6.2: The WW1 Alliance Game

Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the role alliances played at the start of WW1 by reflecting on the WW1 Alliance Game.

Vocabulary: Entangling alliances

Directions:

It is impossible to makeup this lesson. Instead, please watch the 2 videos posted below. You will be expected to understand the roles that militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism had in starting World War I. You will also need to know the trigger that started the war (hint: someone important was assassinated)