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Assessment - Causes of WW1 and WW2
Essential Question What are the similarities between the causes of WW1 and WW2? Learning Outcomes - Students will: Preview – Why do wars start? Learn about the 5 causes Write out the causes of WW2 Success Criteria I can create a list of causes for WW1 and WW2
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Preview Why do you think people fight war? Why do wars happen?
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Vocab Militarism Imperialism Ideology Alliances Nationalism
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Assessment Task Students will write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the causes of WW1 with WW2. Individual Activity Class assignment
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Why Wars happen? Militarism
When countries race to build up their armies, navies, weapons to defend or attack others Was this a cause of WW1? Ex. ??????????????
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Why Wars happen? 2. Imperialism
When countries try to build large empires by conquering another country Was this a cause of WW1? Ex. ??????????????
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Why Wars happen? 3. Ideology
Set of beliefs that may determine the way a country is run and the way people are allowed to live Was this a cause of WW1? Ex. ??????????????
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Why Wars happen? 4. Alliances
The agreements countries make to be friends or support each other Was this a cause of WW1? Ex. ??????????????
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Why Wars happen? 5. Nationalism
When one country thinks it is better than others and feels very patriotic Was this a cause of WW1? Ex. ??????????????
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You find the rest from the reading
4 Articles Stalin Mussolini Hitler Japan What to write Vocab Fill out your table – Which 2 causes of war matches the country? Alliances – Nazi-Soviet Pact: Stalin and Hitler agree to split Poland between them Imperialism– Example? Nationalism – Example? Militarism – Example? You find the rest from the reading Militarism Imperialism Ideology Alliances Nationalism What were the causes of WW2? Write a paragraph explaining the causes of WW2
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Causes of WW1 Causes of WW2 Alliance Arms Race Imperialism Nationalism Treaty of Versailles Trouble in Germany Great Depression Failure of Appeasement
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Lesson 1a – Writing a Report
Essential Question What are some tips for writing a report? Learning Outcomes - Students will: Preview – Researching? Look at an example of researching Research your topic Success Criteria I can research my topic 5 lessons for this Question
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Preview Your teacher asks you to do a research assignment
After you have chosen your topic, what should you do next? Research!!!!! How do I do this? What do I write?
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History Task Research 1 cause of WW1 and WW2 How do I research?
Find Facts to support your claim How do I research? Read up on your topic so you understand Best encyclopedia Type in specific keywords Skim and take notes
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What do they have in common?
What goes here? sd What goes here? What do they have in common? What goes here?
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Task What to do? Choose your cause of war Research about your topic
If you chose Militarism, what should you write about? What is Militarism in: WW1 WW2 Why is it a cause of: What to do? Choose your cause of war Research about your topic Find information for your topic and fill out your info WW1 Cause - Militarism WW2 Cause - Militarism
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Lesson 1b – Writing a Report
Essential Question What are some tips for writing a report? Learning Outcomes - Students will: Preview – Researching? Look at an example of researching Research your topic Success Criteria I can create an outline for my paragraph 3 lessons for this Question
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Using your Research Paragraph 1 – What was one cause of WW1?
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What do I write here? Title: Militarism One of the main causes of WW1 was militarism, which is the build up of military weapons. 1. Militarism in WW1 What was militarism in WW1? Evidence that shows this is true Why is it a cause of WW1? What do I write here? 2. Militarism in WW2 What was militarism in WW2? Evidence that shows this is true Why is it a cause of WW2? 1914 – Germany spent $1 billion on building dreadnoughts What do I write? In Japan, the military leader Tojo, replaced a civilian as leader of the country.
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Lesson 1c – Writing a Report
Essential Question What are some tips for writing a report? Learning Outcomes - Students will: Preview – Researching? Look at an example of researching Research your topic Success Criteria I can write my paragraph about the cause of WW1 3 lessons for this Question
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Preview What are the requirements of a strong paragraph? 1st sentence?
Last sentence? How much opinion? How much fact?
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Goal: Complete your WW1 Paragraph
How many sentences? Outline What you need? Topic Sentence Explain your term Provide Evidence Provide more Evidence Why is this term important? Provide evidence why it is important Concluding Sentence
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Lesson 1d – Writing a Report
Essential Question What are some tips for writing a report? Learning Outcomes - Students will: Preview – Researching? Look at an example of researching Research your topic Success Criteria I can write my paragraph about the cause of WW2 3 lessons for this Question
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Preview Which opinion has a fact that supports it?
Which one is the topic sentence? Which is the fact? Which is an opinion? Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist on June 26, 1914. WW1 began in 1914. 2 million Germans died in WW1 The alliance system was one of the major causes of WW1. Italy didn’t like their side, so they switched. WW1 was an extremely deadly war
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Goal: Complete your WW2 paragraph
How many sentences? Outline What you need? Topic Sentence Explain your term Provide Evidence Provide more Evidence Why is this term important? Provide evidence why it is important Concluding Sentence
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Revise Look at the Rubric What should I revise?
5 – All requirements + use vocab to create a stronger argument + each sentence supports/helps the topic and concluding sentence 4 – All requirements + use vocab to create a stronger argument + most sentences support the topic sentence + always uses facts 3 – All requirements + usually uses facts + some vocab 2 – All requirements + rarely uses facts 1 – missing requirements Look at the Rubric What should I revise? What other revision topics should we look at?
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Rubric 5 – All requirements + use vocab to create a stronger argument + each sentence supports/helps the topic and concluding sentence 4 – All requirements + use vocab to create a stronger argument + most sentences support the topic sentence + always uses facts 3 – All requirements + usually uses facts + some vocab 2 – All requirements + rarely uses facts 1 – missing requirements
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Lesson 1e – Writing a Report
Essential Question What are some tips for writing a report? Learning Outcomes - Students will: Preview – Researching? Look at an example of researching Research your topic Success Criteria I can write my bibliography + edit 3 lessons for this Question
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Citing Your paragraph is out of 7 5 points – Written part
1 point – Reference (no half points here) 1 point - Feedback
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Let’s Look at your textbook
Where did I leave a space? What type of punctuation is used? Let’s Look at your textbook Beechener, Caroline, et al, Think History! Modern Times , Harlow: Heinemann, Print. Who is the Author/s? Last name, First name What is the Title? Where was it published? (City) Who is the publishing company? When was it published? Print or Website? What is in different font?
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Let’s Look at the Internet
What is in different font? Where did I leave a space? What type of punctuation is used? Let’s Look at the Internet Sometimes, not all the information is available Llewellyn, Jennifer, et al, "Militarism As A Cause of WW1. " Alpha History. Alpha History, 2014. Web. 5 May 2015 Website Who is the Author/s? Last, First What is the Title of webpage? What is the website name? Who is the publishing company? – n.p. When was it published? Print or Website? When did you see it? Your turn. Choose a history website (computer, phone) and source it.
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Why did I organize it this way?
Bibliography Beechener, Caroline, et al, Think History! Modern Times , Harlow: Heinemann, Print. Llewellyn, Jennifer, et al, "Militarism As A Cause of WW1. " Alpha History. Alpha History, 2014. Web. 5 May 2015. Why did I organize it this way?
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Help – Purdue Owl MLA Link - MLA
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Editing for Grammar What you need? What to do? Why?
Narrative and Persuasive writing Internet What to do? Find the mistakes you made last time Let’s make sure we don’t make them again Why? Feedback score 0 or 1
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