1. Chapter 6, Lesson 3: Reading Guide
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Becoming a World Power
Chapter 6, Lesson 3: Reading Guide

2. Lesson 3: World War I Vocabulary to know:
World War I (aka The Great War)
nationalism
alliance
isolationism
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
You should be able to…
Relate the causes of WWI and identify the countreis of the Allied Powers and Central Powers
Explain issues of isolation and the reasons for US involvement in the war
Discuss the technology used in warfare as they affected society
Describe the impact of the war at home and world-wide

3. A Gathering Storm
How do Americans behave when we sing the national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner”?
What happens when the pledge is said?
How do you feel when you hear that America is Number 1 in the world at something?
What word do you see inside “nationalism”? (Nation)
What makes people sign up for dangerous jobs in the military?
All of these things should bring out feelings of pride in your country….this is called nationalism.

4. Nationalism, or love for one’s OWN country.
A Gathering Storm
What brought on a war that would involve many countries fighting against each other?
Alliances between different countries that agreed to have each other’s backs if they ever got attacked.
Rivalry among competing nations.
Nationalism, or love for one’s OWN country.

5. It begins…. Study the map on page 273
Locate the countries of SERBIA and AUSTRIA- HUNGARY
What do you notice about the sizes of the two countries?
What happened to START the war?

6. It begins…. In 1914, Austria-Hungary believed that it owned Serbia.
Serbia wanted it’s own independence.
On June 28, 1914 a Serbian nationalist (Gavril Princip) and others assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife during a parade!
Austria-Hungary then declared war on Serbia!

7. Choosing Sides
Russia was friends with Serbia, so it joined in it’s defense.
Germany was in friends with Austria-Hungary, so it joined in.
France is Russia’s friend, so it made a Germany sandwich!
Germany didn’t like being “sandwiched” between Russia and France, so it got it’s friend The Ottoman Empire.
Germany needed to go through Belgium to get to France, so they asked Belgium “whose side are you on?”
Belgium said, “We don’t know, but you can’t come through here!” So Germany said, “Well, we declare war on you!”
And now you have many countries involved in the war! Hence the name The Great War

8. Trench Warfare and Poison Gas
Read the last two paragraphs on page 274 silently to yourself.
What would you predict happened to soldiers who crossed into no-man’s land and charged at the enemy’s trenches?

9. Inventor Garrett Morgan
On July 25, 1916, Garrett Morgan made national news for using his gas mask to rescue 32 men trapped during an explosion in an underground tunnel 250 feet beneath Lake Erie. The Morgan gas mask was later refined for use by U.S. Army during World War I.

10. Isolationism: the policy of staying out of other’s business
What does it mean to be ISOLATED?
Why would the US want to stay neutral in this war?
Locate a world map in the atlas section in the back of your book.
Locate the US, and then locate the countries that are involved in the Great War.
What do you notice?
Turn and Talk!

11. The US enters the war
On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the British passenger ship, the Lusitania. It had more than 100 United States citizens aboard who died!

12. The Zimmerman Note
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.
Why is this now enough to make the US involved?
Mexico

13. Woodrow Wilson: president during wwi
Read the last paragraph on page 275 in your textbook.
What reason does Wilson give for bringing the US into the war?
Entering the war would make the world “safe for democracy”.

14. America at war!
Why was General Pershing a good choice to lead the American forces in Europe?
a. He was a high ranking soldier
b. He had recently fought in the Spanish-American war
He had many medals.
He was old.
General John J. Pershing

15. America at war!
Eddie Rickenbacker was a great fighter pilot because he shot down 22 German planes and 4 enemy observation balloons.
What do you call a fight in the air between two fighter pilots and their planes?
arial maneuvers
plane battles
dog fights
ace fights
WWI Ace fighter pilot, Eddie Rickenbacker

16. America at war! Turn and Talk!
Read the last two paragraphs on page 276 of your textbook.
What made Alvin C. York’s performance in the war so remarkable?
Turn and Talk!
Alvin C. York

17. New Technologies
Name three new technologies that were used in World War I. Look on page 277!

18. War’s Impact at Home
On your paper, name three examples of how the war affected American lives at home.
I have this song on my iphone!
Play song “Over There”

19. The War Ends What is an armistice?
What holiday do we celebrate today that marked the end of fighting in WWI?
I have this song on my iphone!

20. In Flanders Fields Read the poem on page 279.
What point of view is the poem written?
What do you think the torch mentioned in the last stanza represents?
I have this song on my iphone!