The Causes of the First World War The cards in front of you are the causes of WW1. Sort them into Long and Short term Long Term Causes that happened a long time before the War M A I N Short Term Causes that happened just before the war started Students organise cards into long and short term. 5-10 mins

To revise what we learnt in Year 9 in order to come to a conclusion Who was to blame for WW1? To revise what we learnt in Year 9 in order to come to a conclusion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyue8xRS7M

How did it begin? What were the MAIN causes of WW1? M - Military A - Alliances I – Imperialism N – Nationalism

M A I N

Franz Ferdinand murdered Austria gave 10 point ultimatum to Serbia Serbia ignored ultimatum Austria invaded Serbia Britain honoured Treaty of London and declared war on Germany Russia prepared for war to support Serbia Schlieffen Plan – Germany invades France through Belgium Germany declared war on France. Germany warned Russia; War declared.

M A N I Militarism – countries were getting ready for war, e.g. Naval race, arms race, military plans and conscription. Alliances – countries had grouped together into two rival gangs which were ready to fight. Nationalism – countries were proud of their identity and this caused problems, e.g. Serbians and Bosnians against Austria. Imperialism - countries wanting to take over an empire, e.g. Britain defending British Empire, France and Germany being involved in Morocco, Austria-Hungary annexing Bosnia. Awful governments – governments which made bad decisions and were unpopular with their people, e.g. Hapsburgs in Austria.

Whose Fault was the War? The Triple Entente Great Britian France Russian The Triple Alliance Germany Austria-Hungary Italy Students categories cards based on whose fault each cause was. Then discussion about whose fault the war was. 15 mins altogether

Who started the war/ Whose fault was the war? These are two very different questions. Write a few sentences explaining whose fault the war was based on your last card sorting activity.

casualties in % of men mobilised The cost of war ountry Men mobilised Killed Wounded POW’s + missing Total casualties casualties in % of men mobilised Russia 12 million 1.7mill 4.9mill 2.5mill 9.15mill 76.3 France 8.4 mill 1.3mill 4.2mill 537,000 6.1mill 73.3 GB + Empire 8.9mill 908,000 2mill 191,000 3.1mill 35.8 Italy 5.5mill 650,000 947,000 600,000 2.1mill 39 USA 4.3mill 126,000 234,000 4,500 350,000 8 Japan 800,000 300 900 3 1210 0.2 Romania 750,000 335,000 120,000 80,000 535,000 71 Serbia 700,000 45,000 133,000 153,000 331,000 47 Belgium 267,000 13,800 34,500 93,000 35 Greece 230,000 5000 21,000 1000 27,000 12 Portugal 100,000 7222 13,700 12,000 33,000 33 Total Allies 42million 5 million 13million 4 million 22million 52%   Germany 11million 1.7million 4.2million 1.1million 7.1million 65 Austria 7.8million 1.2million 3.6million 2.2million 7 million 90 Turkey 2.8million 325,000 400,000 250,000 975,000 34 Bulgaria 87,000 152,000 266,000 22 Total Central Powers 22.8mill 3.3million 8.3million 15 million 67 Grand Total 65 million 8.5mill 21million 7.7mill 37million 57%