Ch. 7- A New Role for America WWI

Objectives- Day spi.5 Compare/Contrast life before and after the war. 5.5.spi.3 Interpret timelines that depict major historical post-Civil War events.

Day 1 “Skim” Ch. 7 pg and discuss “Skim” Ch. 7 pg and discuss Almanac Pages pg Almanac Pages pg Teacher Read Aloud TE 231F Teacher Read Aloud TE 231F

Objective- Day spi.5 Compare/Contrast life before and after the war.

Day 2 Create a notes page in spiral (see next slide) Create a notes page in spiral (see next slide) Watch brainpop of WWI Watch brainpop of WWI Read WB 90 Read WB 90 Fill in top of WB 91 Fill in top of WB 91 No HW No HW

WB Germany sank a British ship with Americans on board. 1. Germany sank a British ship with Americans on board. 2. Germany sank American ships 2. Germany sank American ships 3. The United States declared war in The United States declared war in American troops landed in France two months later. 4. American troops landed in France two months later.

Copy this into your notes Before WWI During/After WWI TransportationWeapons/TechnologyWomen (what they did/ how they were treated) After you make your chart, go ahead and fill in this column with what you have learned

Watch Brainpop- WWI Watch Brainpop- WWIBrainpop- WWIBrainpop- WWI Read WB 90 – discuss Read WB 90 – discuss Fill in top of WB 91 Fill in top of WB 91 If time, discuss notes that they filled in on the chart and/or add to what they have already written (next slide) If time, discuss notes that they filled in on the chart and/or add to what they have already written (next slide)

Copy this into your notes Before WWI During/After WWI TransportationWeapons/TechnologyWomen (what they did/ how they were treated) Main transportation- trains Trench warfare Women could not vote. Jobs for women were limited.

Causes of WWI - A ssassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie at Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28 th, 1914.

What did it take to get the US involved? Lusitania torpedoed, sinking with 1200 passengers and crew (including 128 Americans) Was eventually found to be carrying 4200 cases of ammunition German Propaganda Justifying Lusitania sinking

The sinking of 4 unarmed American ships led to a declaration of war

Cross-section of trench

Mud & water

How were portrayals of life in the trenches back home and the reality of fighting different?

Examples: “wheatless Monday’s” “meatless Tuesday’s” Organizing the War Effort Food: · Americans learned to conserve food for the soldiers.

· In order to support the troops “victory gardens” were grown by people throughout the nation.victory gardens

Objective- Day spi.5 Compare/Contrast life before and after the war.

Day 3 Read pgs Read pgs Fill in notes (after the war) Fill in notes (after the war) WB 96 – finish for Homework- possibly for a grade WB 96 – finish for Homework- possibly for a grade

Copy this into your notes Before WWI During/After WWI TransportationWeapons/TechnologyWomen (what they did/ how they were treated) Main transportation- trains Trench warfare Women could not vote. Jobs for women were limited. Cars, airplanes Trench warfare poison gas, tanks Women could vote- 19 th Amendment (1920) Took over the jobs that men left behind. New opportunities for jobs.

· Women took over the jobs of men fighting in the war. Woman In a Factory During World War I

Selective Service ActSelective Service Act (1917) – required all men from the age of 21 to 30 to register for the military draft World War I – The Draft Begins · By 1918, approximately 4 million Americans joined the armed forces.

Objective- Day spi.7- Interpret a primary reading sample.

Day 4 Collect WB 96 Collect WB 96 Read pg Read pg Read pg group/partner activity Read pg group/partner activity CW/HW: Study Guide for WWI Quiz CW/HW: Study Guide for WWI Quiz The quiz will be tomorrow! The quiz will be tomorrow!

President of WWI In US His Plan for after the war Fourteen promises, including freedom of the seas & a League of Nations to work for peace (1 st United Nations) President Woodrow Wilson

Study Guide for WWI Quiz 1. Why did the US enter WWI? 2. What were some new technologies/weapons used in the war? 3. How did the government persuade people to join the war? 4. How were people at home in the US affected by the war? 5. What was women’s role in the war? 6. Who was the President during WWI? 7. Plus, be able to read a map/timeline and answer questions. Answers on next slide Name:

Study Guide for WWI Quiz 1. Why did the US enter WWI? Germany attacked US ships 2. What were some new technologies/weapons used in the war? poison gas, tanks, trenches poison gas, tanks, trenches 3. How did the government persuade people to join the war? putting up posters putting up posters 4. How were people at home in the US affected by the war? people had to ration food people had to ration food 5. What was women’s role in the war? They took over jobs that the men left behind 6. Who was the President during WWI? Woodrow Wilson *Plus, be able to read a map/timeline and answer questions. *Plus, be able to read a map/timeline and answer questions. Answers

Women could not vote. Jobs for women were limited. Trench warfare Main transportation- trainsCars, airplanes Trench warfare poison gas, tanks Women could vote- 19 th Amendment (1920) Took over the jobs that men left behind. New opportunities for jobs.