1. Warm – Up: In your groups answer the following
1) What were the 4 MAIN causes of WWI?
2) What events led to the US getting involved in WWI?
3) What changed in the United States of America during WWI?

2. World War I
Unit 5 Chapter 7 Lesson 3

3. Changes in Combat
New technology emerged during WWI that made it a very bloody war
Old and new strategies combined on the battle field
Tanks in the West and Horses in the East

4. What was trench warfare?
Series of trenches dug in the ground to avoid enemy fire.
Resulted in a STALEMATE because neither side could gain any land.
Dirty, disease ridden (lice, trench foot), lots of death.
The average lifespan in the trenches was only a few weeks.
No Man’s Land

5. Turn and talk – what do you see?

6. New war = New Technology
poison gas, machine gun, gas masks, zeppelins, airplanes, barbed wire, grenades, tanks, U-boats, land mines, flame throwers

7. Over there – Video clip
2 million troops marched into the Western Front Stalemate
Nicknamed “doughboys” (inexperienced, eager)
As US troops roll in Russia pulls out of the war (Russian Revolution)

8. What happened at The end of the War ?
***Treaty of Versailles lays groundwork for WWII***
Very harsh to Germany
President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
Eliminate causes of war (less militaries / free seas)
Self-determination
#14 = League of Nations

9. ***Henry Cabot Lodge and Senate reject treaty – prefer isolationism***

10. Todays activity – Primary Source Analysis
Look at the pictures on the slide show and answer the accompanying pictures
Answers must be relevant and in sentence form
I will collect – please put on a separate sheet of paper

11. 1) What do you see in the picture (people, tools, images etc)?
2) What do you think was happening at the moment this picture was taken?
3) What does this picture teach us about the War?
4) What questions do you have for the photographer?
PICTURE #1

12. 1) What do you see in the picture (people, tools, images etc)?
2) What do you think was happening at the moment this picture was taken?
3) What does this picture teach us about the War?
4) What questions do you have for the photographer?
PICTURE #2

13. 1) What do you see in the picture (people, tools, images etc)?
2) What do you think was happening at the moment this picture was taken?
3) What does this picture teach us about the War?
4) What questions do you have for the photographer?
PICTURE #3

14. 1) What do you see in the picture (people, tools, images etc)?
2) What do you think happened to this man before the 2nd picture was taken?
3) What does this picture teach us about the War?
4) What questions do you have for the photographer?
PICTURE #4

15. 1) What do you see in the picture (people, tools, images etc)?
2) What do you think was happening at the moment this picture was taken?
3) What does this picture teach us about the War?
4) What questions do you have for the photographer?
PICTURE #5

16. Reading Activity – A Flawed Peace (197-199)
1) Create a graphic organizer like the one below and highlight Wilson’s 14 Points
2) Complete following word web (include at least 5 points)
3) What reasons did the Senate give for rejecting the
Treaty of Versailles?
1st Five Points
Next 8 Points
14th point
Treaty of Versailles

17. More Pictures