World History WWI Project

Schedule

April 21 to April 25 - Lab Work - Reasearch in computer labs.

April 28 to May 2 - Work on Draft

Final due APRIL 10

FOUR SOURCES ARE REQUIRED. ONE MUST BE A BOOK

THE WIKIPEDIA AND YOUR TEXTBOOK MAY BE USED

BUT THEY DO NOT COUNT AS ONE OF YOUR FOUR SOURCES.

General Resources

Interactive WWI Timeline at the National WWI Museum in Kansas City

British Library World War I site'

BBC World War I site

Question #1

Discuss the general causes of World War I.

A. How did these causes develop?

B. Why did these causes lead to war?

Fordham University - See section entitled Path to War

The BBC's Essay on Origins

10 Views on who started the war

America Enters the war from the Library of Congress

Britannica Online - Search for "World War I" and see section on "The Outbreak of War"

Question #2

Discuss how World War I changed warfare?

A. What technologies changed warfare during World War I and all wars since?

B. What military strategies and tactics changed warfare during World War I and all wars since?

Tanks and Lewis Gun Book (p 195 - 207)

Townsend, R. (1917). "Tanks and the Hose of Death" The World's Work. Garden City: Doubleday. p. 195-207.

The Red Baron's Story

Britannica Online (login: 31ottumwa, password: gpaea) - Search for "Tank" OR "Military Aircraft" and see section on "World War I"

Or, search for "Maxim Machine Gun"

Or, "Naval Warfare" and see section "The Age of Steam and Big Gun"

Pictures from the New York Times at the Library of Congress

Library of Congress essay on technology in the war

Pioneers of new technologies in Britain during the war from the BBC

Question #3

Discuss how the Treaty of Versailles impacted post-World War I Europe?

A. How did it affect politics in Europe after the war?

B. How did it affect the economy in Europe after the war?

Paris Peace Conference begins

Treaty of Versailles signed from Library of Congress

Britannica Online - (login: 31ottumwa, password: gpaea) - Search for "Paris Peace Conference"

Wilson's 14 Points

Treaty of Versailles excerpts

World War I Aftermath from U.S. Holocaust Museum

APA Citation Format

Book

Format: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

Example: Captain Von Richthofen (1918) The Red Battle Flyer. New York, NY: McBride Co.

Website

Format: Contributors' names (Last edited date). Title of resource. Retrieved from http://....

Example: Library of Congress (2000) America's Story. Retrieved from http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_peace_1.html

Britannica Online

Format: TItle of Article (Date). In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from http://.....

Example: History of Europe. (2014). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/106072#58353.toc

URL

tinyurl.com/ohsworld