What is happening in the cartoon? Thursday Warm-Up Subject- Caption- Activity- Message- Symbols- What is happening in the cartoon?

Weapons Foldable Review What’s important? Zeppelin- also know as a blimp, was used in bombing raids by Germans; also used for aerial observation Tanks- Small, slow and in the beginning it could not cross trenches Planes- First used to deliver bombs but mostly for spying; later they carry guns and used for aerial battle

Weapons Foldable Review What’s important? Guns- could fire multiple rounds and accurately hit targets further away; machine and artillery guns could cause more devastation Navy- Britain’s tactic was to block German ships from leaving port; Germany used subs to attack apply ships Gas- used to attack the respiratory system; caused suffocation, blindness or worse. Weather conditions had to be right for attack to be affective.

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THE WESTERN FRONT THE MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR ONE WERE FOUGHT ALONG THE WESTERN FRONT IN EUROPE(MOSTLY IN FRANCE) FIGHTING ON THIS FRONT RESULTS IN A STALEMATE FRONT- GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHERE ARMIES ARE ENGAGED IN CONFLICT. WAR OF ATTRITION-WEARING DOWN AN OPPOSITION BY CAUSING THEM TO EXHAUST ALL THEIR RESOURCES

TRENCH WARFARE INTRODUCTION OF THE MACHINE GUN AND QUICK FIRING ARTILLERY CAUSED FOR LARGE SCALE USE OF TRENCHES TYPICAL TRENCH SYSTEM CONSISTED OF TWO OR MORE PARALLEL TRENCHES, CONNECTED BY COMMUNICATION TRENCHES

CONDITIONS IN THE TRENCHES DAY-TIME HOURS WERE SPENT DOING SMALL CHORES, WRITING LETTERS HOME, OR TRYING TO SLEEP NIGHT-TIME HOURS IS WHEN TRENCHES BECAME VERY BUSY CONDITIONS IN THE TRENCHES RATS LICE TRENCH FOOT BOREDOM

THE TRENCHES

BATTLE OF VERDUN FEBRUARY 21,1916- DECEMBER 16,1916 ATTEMPT BY GERMANS TO TAKE CITY OF VERDUN IN FRANCE LONGEST LASTING SINGLE BATTLE OF WORLD WAR ONE COMBINED 600,000 CASUALTIES BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND GERMANS

BATTLE OF THE SOMME JULY 1 TO NOVEMBER 1, 1918 BRITISH OFFENSIVE TO TRY TO BREAK THROUGH GERMAN FRONT LINES ONE OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES IN BRITISH MILITARY HISTORY 57,000 BRITISH CASUALTIES ON FIRST DAY 1.5 MILLION CASUALTIES BETWEEN BOTH SIDES

THE EASTERN FRONT THE GERMANS WERE FORCED TO FIGHT A TWO FRONT WAR FIGHTING BEGAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT WHEN RUSSIA INVADED GERMANY IN 1914. THE EASTERN FRONT SAW MANY VICTORIES FOR THE CENTRAL POWERS 1917- TWO REVOLUTIONS TAKE PLACE IN RUSSIA RUSSIA WITHDRAWS FROM WWI GERMANY NO LONGER HAD TO FIGHT A TWO FRONT WAR.

US NEUTRALITY U.S. Neutrality Followed a policy of not getting involved in the war Americans viewed the war as strictly a European matter U.S. banks were loaning millions in money and arms sales to the Allies. 1916, Wilson prepares the military by increasing soldiers. President Wilson won the 1916 election, with the slogan, “He Kept Us Out of War”.

SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA ON MAY 7, 1915 A GERMAN U-BOAT TORPEDOED AND SUNK THE BRITISH LINER NAMED THE LUSITANIA 1,198 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WITH 128 BEING AMERICAN CITIZENS GERMANS CLAIMED SHIP WAS CARRYING WAR SUPPLIES FROM AMERICA THE GERMANS WERE RIGHT!

ZIMMERMAN NOTE JANUARY 1917- GERMAN FOREIGN SECRETARY ARTHUR ZIMMERMANN SENT A TELEGRAM TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO ASKS MEXICAN GOVERNMENT FOR HELP SHOULD GERMANY GO TO WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES IN RETURN GERMANY PROMISED TO HELP MEXICO CONQUER STATES OF TEXAS, ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO

MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY AMERICANS BEGAN TO FEAR WHETHER OR NOT DEMOCRACY COULD SURVIVE IN EUROPE IF BRITAIN AND FRANCE LOST THE WAR CENTRAL POWERS WERE REGARDED AS UNDEMOCRATIC AND MILITARISTIC PRESIDENT WILSON BELIEVED AMERICA NEEDED TO AID THE ALLIES TO MAKE THE WORLD “SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY” APRIL 6, 1917- WITH PRESIDENT WILSON’S URGING CONGRESS DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY

PROPAGANDA Propaganda is a form of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position Powerful images like these spread through the US causing many people to change their minds about remaining isolated.

THE WAR AT HOME Mobilize the nation Government programs to finance the war – Liberty Bonds Conserve scarce resources – Steel Redirect industry and labor toward wartime production Victory Gardens

Annotate the passage(Talk to the Text) WWI Reading Read the Trench Warfare and Battle of the Somme reading and complete the following tasks: Annotate the passage(Talk to the Text) Answer the guiding questions that follow the reading passage.

Exit Ticket #1 During WWI, Germany was forced to fight a two front war. What is a front? The trench where the ammunition was stored A geographic area where armies are engaged in battle The enemy’s base camp The start of No Man’s Land

Exit Ticket #2 The western front stretched mostly through France. Which answer best describes the fighting along the western front? It was a stalemate with neither side gaining must territory It was very active with the Allied Powers gaining much territory It was very active with the Central Powers gaining much territory None of the Above