1. What was the fighting like?
Brain Jogger
What do you know about World War I?
How it started?
What was the fighting like?
How did it end?

2. World War I to the End of the Cold War
Europe in Chaos:
World War I to the End of the Cold War

3. 1910-1914 Increase in Spending for Military
Causes of World War I
Natural Resources from Colonies
Nationalism
The love of one’s country
Militarism
Using strong armies and threat of War
Alliances
Agreement between countries
Increase in Spending for Military
France
10%
Britain
13%
Russia
39%
Germany
73%

4. Discussion Question: Think, Pair, Share
Which of these causes do you think it would be easiest to go back and change? Hardest?

5. What is the artist trying to say?

6. The First World War: (Don’t Write)
Why?
Short term - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his Wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg one hour before their deaths, June 28, 1914

7. Alliances in WWI

8. Causes of World War I - Alliances
Triple Entente:
Triple Alliance:
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Tension
Italy
Russia

9. How was the War fought? Trench Warfare Airplanes Tanks Gas
Submarines (U-boats)

10. Why did it take so long for America to get involved in the war?
(Don’t Write)
America was isolationist
“Why should I get involved in someone else’s problems”

11. What did it take to get the US involved?
1. Blockades
Lusitania torpedoed, sinking with 1200 passengers and crew (including 128 Americans)
2. Unlimited Submarine Warfare
1917 Germany announced “unlimited submarine warfare” in the war zone
US intercepted a note from Germany to Mexico,
3. Zimmerman Note
It promised Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona back in return for an alliance

12. Think, Pair, Share
Is isolationism really an option for a country as powerful as the United States?

13. Brain Jogger How do you think Nationalism contributed to WWI?
What were the two sides during WWI?
What was the time period for WWI?

14. Brain Pop
World War I
Causes of World War II

15. Effect of WWI / Causes of WWII
Both
Treaty of Versailles
Worldwide depression (Germany)
Rise of Nazism

16. Let’s Review! Timeline on page 168 in Blue book!
What were the effects of World War I?
How do you think these contributed to the start of World War II?

17. Treaty of Versailles Armistice was signed
Armistice: an agreement to stop fighting
January 1919 Allied Powers met at the Paris Peace conference
The Treaty of Versailles
Germany had to admit blame for war
Germany Lost territory
Germany had to pay for damages

18. Pro Treaty: British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Italian Foreign Minister Giorgio Sonnino, French premier Georges Clemenceau, and U.S. president Woodrow Wilson

19. Protest outside the Paris Peace conference…What language is on the posters?

20. Worldwide Depression
Roaring 20s- celebration and positive outlook following the WWI
1929-Stock market Crashes
Farmland had been destroyed during WWI
Job Loss, Businesses closed, loss of land
Germany hit x2

21. Primary Source
Let’s read Mr. Jones’ Story in the coach book on page 165…sound familiar?

24. Rise of Nazism Adolf Hitler offers a solution with his Nazi Party:
Blame the Treaty
Blame the Jewish People

25. Why do you think Hitler blamed the Jewish People?
Think, Pair, Share
Why do you think Hitler blamed the Jewish People?

26. Other Developments Russian Revolution of 1917
Czar: absolute ruler of Russia
Russians struggled to get what they needed during the war
Riots erupted
The Czar is overthrown
Vladimir Lenin and the Communists take control through violence

28. Brain POP
Communism

29. World War II:

30. The Sides Allies Axis Britain France U.S. Soviet Union China Japan
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
Soviet Union
China
Axis
Japan
Germany
Italy

32. Rise of Dictators
Germany- Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin

33. The Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin takes over in the 1920s and Russia is now known as the Soviet Union.

34. Hitler 1930s- unite the German race Builds up military and weapons
1938-German soldiers march on Austria
September 1, Invasion of Poland

35. Brain POP
Hitler
World War II

36. The End of World War II 1940: France Surrenders
1942: Germany tries to capture the Soviet City of Stalingrad and fails
1944: D-Day: Invasion of Normandy in Northern France.
April 30th: Hitler Commits suicide
1945:U.S. drops atomic bomb over Japan

40. Think, Pair, Share
Europe and the world had just gone through some pretty wild Chaos. How do you think they felt?

42. Brain Jogger
Why did Hitler focus on the Jewish people during the Holocaust?
What was a consequence of WWII?
Explain the political cartoon (2 sentences):

43. Effects of World War II/Causes of Cold War
Partition of Germany
The Rise of Super Powers-(Cold War)
Spread of Communism-(Soviet Union& China)

44. Partition of Germany
Germany is divided by the Allies: U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union and France.
Berlin was suppose to be rebuilt together, but tension led to a wall being built.

45. Super Powers: countries with power that can be used over other countries
United States
Soviet Union
Possession of Nuclear Weapons
Capitalism: citizens control the economy
Democracy: citizens elect leaders
Possession of Nuclear Weapons
Communism: government controls the economy
Dictatorship: citizens do not have influence over government

46. The Spread of Communism

48. Brain Jogger 10/21 What is a super power?
What two countries were super powers after World War II? Why?
What did these two powers disagree about?

49. Cold War Vocabulary Communism Capitalism Iron Curtain Arms Race
Berlin Wall
NATO
Bloc

50. The Cold War 1945-1990 Western bloc Eastern bloc
U.S., France, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, Netherlands, West Germany
Capitalism
Democracy
Want to reunite Germany
Soviet Union, Ukraine, Poland, East Germany
Communism
Dictatorship
Want control of the countries behind the iron curtain

51. The Collapse of the Soviet Union (Effects of the Cold War)
Soviet Union’s economy is failing.
Mikhail Gorbachev- leader of SU, begins to reduce government control.
SU cannot keep up with US spending on Military.
1989 the Berlin Wall is torn down and Germany is reunified. (German Reunification)

52. Let’s Act it out! (map page 348)
Setting: WWI:
Characters:
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, and Russia
Plot:
Serbia wanted control of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serb shot Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne
Russian supported Serbia and Germany supported Austria-Hungary and other alliances joined in!

53. Ticket out the Door
What is a bloc and what were the two blocs during the Cold War?
Why was the Cold War “cold”?
What is the difference between communism and capitalism?
What divided eastern and western Europe during the Cold War?