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Rationale
The reason for studying World War I is due to the need for 10th grade students to study a war that had major repercussions in the 20th century and has shaped the world in many ways.
Objectives
Students should be able to explain how and why the war started and what the end result was.
They should be able to explain what the words militarism, nationalism, and imperialism mean and how they contributed to the war.
Students should be able to differentiate between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers and what countries they were made up of.
Finally students should be able to explain what turned the tide of the war, who won, and what happened at the peace process that made WWII inevitable.
Websites
http://www.worldwar1.com/ http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/index2.html http://www.firstworldwar.com/ http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww
_one/photos/greatwar.htm http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
Activity One
Country Identification On a blank map color in the countries that
make up the Central Powers in one color, the Allied Powers in another color, and the neutral countries in yet another country.
Activity Two
Definitions Define the following
terms in your notebook.
Militarism Nationalism Imperialism Alliance System
Balfour Declaration Armistice Lusitania U-boat Treaty of Versailles Allies Central Powers Somme
Activity Three
Write a letter in which you pretend to be either a soldier, a nurse, a wife at home, or a wounded soldier in the hospital.
Pick which country you are from. Your letter needs to be a minimum of one
page to a maximum of three pages. Be descriptive!!!
Activity Four
The students will watch the movie All Quiet On the Western Front and discuss how it portrayed World War I. Students will also keep a journal on the movie everyday. Roles will be assigned to role play everyday such as: a German soldier, a captured French soldier, a poisoned Russian soldier, an Austrian nurse, etc.
Activity Five
Write a two to four page paper explaining what you would have done with Germany after World War I. Remember:
Were the Allies too hard on Germany? Was World War II inevitable? How was the League of Nations supposed
to work?
Why Study WWI – Short Term
Enormous cost in lives and money Russian Revolution Creation of new nations in Eastern Europe
- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, & Turkey
Requirement of German Reparations German Loss of Colonies Balfour Declaration League of Nations
Why Study WWI – Long Term
Economic Impact of War Debts on Europe Emergence of U.S. and Japan as
Important Powers Growth of Nationalism in Colonies Rise of Fascism – Mussolini & Hitler World War II!!!
Connection To Today
Ethnic Tensions in the Balkans International Ban of Poison Gas First use of airplane, tanks, and
submarines for military purposes Arab – Israeli Conflicts
How the War Started
Nationalism – Loyalty and Devotion to a Nation Militarism – A policy of aggressive military
preparedness Imperialism – The policy, practice, or advocacy
of extending the power and dominion of a nation The European Alliance System Assassination of Franz Ferdinand Invasion of Belgium by Germany
Countries Involved
The Allied Powers – France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Canada, Australia, & U.S.
The Central Powers – Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire