CA Standard(s) covered: 10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War
Skills: Information acquisition, Vocabulary building, Cornell PERSIA Notetaking, DBQ writing, Geography
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Unit Assignments
Roots of WWI - in Unit Packet
MAIN Causes of WWI - In Unit Packet
SOAPS- The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
if time: WWI DBQ - Topic TBD
Unit Notes
Textbook Questions
Unit Assessment
Unit and Review Final
Unit Terms to know
“Blank Check”
alliance,
armistice
atrocity
Conscription
convoy,
entente
Imperialism
Isolationism
League of Nations
Lusitania
mandate
militarism
mobilize,
Mustard gas
Nationalism
neutrality,
no man’s land,
pacifism,
propaganda,
Reparations
stalemate,
The 14 Points
The Big Three
The Schlieffen plan
total war,
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
u-boat,
ultimatum
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Versailles Treaty
Weimar Republic
Western Front
Woman’s Land Army
zeppelin
Zimmerman note (telegram)
Unit People and Events to know
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Czar Nicholas II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Baron von Richtofen
Edith Cavell
Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyd George
George Clemenscau
Alexander Kerenski
V.I. Lenin
Leon Trotsky
June 28 1914
Battle of the Marne
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Tannenberg
Battle of Gallipoli
November 11, 1918
Essential Questions to know
How did Imperialism, Nationalism, Militarism and European alliances contribute to the start of WWI?
How did technology transform fighting in WWI?
What is a total war?
How did propaganda play a role in WWI?
How did the Russian Revolution and the entrance of the United States effect the outcome of WWI?