1. World War I Begins

2. Learning objective: You will be able to identify the four long term causes of WWI by taking notes and participating in a WWI simulation.
Standard: Students know the general chronological order of events and people in history.
Set: Essential questions:
1. What do you do when someone insults your friends?
2. What do you think a country should do when one of its allies is attacked?

3. Jeannette Rankin “I want to stand by my country but I cannot vote for war. I vote no.”

4. August 4th 1914 World War I began
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances

6. Nationalism The belief that your nation is the best.
Franco Prussian War France lost Alsace and Lorraine to Germany.
Russia was the protector of Slavic peoples
The Serbs from Serbia were independent
Serbs under Austria- Hungary were not
Poles and Czechs wanted own nations

7. Simulation Minister of State, Deputy Minister, military
Google Flag symbolism: create a flag for your nation
1. Bahkan
2. Caldonia
3.Morovia
4. Penland
5. Sandia
6. Yorkton

8. Imperialism Industrialized countries competed with each other
The Russo- Japanese War over Korea (Japan won)
France and Britain almost fought over colonies in Africa.

9. Militarism
The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
1890- Strongest nation was Germany (army reserve system)
Great Britain was not concerned
1898 Wilhelm II- major sea power
France, Italy, Japan, and the U.S. joined the race

10. Alliance System (color map)
If one went to war they all went.
The Triple Entente/ Allies- France, Great Britain, and Russia.
Russia and Serbia
The Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Italy later becomes an Allie
Central powers- Triple alliance with Ottoman Empire

11. The Great Spark
The Balkan Peninsula- Black, Adriatic, Mediterranean, and Aegean Seas
Russia- Wanted an outlet to Mediterranean
Germany wanted to build a railroad to the Ottoman Empire
Austria Hungary- Annexed Bosnia in 1908
Serbia was against the annexation

12. June 28th 1914- Sarajevo Capital of Bosnia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip- The Black Hand
July 28th Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
Russia sent in troops to help Serbia
Germany declared war on Russia

13. Germany declared war on France
Great Britain declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary

14. Count Alfred von Schlieffen- 1905

15. Trench Warfare- No man’s land, Poison Gas
WWI Mustard Gas Attack (western front)
First Battle of the Somme (Sawm) British lost 60,000 men
A stalemate

16. American Neutrality American Neutrality 3,000 miles away
Still had ties with Europe
Sympathy for Great Britain
Germany “the bully of Europe”
Economic ties
U.S. ships goods to allies
Marilyn Horne - I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier

22. Andrew Mckinney Casualties 320,518
1. Battle of Vimy Ridge 9 April 1917: 19%
2. Second Battle of the Aisne 16 April 1917: 39%
3. Battle of Messines 7 June 1917: 68%
4. Third Battle of Ypres 31 July 1917: 29%
5. Third Battle of Ypres(2) Open 31 July 1917: 5%
6. Battle of Passchendaele 31 July 1917: 60%
7. Battle of Cambrai 20 November 1917: 84%

23. Frank Buckles 110years old (died 2011)

24. 1. To ensure allied repayment
2. Keep Germans from U.S. shipping
The British blockade- Contraband
750,000 Germans starved

25. Unterseeboot “U- boats”

26. 75,000 killed
The Lusitania- 128 Americans died
The Arabic- 2 Americans died
The Sussex- Americans died
Lift blockade or U-boat warfare

27. The Election of 1916 Wilson V. Hughes “He kept us out of war”
Wilson tried to end the war- Peace among equals
No harsh terms
The League of peace
Reduce armaments

28. U- Boats will sink all ships
The Zimmermann note- Germany will get back Mexico’s land
4 ships sunk- 36 U.S. dead
Russians overthrew czarist regime
War of democracies against brutal monarchies
Progressivism speech

29. Pg Q 1-3
Shell shock
BBC - History - World Wars: Shell Shock during World War One
1 paragraph on: Battlefield breaking points
1 paragraph on: Medical symptoms
1 paragraph on: Defining trauma
1 paragraph on: Possible Cures