World+War+I

=Date: April 14 = =Objective: Students will examine the end of World War I in order to explain the terms and conditions of the Versailles Treaty. = = = =Vocabulary: armistice...Woodrow Wilson....Georges Clemenceau...Fourteen Points...self-determination...Treaty of Versailles...League of Nations= = = =I. Warmup: (Page 421) On November 11, 1918 Germany and France signed an __ARMISTICE__. What do you think __ARMISTICE__ means? = = II. INTRODUCTION: LEGACY OF WORLD WAR I =

= = = III. GUIDED: BIG FOUR & "Wilson's Plan for Peace" = = = = QUESTION: Based on the FOURTEEN POINTS, do you think President Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace was more about cooperation or punishment? = = = = = = read "END OF WWI" and "AFTERMATH OF WWI" = = ﻿ --Discuss worksheet= = ﻿ = = ﻿ IV. INDEPENDENT: READ "THE VERSAILLES TREATY"= =In addition to adopting Wilson's idea of a League of Nations, the Versailles Treaty also punished Germany severely. In your notes explain how.= =__Versailles Treaty punishes Germany: Effective or Ineffective?__= = V. ASSESSMENT: WWI QUIZ = = = = VI. CLOSURE: CHECK QUIZ = = = = Date: April 13 = = Objective: Students will study battles around the world of World War I in order to explain why United States entered into World War I = = Warmup: Major Battles of WWI Chart =
 * WWI-new kind of war || Legacy ||
 * ** NEW TECHNOLOGIES: machine guns, chemical war, tanks, **
 * submarines-->bloody stalemate--->trench warfare ** ||  ||
 * ** Both sides had huge casualties ** ||  ||
 * ** Citizens also suffered on a large-scale ** ||  ||
 * ** WWI destroyed European economy ** ||  ||
 * ** Europeans were emotionally and psychologically affected ** ||  ||
 * ** Paris Peace Conference of 1919 estabished the Treaty of **
 * Versailles ** ||  ||
 * 1916 || Northern France (Western Front) ||
 * == 1st, 2nd, 3rd ==

YPRES 1917
|| == Belgium - heavy rains people drowned == || waterways but it ended in bloody stalemate. Allies lost thousands of soldiers and gave up. ||
 * == LOOS - == || == Belgium == ||
 * == 1st, 2nd SOMME 1914 == || == Northeastern France France == ||
 * JUTLAND 1915 || Denmark ||
 * 1915 Gallipoli Campaign || Dardanelles, TURKEY/OTTOMAN EMPIRE. Allies wanted control of the
 * MARNE 1915 || Northeastern France ||

=INSTRUCTION: WHO JOINED the Allies?= =-->India, Australia, Japan= =Who joined the Central powers?= =-->Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria.= =Y DID AMERICA JOIN THE WAR? = =GUIDED: TOTAL WAR= =﻿= =﻿INDEPENDENT: USE OF PROPAGANDA= = Objective: Students will examine the four M.A.I.N. causes of World War I in order to design a World War I game. = = WARMUP: LOOK AT YOUR MAP. What problem might the Central Powers have fighting against the Allied powers? = =

= = Warmup: Decide how each quotation reflects the M.A.I.N causes of WWI =

= __Kaiser Wilhelm II__ (German emperor): = = 1. “Remember, the German people are the chosen of God. On me the German emperor, the spirit of God has descended. I am his sword, his weapon, his vice-regent.” = = __Cecil Rhodes__ (British colonial statesman): = = 2. “We [the Anglo-Saxons] are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inherit the better it is for the human race.” = = _ = = 3. “The extension of British rule throughout the world…and finally, the foundation of so great a power as to hereafter render wars impossible and promote the best interests of humanity.” = = __Otto von Bismarck__ (Prussian chancellor who united Germany): = = 4. “Not by speeches and majority decisions will the greatest problem of the time be decided but by Blood and Iron.” = = 5. “Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.” = = Tsar Nicholas II to Kaiser Wilhelm II = == = 29 July 1914, 1.45 a.m. (this and the previous telegraph crossed) = = It is with the gravest concern that I hear of the impression which the action of Austria against Serbia is creating in your country. = = The unscrupulous agitation that has been going on in Serbia for years has resulted in the outrageous crime, to which Archduke Francis Ferdinand fell a victim. The spirit that led Serbians to murder their own king and his wife still dominates the country. = = You will doubtless agree with me that we both, you and me, have a common interest as well as all Sovereigns to insist that all the persons morally responsible for the dastardly murder should receive their deserved punishment. In this case politics plays no part at all. = = On the other hand, I fully understand how difficult it is for you and your Government to face the drift of your public opinion. Therefore, with regard to the hearty and tender friendship which binds us both from long ago with firm ties, I am exerting my utmost influence to induce the Austrians to deal straightly to arrive to a satisfactory understanding with you. I confidently hope that you will help me in my efforts to smooth over difficulties that may still arise. = = Your very sincere and devoted friend and cousin = = Willy =

= PREVIEW-SCAN-READ = = Introductory: World War I note taking activity [] = = GUIDED: M.A.I.N. CAUSES: [] = = militarism = = alliances = = imperialism = = nationalism = = INDEPENDENT: Blank Map of Europe =