Accelerated World History: Day 17

CHAPTER 11 World War 1 and The Russian Revolution

Objective:

Students will be able to analyze the arguments leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of "total war"
Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes (eg., topography, waterways, distance, climate)

Rationale:

The "War to End all Wars" has many different interpretations as to its cause, its various changes and turns during, and its outcome. The effects of the war impacted many changes that occurred after its end (depression, WWI, etc). Students should understand the environment that led to the first war that was not relegated to one specific area but impacted an entire continent as well as other surrounding continents.

Evidence:

Being able to list the factors which led to the conflict, evaluate those factors for their merit or lack there of, and propose possible solutions that may have prevented the war, or changed the terms of the surrender which may have prevented or altered the World War that followed will allow students to gain insights as to how historical events were addressed.

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Essential Question -

Did the benefits of the United States involvement in World War I outweigh the Drawbacks?

Triple Alliance

Triple Entente

Journal Entry - (In section #1 of Chapter 11) What 3 factors led to “competition and paranoia” within European powers, and eventually forced set these powers on a crash course for WWI

For Today -

Europe Map Pre-1914

Mapping Question Sheet

Woodrow Wilson Biography (answer the 3 questions and place them at the beginning of the Answer sheet on the Intro article below)

Introduction to WWI article
Student Answer Sheet for Article

World War I - MAIN

Wed - Intro Presentation, and Projects (yes, there are 3 WWI projects) Discussion

Significant Events Project - Students select a single significant event related (in some way) to World War I. They are to make a front-page newspaper announcement of the event on an 8.5 X 11 Google Slides Doc.
List of Events
Directions Page
Newspaper Layout Guide

Then and Now Project - Students select a "product" that was initiated during world war I, write up a summary for the conditions that led to its creating and show its modern day equivalent with up-to-date aspects of where the "product" is today.
Then and Now Directions Page
Wall Street Journal Project Website
Another list of "products"

MAIN Project - Students build a Google Slides presentation identifying a single country within those involved in World War I and describe how each of the MAIN causes affected that particular country.
Directions Page