1. Learning Target: I can analyze multiple primary source documents to understand the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Do Now:
What were the causes of World War I?
Take out WWI E.q. homework from last week

2. Agenda Check EQ- Was World War I inevitable? Review causes of WWI
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

3. Countries Involved

4. WWI Alliances Austria-Hungary Germany Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Serbia
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Serbia
Russia
France
Great Britain
Italy
U.S. (neutral at start of war)

5. Franz Ferdinand
In the summer of 1914, Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie accepted an invitation to visit the capital of Bosnia, Sarajevo.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand gave the hardliners in Austria-Hungary the opportunity to take action against Serbia and put an end to their fight for independence.

6. Gavrilo Princip Serbian nationalist.
Health was poor from an early age. (Tuberculosis)
Part of a terrorist network called the “Black Hand.”

7. Activity
Analyze both Primary Source documents on The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
As a group, analyze the primary sources and answer the questions that follow.

8. Questions
Archduke Side
Princip side
Why was there enormous enthusiasm when World War I broke out in 1914?
Why did the author's father say he would try everything to stop the war?
Why do you think the Emperor Franz Joseph says he "knows it will end badly"?
According to Princip why was Ferdinand an enemy to the South Slavs?
Why is Princip not sorry for killing Ferdinand?

9. Video Link

10. Essential Question
Determine the greatest cause of World War I.