1. Big Question: WWI: The Great War 1914- 1918
What were the causes of WWI and how did the war mark a major change in the progression of history into the modern world?

2. World War I Vocabulary Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism
Archduke Ferdinand
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Fourteen Points
Central Powers
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Trench Foot
War Bonds
Allied Powers
Woodrow Wilson
*Totalitarianism
Armistice
Propaganda
Weaponry
*Mobilization
Red Scare
Great Migration
Munitions Factory
Victory Gardens
Schleiffen Plan
Trench Warfare

3. War Breaks Out in Europe
What were the causes of The Great War?
Lusitania
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
M.A.I.N.

4. Trench Warfare: Table Activity

5. New Weapons in WWI http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm
Enter PHOTO Gallery
Click on WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT
Research and print pictures of the New Weapons in WW I
U-boat
Machine gun
Tank
Poison gas
Airplane
PASTE onto page in ISN

6. America Joins the Fight
How did America affect World War I?

7. Convoy System

9. Coded message Activity
Create a “message” in code in response to the Zimmerman telegram
You are writing to Great Britain’s prime minister: David Lloyd George.
You are the ambassador from the US: George Marshall
At least 2 sentences.
Create an “alphabet” with numbers, symbols, etc.

10. “Decode” With partner, decode another “partner” groups message.
Write it on the half sheet of paper.
Answer these questions on same paper.
What was easy about the code?
What was the most difficult?
Give back to partner group and they will correct it.
Hand in with code, coded message, answer key, and half sheet all stapled with NAMES on front

11. Life on the Home Front
How did World War I affect America?

12. Poster Activity
Research propaganda war posters using these links or find one on your own.
Find one you like and “copy” it to a word doc.
Bottom half of word doc: Answer all questions:
Write your opinion on how “persuasive” it is.
What “grabbed” your attention?
Why would the image or words get you to support the war?
How does the poster make you feel?
Fill out Studying Posters and staple it to poster.
Print it out. DUE TODAY
When done:
Research the Swine Flu of Write a summary.