1. March 21st, 2011 WWI starts today!
TURN IN PACKETS AND TIMELINES IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON THURSDAY!
MAKE UP QUIZZES WILL BE TOMORROW!

2. Value walk #2
A COUNTRY WHICH HAS AN ALLIANCE WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY SHOULD ALWAYS SUPPORT ITS ALLY, EVEN IF IT MEANS GOING TO WAR.

3. Deep Thought Question DO NOT WRITE Q
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having alliances with other countries?
RANDOM FACT: When a lobster loses an eye, it can grow another one.

4. DEEP THOUGHT QUESTION -- March 12th, 2013
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE THE QUESTION
AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AND EXPLAIN YOUR POSITION…
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS SUPPORT A FRIEND, NO MATTER WHAT ACTION THEY HAVE DONE

5. Random fact of the day
When a lobster loses an eye, it can grow another one.

6. Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark. What a sissy.
Random Fact of the Day
Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark. What a sissy.

7. Describe the event which sparked the beginning of World War I.
I CAN…
Correctly match the countries which belonged to different alliances at the beginning of World War I.
Describe the event which sparked the beginning of World War I.

8. MANIA – The Causes of WWI
Militarism Alliances Nationalism Imperialism Assassination

9. The -isms
Nationalism: the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation rather than to a king or an empire
Imperialism: a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially
Militarism: a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

10. Alliance system had been designed to keep peace in Europe.
Tangled Alliances
Growing rivalries and mutual distrust led to the creation of several military alliances.
Alliance system had been designed to keep peace in Europe.
Instead, it helped push the continent to war.

11. Prime Minister of Germany
Remember this guy…
Otto von Bismarck
Prime Minister of Germany

13. Bismarck Forges Early Pacts
Bismarck had used war to unify Germany.
He then turned his energy to maintaining peace in Europe.
Bismarck felt that France still wanted revenge for the Franco-Prussian War.
Threat to peace
Bismarck wanted to isolate France.
Formed alliance with Austria-Hungary.
Later Italy joined.
Russia soon signed a treaty with Germany.

15. Shifting Alliances Threaten Peace
Kaiser Wilhelm II forced Bismarck to resign as Prime Minister.
Wilhelm let treaty with Russia lapse.
Russia responded by forming an alliance with France.
Bismarck’s biggest fear.
If Germany went to war with either, they would have to fight on two fronts.

16. Triple Entente
Wilhelm II began a shipbuilding program to compete with the British navy.
British became scared and formed an alliance with France.
Britain made another alliance with both France and Russia – Triple Entente.
Assured that Britain would not fight against France or Russia.

17. The Triple Alliance
ITALY
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
GERMANY
OTTOMAN EMPIRE

18. The Triple ENTENTE (Allies)
FRANCE
SERBIA
RUSSIA
GREAT BRITAIN

21. Video on Franz Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria-Hungary, the next in line to the throne in A-H
Took a trip with his wife to Sarajevo

22. March 13th, 2013 SIT WHERE YOU WANT AT THE START.
WRITE THE Q AND YOUR ANSWER
What countries made up the Triple Alliance?
A. Germany, France, Russia
B. France, Russia, Great Britain
C. Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy
D. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?
A. An ultimatum presented to Serbia in response to royal assassinations.
B. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
C. Austria’s rejection of Serbia’s offer and declaration of war on Serbia.
D. Russia’s mobilization of troops along the Austrian border.

23. Match the country with its side
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Russia
France
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary

24. Random fact of the day
An octopus sometimes eats its own arm.

25. MANIA – The Causes of WWI
Militarism Alliances Nationalism Imperialism Assassination

26. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & His Family

27. The Assassination: Sarajevo

28. The Assassin:
Gavrilo Princip

29. Options to Seek Peace Give land away (redraw the boundaries of Europe)
Give money away
Make trade agreements
Rework alliances
YOU CANNOT GO AGAINST THE WISHES OF YOUR GOVERNMENT ON YOUR SHEET
YOU CANNOT SHOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO OTHER COUNTRIES!

31. Questions How successful were your war strategies?
What country seemed to be most guilty of starting World War I?
What advantages/disadvantages come from an alliance system?