1. Quick Fire
Take a look at the chart of WWI deaths…
Take a look at land and sea on this map. Make a prediction which side will win WWI. Explain your reasoning.
Before the USA entered WWI, it was virtually a tie between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers.
Based on this chart, why might the USA have tipped the balance in favor of the Allied Powers?

2. Quick Fire
How might the use of the new airplane during WWI have changed the way wars are fought?

3. Daily Goals Content: Literacy: Social:
We will understand the USA tipped the balance in favor of the Allied Powers in WWI
We will understand why WWI is considered the first “modern war.”
Literacy:
We will use our book and work packet to participate in Tic-Attack-Toe as a section review. We will use this review to check our work on section 2 of our unit packet.
Social:
Raise hands and wait to be called on
Stay on-task in teams
Work with a reasonable level of noise
Follow directions

4. Section #2 Wrap-up! We are going to play a game of Tic-Attack-Toe!
Get out your unit packets. You should use this review to check your answers on pages 1-2.
Everyone should grab a textbook and open to p
The class will be divided into two teams.
Try to get three in a row to win the round!
Everyone will get a turn to answer a question.

5. Meet your teams! Team X: Team O: Are you talking to U.S.? What an
In-Sultan!

6. 1st Board: Tic-Attack-Toe!
Go to Board #2
The Draft
Americans in the War
U.S. Shipping
Modern Warfare
End of WWI
WWI Airplanes
Who Served in WWI?
U.S. Forces
WWI Facts

7. 2nd Board: Tic-Attack-Toe!
Go to Board #1
The Draft
Americans in the War
U.S. Shipping
Modern Warfare
End of WWI
WWI Airplanes
Who Served in WWI?
U.S. Forces
WWI Facts

8. Question
The U.S. needed to raise an army. Why were many members of Congress opposed to the draft?
Reveal Answer!

9. Answer #1
Congress wanted to sign up volunteers before they started forcing people to join the military through the draft.
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10. Question
What was one of the main contributions of the American troops to the war?
Reveal Answer!

11. Answer Back to Game Board! #4
The U.S. entry into the war brought fresh numbers, supplies, and enthusiasm to the Allied cause.
Before the U.S. entry into the war, it was a virtual tie between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.
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12. Question What is the Convoy System?
How did it cut U.S. shipping loses?
Reveal Answer!

13. Answer #3
The Convoy system was where U.S. battleships escorted merchant ships across the Atlantic.
It helped cut losses, because the battleships could protect the merchant ships against German submarine attacks.
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14. Question
WWI is known as the first “modern war.” What were the new weapons of war?
Reveal Answer!

15. Answer Back to Game Board! #6A-E Machine Gun Tanks Airplanes
Airships (Zeppelins)
Observation Balloons
Long Range Guns/Heavy Artillery
Poison Gas
Aerial Bombs/Torpedoes
Submarines (U-boats)
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16. Question Describe the end of the war and how/why it ended?
Who abdicated (gave up the throne)?
Reveal Answer!

17. Answer
#9/10
Austria-Hungary surrendered. The German military rebelled against Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. German Socialists took over the capital and setup a German republic, kicking the Kaiser out of Germany.
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18. Question Who was America’s most celebrated flying ace (fighter pilot)?
Reveal Answer!

19. Answer #8 Eddie Rickenbacker was a famous
Racecar driver before the war. It
Only takes 5 enemy planes to
Become an “Ace.” Rickenbacker
Downed at least 26 German
Fighters.
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20. Question
How many women served in WWI for the USA?
Reveal Answer!

21. Answer
#16
16,000 women served. Most in non-combat roles, such as medics, nurses, cooks, and Red Cross.
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22. Question Who was the U.S Commander of the American forces?
Reveal Answer!

23. Answer
#13 Gen. John “Blackjack” Pershing
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24. Question How many U.S. men registered for the draft during WWI?
Reveal Answer!

25. Answer
#14
24 million!
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26. Question
Reveal Answer!

27. Answer
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28. Question How was the WWI draft different from the Civil War draft?
Reveal Answer!

29. Answer
#2The Civil War draft included many groups not previously drafted, such as African-Americans.
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30. Question The Americans entered the war:
List the battles they participated in:
Reveal Answer!

31. Answer #5A-F 3rd Battle of the Ypres, July-Nov. 1917
Cantigny, May 1918
Chateau-Thierry, June 1918
2nd Battle of the Marne, July-August 1918
St. Mihiel, Sept. 1918
Meuse-Argonne, Sept.-Nov. 1918
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32. Question
What was an “interrupter?” Why was it invented for airplanes during WWI?
Reveal Answer!

33. Answer #7 Plane propellers got in the way of gunfire.
The interrupter timed the machine gun to fire between the rotating propeller blades.
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34. Question WWI ended at a very memorable time. What was it?
Reveal Answer!

35. Answer
#11
WWI ended at the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month, in 1918.
11:00, November 11, 1918
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36. Question
Who was the most famous flying ace (fighter pilot) for the Germans during WWI?
Reveal Answer!

37. Answer The Red Baron, after his bright red plane.
He had 80 confirmed kills.
He commanded a feared squad of top German fighters, known as the “Flying Circus.”
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38. Question What was unique about the U.S. 369th Infantry Regiment?
Reveal Answer!

39. Answer
#17
Also known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” they were an all-black combat regiment. They saw the most frontline action of any U.S. regiment in the war.
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40. Question
What was the nickname of American soldiers who fought in Europe during WWI?
Reveal Answer!

41. Answer
#12
Doughboys:
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42. Question How many men were actually drafted by the USA during WWI?
Reveal Answer!

43. Answer
3 million were drafted, 2 million saw action. The war ended before we could mobilize the last 1 million.
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44. Question
Besides the Convoy System, what else did the U.S. navy do to protect U.S. ships crossing the Atlantic?
Reveal Answer!

45. Answer #3
The U.S. Navy helped lay an underwater minefield in the North Sea between Britain and Norway to prevent German submarines from breaking out into the Atlantic.
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