Objective: Understand how tension increased in the years Outcome: Complete first part of the road to war timeline How did tension increase between ? Homework Complete the summary of sheet Starter What are the 4 MAIN causes of WW1 Answer, comment or nominate For the Starter you will be asked what the 4 MAIN causes of WW1 were. You have 3 choices 1.Answer – say what one of the MAIN causes were 2.Comment – explain why this was an important cause of WW1 using examples 3.Nominate – pass it on to someone else to answer

Objective: Understand how tension increased in the years Outcome: Complete first part of the road to war timeline Events leading to WW1 timeline The First Moroccan Crisis Take notes on this topic The Bosnian Crisis Take notes on this topic 1.Draw a timeline on the back of your MAIN sheet 2.Add notes for the first two events 3.Leave a space for at least 4 more boxes

Objective: Understand how tension increased in the years Outcome: Complete first part of the road to war timeline The First Moroccan Crisis France wanted Morocco to complete her empire in North Africa. In 1904 Britain and France agreed the Entente Cordiale (Anglo-French Entente). This Entente gave France a free hand in Morocco. The Kaiser, however, decided to interfere in Morocco: Why? He wanted to test the strength of the Entente and believed he could split the agreement. He did not believe Britain would stand by France over Morocco. He did not want to see France extend her North African Empire. FRENCH British Spanish

Objective: Understand how tension increased in the years Outcome: Complete first part of the road to war timeline The First Moroccan Crises In 1905 the Kaiser paid a visit to the Moroccan port of Tangiers. There he made a speech in which he declared that Morocco should remain independent of France. This sparked off a crisis. France backed by Britain, refused to back down but did agree to the Kaiser’s demands for an international conference/meeting to discuss the future of Morocco. The conference took place at Algerciras at Spain. It was a disaster for the Kaiser. Only Austria-Hungary backed his demands for Moroccan independence. Britain supported the French. Why did the crisis increase tension? France was more or less allowed to do what they wanted in Morocco. The Kaiser had suffered a terrible defeat. He blamed this defeat on the British and their support for France. Wilhelm II’s actions had achieved the opposite of what he had hoped. They had strengthened the Entente Cordiale. Describe the impact of the First Moroccan Crises of (6 marks)

Objective: Understand how tension increased in the years Outcome: Complete first part of the road to war timeline Markscheme Description (6 marks) Level 1 (score 1–2 depending on the depth of the answer and factual information) general, unsophisticated statements (e.g. ‘The Germans attacked France but wanted to go back and attack Russia.’) Level 2 (score 3–4 depending on the depth of the answer and factual information) EITHER shallow treatment of a number of relevant aspects (i.e. a number of general facts) OR in-depth treatment of ONE relevant aspect.. Level 3 (score 5-6) In-depth treatment of at least TWO relevant aspects.

Objective: Understand how tension increased in the years Outcome: Complete first part of the road to war timeline The Bosnian Crisis In 1908 Austria-Hungary added Bosnia-Herzegovina to its empire. This created a second international Crisis. Why? The Serbians were furious because they had hoped to make Bosnia part of a greater Serbia. They asked for Russia’s help. Russia called for an international conference but Austria refused to attend and was supported by Germany. Germany demanded that Russia accept the Austrian seizure of Bosnia- Herzegovina. Russia had little choice but to back down. Russia’s armies were not match for the German forces. Why did this increased tension? Serbia were furious with Austria and wanted revenge and the return of Bosnia. Russia was humiliated. Germany was fully committed to supporting Austria in the Balkans even if it meant war. Russia drew closer to France and Britain.

Objective: Understand how tension increased in the years Outcome: Complete first part of the road to war timeline I would also like to know My effort today was (1-10) What I have learned today? 1 thing I need to improve The Learning Triangle Discuss the following questions with your partner