1. Bellringer: 2/7 & 2/8 SIT CLOSE TO YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT!
1. Take out your phone/tablet/laptop and open the Socrative Student app. If you don’t have the app, go to:
2. The ROOM NAME for Socrative is: CQJGKHIF6
3. Take out your WWI vocab while you are waiting for the activity to start.
4. You will need to wait for the quiz to be opened. In the meantime, write down your HW:
Study for your WWI vocab quiz NEXT CLASS!

2. Done with your SOL Quiz?
1. Take out your WWI vocab so we can review them with you.

3. Agenda: 2/7 & 2/8 1. Bellringer/SOL Quiz #1 2. Vocab Review: WWI
3. Notes: Fronts/Weapons of WWI
4. Booklet: Weapons of WWI
5. Kahoot Vocab Review (time-permitting)

4. Fronts of World War I

5. Fronts of WWI: 1. Western Front 2. Gallipoli 3. Eastern Front
4. Italian Front
5. War at Sea

6. Reading: Fronts of WWI
With the person next to you, read through the “Fronts of WWI” packet to learn about what is going on in different parts of Europe during the First World War.
We will spend ~10-15 minutes on this.

8. Weapons of World War I

12. WWI Ushers in New Weapons
What do you see here? Why might the soldiers be wearing gas masks? How are machine guns different from older guns? How might machine guns affect military strategy?

13. 1. Machine guns/tanks Much more accurate than previous firearms
Information:
Mainly used by…
Much more accurate than previous firearms
Shoot more bullets at a faster pace = larger casualties
Tanks = intimidating but fall into trenches, get stuck
Machine guns on top of tanks
Flamethrowers on tanks, too
All countries in the war (except maybe Russia!)
Machine gun
Grenades
Aircraft
Submarines
Chemical Warfare

15. Adaptation of machine gun: Flamethrowers Kleinflammenwerfer Grossflammenwerfer

16. 2. Grenades Used in close combat  tossed from trench-to-trench in WWI
Information:
Who used it most?
Used in close combat  tossed from trench-to-trench in WWI
A grenadier = would race across “no-man’s land” and then throw a grenade into each trench he passed
Explodes = causes damage, death
Germany first
Then Allies
Machine gun
Grenades
Aircraft
Submarines
Chemical Warfare

17. 3. Aircraft First used to scout enemy movements from the sky
Information:
Used mostly by…
First used to scout enemy movements from the sky
WWI progresses  eventually used to drop bombs
Plane-vs-plane fights = dogfights
Airplanes by Germany & Britain
Zeppelins by Germany
First used to observe enemy troop movements “scouting.”
As technology developed throughout WWI, planes became faster and more capable of carrying heavy bomb loads.
Pilots known as “flying aces” confronted one another in mid-air battles known as “dogfights.”
In 1915, Germany used zeppelins, large gas filled balloons to bomb the English coast.

18. Zeppelins

21. 4. Submarines Used as part of navy
Information:
Who used it most?
Used as part of navy
Primarily used by Germany to sink Allied (Triple Entente) ships
Curtailed by use of Allied navy escorts
Germany (with its U-boats)
Machine gun
Grenades
Aircraft
Submarines
Chemical Warfare

22. German U-Boats

24. 5. Chemical warfare Weapon used to harm/kill
Information:
Used mostly by…
Weapon used to harm/kill
Could cause people to choke, burn, etc.
Unpredictable (go with wind)
First by Germans, then Allies, too
First used to observe enemy troop movements “scouting.”
As technology developed throughout WWI, planes became faster and more capable of carrying heavy bomb loads.
Pilots known as “flying aces” confronted one another in mid-air battles known as “dogfights.”
In 1915, Germany used zeppelins, large gas filled balloons to bomb the English coast.

26. WWI was supposed to be a “quick war,” but with daily advances in technology most battles ended in stalemate with tens to hundreds of thousands of soldiers dying…

27. Booklet: Weapons of WWI
Using the information from your notes as well as your phones and the laptop available, please research info about the 5 new weapons first used in WWI.
You will be able to use this as a study guide while preparing for your WWI mini-test on 2/17 (3rd) and 2/21 (5th).