WHAT WAS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF WORLD WAR I ?

TASK Students are to write a five paragraph essay in which they identify the major causes of World War I.

RESOURCES This PowerPoint WW I Background Packet Packet of WW I primary documents Essay template from website Internet

PROCESS Complete Primary Sources Packet Complete guided essay outline/template and write essay Either send final draft to jidiart@hillcresttrojans.com or “share” to Google Classroom Due date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Primary Sources Packet Analyze Documents Source? Primary or Secondary? Describe it (3-5 sentence) Explain how it relates to WW I ( 5-7 sentences)

Guided Essay Outline/Template

Causes Several of the documents and the back ground essay supplied can be used in various ways as evidence to describe causes for WW I The following slides offer just a few examples: Remember you only need three causes for the purposes of your paper

Cause: Nationalism Evidence: Document A –Alliance Map Document B- Political Cartoon Document D-Bulow’s letter Document E- The “British Octopus” cartoon

Cause : Alliances Evidence: Document A –Alliance Map Document B- Political Cartoon Document C- Armaments Chart

Cause: Arms Race Evidence: Document C- Armaments Chart Document D-Bulow’s letter Document E- The “British Octopus” cartoon

Cause: Imperialism Evidence Document D-Bulow’s letter Document E- The “British Octopus” cartoon Document F- colonial Empires Chart

Cause: Militarism Evidence: Document A –Alliance Map Document C- Armaments Chart Document D-Bulow’s letter

Possible “Hook” # 1 World War I was one of history’s great tragedies. It lasted for four years and claimed 30-50 million lives. What were the undying causes of the wars?

Possible “Hook” # 2 Otto von Bismarck once said that a great war might someday be caused by “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans”- That foolish thing was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and it was indeed the spark that started WW I

Possible “Hook” # 3 In 1914 Europe went to war with itself. Entire high school graduating classes of young English, French, German, and Russian soldiers died fighting one another along the Western and Eastern Fronts. The war took millions of combatants and civilian lives. How did this happen?

Possible “Hook” # 4 In 1918, European confidence was badly shaken. Ten million soldiers had died, another 20 million had been wounded. Empires lay in tatters. Writers wrote of broken dreams. What went wrong? What led to this disaster?