1. Free Write
“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing. To win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.”
Agatha Christie

2. Causes of World War I
IMPERIALISM
NATIONALISM
MILITARISM
ENTANGLING ALLIANCES

3. IMPERAILISM Rivalry among European powers to conquer internationally.
Africa & Asia

4. NATIONALISM A feeling of devotion and pride to one’s country.
Creates national rivalries
War painted in romantic picture
Survival of the fittest
“It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country”

5. MILITARISM Rush to increase military power
Propaganda posters requesting enlistment.
Build up of munitions.
Young males rushed to enlist and prove their manhood.
Militarism sets the stage for a massive European war

6. Brute = German Kaiser Wilhelm II

13. ENTANGLING ALLIANCES
Secret pacts and treaties were made. The start of war between two countries would lead to war with many countries.

16. Franz Ferdinand
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand showed the danger of entangling alliances and onset the Great War.

18. Black Hand Gavrilo Princip

19. What type of fighting took place in the First World War?

20. Pictures of trench warfare

34. Machine Gun

35. Barbed wire

36. Barbed wire

37. Barbed wire

38. Mustard Gas

40. Artillery

42. Dreadnought

43. WWI fighter planes

44. Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen 80 confirmed kills

45. Shoulder to shoulder all the way to the sea
Schlieffen Plan
Shoulder to shoulder all the way to the sea

46. Misconception Everyone expected a short war
Didn’t realize that technological changes coupled with Nationalism would lead to a long & bloody war.
Stalemate was eminent. Led to a War of Attrition.
War of Attrition = war in which single battle victory does not determine outcome of war. Each side trying to outlast the other. Wait for one side to run out of resources and seek a peace treaty. High casualty rate.
Resources = food, money, munitions, soldiers, etc.

48. Western Front

50. Life in the Trenches Letter Project
Describe and explain the Entangling Alliances that caused World War I
Describe everyday life in the trenches (Use your handout) Be sure to explain trench foot and shell shock
Describe Weapons that you are using use handout be sure to discuss the use of gas and its effects. (Machine guns, tanks, gas and their effects)

51. Battle of Verdun
Bloody battle to break stalemate. 500,000 soldiers killed.
Belgium
Longest battle of the war
Feb. 21 – Dec. 15, 1916

55. Which of these seven would you pick to blame for the Great War
Which of these seven would you pick to blame for the Great War? Write around a ½ page defending your answer.
1. All the participants deserve some blame.
2. Nationalism and Militarism deserve blame
3. Entangling Alliances are to blame
4. Germany deserves blame for being war hungry.
5. Serbia and the black hand deserve blame
6. Austria-Hungary deserves blame
7. Russia and its mobilization deserve the blame