON THE “WORLD

REGIONS” ON THE WALLS. YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES.

ACTIVITY 3: MILITARISMBUILD UP YOUR MILITARY

BY SENDING ONE PERSON AT A TIME TO TAKE BACK YOUR FLAGS ONE AT A

TIME. CRUMPLE THE FLAG INTO A BALL TO MAKE AN “ARMY”.

AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN MAKE NEW FLAGS TO CRUMPLE.

THE WINNERBEFORE I ANNOUNCE THE WINNER,

RECEIVE YOUR “ALLIANCE CARD” FOR SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

PRIDE IN YOUR NATION OR COUNTRY

HOW MIGHT NATIONALISM LEAD TO WAR?

NATIONALISM:

IMPERIALISM: TAKING OVER OTHER COUNTRIES

HOW MIGHT IMPERIALISM LEAD TO WAR?

BUILDING A POWERFUL MILITARY

HOW MIGHT MILITARISM LEAD TO WAR?

MILITARISM:

ALLIANCES: AGREEMENT TO HELP DEFEND A COUNTRY

HOW MIGHT ALLIANCES HAVE LED TO WAR?

SERBIA

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

RUSSIA

GERMANY

FRANCE

GREAT BRITAIN

WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1

M A I N

MILITARISM ALLIANCES IMPERIALISM NATIONALISM

RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR NOTES.

WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF WWI?WHICH CAUSE WAS MOST

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR? WHY?DO YOU THINK THE CAUSE WAS JUST?

WHY OR WHY NOT?