1. Today we will be talking about…
WORLD WAR
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Stacked, 3-D text with center perspective
(Intermediate)
To reproduce the text effects on this slide, do the following:
On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.
On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, and then on the slide, drag to draw the text box.
Enter text in the text box, select the text, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, select Impact from the Font list, and then change the font size of each line so that the text is approximately the same width. For example, if you entered FIRST on the first line, SECOND on the second line, and THIRD on the third line (as shown on the slide), do the following:
Select the first line of text, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, enter 92 in the Font Size box.
Select the second line of text, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, enter 65 in the Font Size box.
Select the third line of text, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, enter 92 in the Font Size box.
Select all of the text. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Character Spacing, and then click More Spacing.
In the Font dialog box, on the Character Spacing tab, in the Spacing list, select Expanded. In the By box, enter 2.
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Center to center the text in the text box.
Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the WordArt Styles group, click the Format Text Effects dialog box launcher. In the Format Text Effects dialog box, click Text Fill in the left pane. Select Solid fill in the Text Fill pane, click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1, Lighter 15% (fifth row, second option from the left).
Also in the Format Text Effects dialog box, click 3-D Rotation in the left pane, click the button next to Presets in the 3-D Rotation pane, and then under Perspective click Perspective Front (first row, first option from the left).
Also in the Format Text Effects dialog box, click 3-D Format in the left pane, and then do the following in the 3-D Format pane:
Under Surface, click the button next to Material, and then under Standard click Matte (first row, first option from the left). Click the button next to Lighting, and then under Neutral click Balance (first row, second option from the left).
Under Depth, click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left). In the Depth box, enter 300 pt.
To reproduce the lines behind the text, do the following:
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangles, click Rectangle (first option from the left). On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click the arrow next to Shape Outline, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left).
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click the arrow next to Shape Fill, and then click No Fill.
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click the arrow next to Shape Outline, point to Weight, and then click More Lines.
In the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Style in the left pane. In the Line Style pane, in the Width box, enter 2 pt.
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, and then click Send to Back.
To reproduce the background on this slide, do the following:
Right-click the slide background area, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
Click the button next to Direction, and then click From Center (third option from the left).
In the Type list, select Radial.
Under Gradient stops, click Add or Remove until two stops appear in the drop-down list.
Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:
Select Stop 1 from the list, and then do the following:
In the Stop position box, enter 10%.
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left).
Select Stop 2 from the list, and then do the following:
In the Stop position box, enter 100%.
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1 (first row, second option from the left).

2. World War I 1914-1919 Allies vs. Central Powers Causes: M.A.N.I.A.
S.W.B.A.T.
Analyze the four main causes of WWI to compose a thesis statement as to which cause played the biggest role in starting the war.
World War I
Allies vs. Central Powers
Causes: M.A.N.I.A.
Effects:
New technology
Many casualties
Huge war debts
End of major empires
Treaty of Versailles leads
to WWII

3. 1910-1914 Increase in Defense Expenditures
S.W.B.A.T.
Analyze the four main causes of WWI to compose a thesis statement as to which cause played the biggest role in starting the war.
Militarism
Keeping armed forces prepared for war
Must have a strong military to be powerful
Creates arms race among European powers
Increase in Defense Expenditures
France
10%
Britain
13%
Russia
39%
Germany
73%

4. Alliances Military or economic friendship between countries
S.W.B.A.T.
Analyze the four main causes of WWI to compose a thesis statement as to which cause played the biggest role in starting the war.
Alliances
Military or economic friendship between countries
An attack on one country is an attack on all
Pre-War
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
During War
Central Powers
Allied Powers

5. Pre-War Alliances Triple Alliance Triple Entente Germany Britain
S.W.B.A.T.
Analyze the four main causes of WWI to compose a thesis statement as to which cause played the biggest role in starting the war.
Pre-War Alliances
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Germany
Britain
Austria-Hungary
France
Italy
Russia

6. Wartime Alliances Central Powers Allied Powers Germany Russia
S.W.B.A.T.
Analyze the four main causes of WWI to compose a thesis statement as to which cause played the biggest role in starting the war.
Wartime Alliances
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Britain
Ottoman Empire
France
Bulgaria
U.S. (1917)
China
Italy *
Japan

7. Nationalism Pride in one’s country
S.W.B.A.T.
Analyze the four main causes of WWI to compose a thesis statement as to which cause played the biggest role in starting the war.
Nationalism
Pride in one’s country
Industrial nations wanted to assert their power
Serbia and other Slavic groups wanted to be free of Austria-Hungary
France wanted territory lost to Germany back

8. S.W.B.A.T.
Analyze the four main causes of WWI to compose a thesis statement as to which cause played the biggest role in starting the war.
Imperialism
Stronger nation controls a weaker nation socially, politically, economically
Competition among Europeans for colonies in Africa & Asia caused conflict

9. Which cause had the biggest impact on starting WWI.
EXIT SLIP!
S.W.B.A.T.
Analyze the four main causes of WWI to compose a thesis statement as to which cause played the biggest role in starting the war.
EXIT
SLIP!
EXIT SLIP!
Your Task:
Compose an thesis statement that is supported by three pieces of textual evidence. Your thesis statement will be based on the following question:
Which cause had the biggest impact on starting WWI.