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Watch the following "Horrible Histories" episode on World War I.
Activity 1: World War I Copy the following notes in your workbooks.
Activity 1: World War I Copy the following notes in your workbooks.
World War I was a major conflict fought between 1914 and 1918. Other names for World War I include the First World War, WWI, the War to End All Wars, and the Great War. World War I was fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The United States also fought on the side of the Allies after 1917. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I, was around 40 million. There were 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded. The total number of deaths includes 9.7 million military personnel and about 10 million civilians.
Activity 2 - Causes of WWI: M.A.I.N Copy the following notes in your workbooks.
The M-A-I-N acronym – militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism – is often used to analyse the war, and each of these reasons are cited to be the 4 main causes of World War One. It’s simplistic but provides a useful framework.
Watch one or all of the following clips on the causes of World War 1 and complete notes on the acronym M.A.I.N
M - Militarism
A - Alliances
I - Imperialism
N- Nationalism
Activity 3 - Alliances
Watch the short video on alliances whilst watching it work through the mapping activity on the alliances that existed at the beginning of World War I. (your teacher will print a copy of this for you from the link below)
Workd War 1 Alliances Map.pdfAlliances Source Analysis:
Examine the source below and answer the source questions in your books.
List the countries shown/depicted in the source. (you will need to look closely)
How does the source explain alliances as a cause of war?
Why would Germany feel threatened?
Activity 4: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and The July Crisis Copy the following notes in your workbooks.
Activity 4: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and The July Crisis Copy the following notes in your workbooks.
On 28 June 1914, at Sarajevo in Bosnia, 23-year-old Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, shot dead the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie. Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination provided an excuse for Austria–Hungary to attempt to punish and weaken its long-time enemy, Serbia.
The ‘July Crisis’ that developed from the assassination involved, through their alliances, all the major European powers and it ignited the tensions among them. Their failure to resolve the July crisis demonstrated nations’ desires to exercise their power and also their fears of one another. By 4 August 1914, Europe was at war.
Activity 5: Place what event took to the correct date on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Your teacher will print a copy of this for you to put in your book.
Causes of World War 1- EP (34mins)
Causes of World War 1- EP (34mins)
https://app.educationperfect.com/controlpanel/content/manage/history/1910681/World-War-One
June 28, 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are killed by an assassin's bullets just hours after they escaped another assassination attempt. Gavrilo Princip is immediately arrested for the shooting and Nedjelko Cabrinovic is caught fleeing after the bomb attempt.
June 29, 1914
Martial law is declared in Sarajevo in the wake of the assassination. On the same day, Sir Thomas Barclay of England predicts the danger of war in central Europe is greatly lessened by the assassination.
July 23, 1914
Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia.
July 28, 1914
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. The declaration of war sets off a series of cascading declarations that lead to World War I.
October 26, 1914
Princip and Cabrinovic are found guilty of high treason along with twenty-two accomplices.
October 28, 1914
Princip and Cabrinovic are both sentenced to twenty years of hard labor, while four other conspirators are sentenced to death. Princip and Cabrinovic were both too young to receive the death penalty.
January 20, 1916
Nedjelko Cabrinovic dies in prison.
April 28, 1918
Gavrilo Princip dies in prison.
Teacher Resource
Teacher Resource
June 28, 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are killed by an assassin's bullets just hours after they escaped another assassination attempt. Gavrilo Princip is immediately arrested for the shooting and Nedjelko Cabrinovic is caught fleeing after the bomb attempt.
June 29, 1914
Martial law is declared in Sarajevo in the wake of the assassination. On the same day, Sir Thomas Barclay of England predicts the danger of war in central Europe is greatly lessened by the assassination.
July 23, 1914
Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia.
July 28, 1914
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. The declaration of war sets off a series of cascading declarations that lead to World War I.
October 26, 1914
Princip and Cabrinovic are found guilty of high treason along with twenty-two accomplices.
October 28, 1914
Princip and Cabrinovic are both sentenced to twenty years of hard labor, while four other conspirators are sentenced to death. Princip and Cabrinovic were both too young to receive the death penalty.
January 20, 1916
Nedjelko Cabrinovic dies in prison.
April 28, 1918
Gavrilo Princip dies in prison.
World War I - Revision Game
Test your knowledge using the link below, have fun - https://schoolhistory.co.uk/games/causes-of-world-war-i-penalty-shootout-game/
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