1. WHY DO THE CAUSES OF WWI MATTER?

2. REASONS FOR GOING TO WAR
Our nation is attacked

3. REASONS FOR GOING TO WAR
A nation with who we have a mutual alliance is attacked

4. REASONS FOR GOING TO WAR
Our president is assassinated by a terrorist from an unfriendly country

5. REASONS FOR GOING TO WAR
Our President tells us that a country is planning an imminent attack on us

6. REASONS FOR GOING TO WAR
A country has just had a fundamentalist revolution and is sending fighters into a oil-producing nation in the region

7. REASONS FOR GOING TO WAR
An unfriendly nation has just tested a nuclear weapon in violation of a sign UN agreement

8. REASONS FOR GOING TO WAR
A US naval vessel is sunk in a foreign harbor by government agents from that country

9. Introduction Video: “Causes of World War I”
View the video, Causes of World War I ( Discovery Channel).
As you watch the video write down at least 10 facts about WW I on the back of the “Hook Exercise: What Was the Underlying Cause of World War I?” handout.