1. World History (5/6)  Do Now: Read the short primary source.  What are two effects of poison gas?  How might this have impacted soldiers fighting in WWI?

2. Militarism-one of the MAIN causes  Watch the short video on WWI military technology  Record at least THREE examples of new technology  How might this impact the way the war was fought?

3. WWI-alliances  Allied powers  Great Britain  France  Russia  Italy (backed out of early alliance w/Germany; hoping for territorial gains)  U.S.A (joins in 1917)  Central powers  Germany  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire

4. How do you get people to back the war effort?  Use of propaganda- biased or misleading information used to promote a particular cause  From the latin propagare meaning “young shoots”  What did this look like? Sound like?

5. How is this song an example of propaganda?  Over There  Locate three examples of propaganda in the song  How does the song attempt to influence people’s attitudes/actions regarding WWI?

6. How about this example?  What do the images mean?  Literal vs. symbolic meaning  What does the text mean?  How does the picture attempt to influence people’s attitudes/actions regarding WWI?