1. WHAT WAS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF WORLD WAR I ?

2. TASK
Students are to write a five paragraph essay in which they identify the major causes of World War I.

3. RESOURCES This PowerPoint WW I Background Packet
Packet of WW I primary documents
Essay template from website
Internet

4. PROCESS Complete Primary Sources Packet
Complete guided essay outline/template and write essay
Either send final draft to or “share” to Google Classroom
Due date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018

5. Primary Sources Packet
Analyze Documents
Source?
Primary or Secondary?
Describe it (3-5 sentence)
Explain how it relates to WW I ( 5-7 sentences)

6. Guided Essay Outline/Template

7. Causes
Several of the documents and the back ground essay supplied can be used in various ways as evidence to describe causes for WW I
The following slides offer just a few examples:
Remember you only need three causes for the purposes of your paper

8. Cause: Nationalism Evidence: Document A –Alliance Map
Document B- Political Cartoon
Document D-Bulow’s letter
Document E- The “British Octopus” cartoon

9. Cause : Alliances Evidence: Document A –Alliance Map
Document B- Political Cartoon
Document C- Armaments Chart

10. Cause: Arms Race Evidence: Document C- Armaments Chart
Document D-Bulow’s letter
Document E- The “British Octopus” cartoon

11. Cause: Imperialism Evidence Document D-Bulow’s letter
Document E- The “British Octopus” cartoon
Document F- colonial Empires Chart

12. Cause: Militarism Evidence: Document A –Alliance Map
Document C- Armaments Chart
Document D-Bulow’s letter

13. Possible “Hook” # 1
World War I was one of history’s great tragedies. It lasted for four years and claimed million lives. What were the undying causes of the wars?

14. Possible “Hook” # 2
Otto von Bismarck once said that a great war might someday be caused by “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans”- That foolish thing was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and it was indeed the spark that started WW I

15. Possible “Hook” # 3
In 1914 Europe went to war with itself. Entire high school graduating classes of young English, French, German, and Russian soldiers died fighting one another along the Western and Eastern Fronts. The war took millions of combatants and civilian lives. How did this happen?

16. Possible “Hook” # 4
In 1918, European confidence was badly shaken. Ten million soldiers had died, another 20 million had been wounded. Empires lay in tatters. Writers wrote of broken dreams. What went wrong? What led to this disaster?