Powerpoint

1. The Great War:
World War I

2. Content Standards
ELA CCSS:
RH Grade 9-10;
2. Determine the central ideas or information
of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or
economic aspects of history/social science.
Content Standards 10.5
1. Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by 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.”
2 Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and
outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways, distance, climate).
3.Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and
outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways, distance, climate).
4. Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.
5. Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, including how colonial
peoples contributed to the war effort.

3. Unit Objectives:
Students will learn the long term causes, effects, and
aftermath of WWI.

5. I. Causes of
World War I

6. M.A.N.I.A.
• M = Militarism (increase in the military)
• A = Alliances (joining together for common interest)
• N = Nationalism (identifying as a nation)
• I = Imperialism (domination of one country over another)
• A = Assassination (the assassination of an Archduke)

7. 1. European militaries
being built up at
increasing rates →
**arms race**
M. Militarism

8. 1. Triple Alliance = alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
formed by Prussian leader Otto von Bismarck after they defeated France in
Franco-Prussian War
A. Alliances
Russia
Austria- HungaryItaly
Germany
France
England

9. 2. Kaiser Wilhelm II took over Germany and let treaty with Russia lapse
3. Russia, France, and Great Britain formed the Triple Entente
A. Alliances

10. Pause and think...
How do you think Alliances could
play a part in countries going into
war with one another?
Could this cause innocent
countries to go to war?

11. 1. Development of nationalism
(pride for one’s nation) in:
Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Great Britain, Russia, Italy and
France
N. Nationalism

12. 2. In the 1900’s, the Ottoman Empire was in
decline → new nations broke away, including
Serbia
N. Nationalism

13. 3. Serbia wanted to extend
itself to the Balkan Peninsula
(which included a lot of
Slavic people), but this was
opposed by Austria-Hungary
N. Nationalism

14. Pause and think...
Why would Nationalism cause
one country to want to fight
another country?

15. 4. In 1908,
Austria took
over two large
Balkan
territories
N. Nationalism

16. 1. Increasing
competition over
colonization
I. Imperialism

17. What is
going on in
this
cartoon?

19. 1. Gavrilo Princip and the
Black Hand plotted to
assassinate the
Archduke of Austria-
Hungary
A. Assassination

20. 2. On June 28, 1914-
Princip shot Archduke
Franz Ferdinand and his
wife Sophie in Sarajevo,
capital of Bosnia
A. Assassination

21. 1. A-H punishes Serbia → A-H refuses Serbian
compromise knowing it will lead to war
2. On July 28, A-H declared war and Russia, supporting
Serbia, mobilizes troops
B. Start of the War

22. 3. Central Powers = Germany and A-H (Ottomans and
Bulgaria later)
4. Allies = Great Britain, France, Russia (Italy and the
United States later)
B. Start of the War

23. Chain Reaction
Assassination of
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
June 28, 1914 July 31, 1914
AH declares war on
Serbia
Germany declares war
on Russia & France
August 1 & 3, 4
1914
Russia mobilizes troops
Germany invades neutral
Belgium
Gb declares war on
Germany
August 23, 1914
Japan declares war
on Germany
Bulgaria and
Ottoman
Empire join
Central Powers
Italy
joins the
Allied
Forces
US
joins
the
Allied
Forces
October 1914
1915 1917

24. II. Europe
Plunges into
War

25. 1. The Schlieffen Plan (1905)
= Germany’s plan to defeat
France in the West first and
then fight Russia in the
East.
A. Strategy for Battle

26. 1. First Battle of the Marne (1914): Germans were
defeated, making it apparent that the Schlieffen
Plan wouldn’t work.
B. Key Battles on the
Western Front

27. 2. Battle of Somme (1916):
One of the bloodiest battles,
resulting in >one million
casualties.
B. Key Battles on the
Western Front

29. Seeing? Doing? Thinking? Sentence Starters
See:
“I see that ….”
“I see ….”
Doing:
“I think he/she is
….” or “I think they
are ….”
Thinking:
“He or she might be
thinking that…” or
“They might be
thinking that…”

30. Seeing? Doing? Thinking? Sentence Starters
See:
“I see that ….”
“I see ….”
Doing:
“I think he/she is
….” or “I think they
are ….”
Thinking:
“He or she might be
thinking that…” or
“They might be
thinking that…”

31. What Life was really
like in the Trenches?

32. III. A Global
Conflict

33. A. War Affects the World
1. The war spread throughout the world.

34. 1. A German U-boat
sunk the British
passenger ship
Lusitania, killing
1,198 people,
including 128
Americans
B. The US Joins the War

35. 2. Germany sent the
Zimmerman Note to Mexico
in 1917, seeking an alliance.
3. The US intercepted it and
joined the war on the side of
the Allies.
B. The US Joins the War

36. 1. WWI was a total war as all resources went
to the war effort. Countries used propaganda
to gain support, turned to rationing, and
involved women more.
C. War Affects the Home Front

37. 1. Russia withdrew from the war in 1917
2. The Second Battle of the Marne marked the
defeat of the German army
D. The Allies Win the War

38. 3. Central Powers collapsed. Germany and
France signed an armistice.
4. WWI ended at 11am on 11/11/1918
D. The Allies Win the War
Wait a sec…November 11 is Veteran’s Day!
It’s not a coincidence. It was first meant to
honor those who fought in WWI. It was
originally called Armistice Day.

39. IV. A
Flawed
Peace

40. 1. Wilson made a peace proposal
at the end of the war known as
the 14 Points.
2. He called for nations to have
self-determination.
A. Woodrow Wilson’s 14
Points

41. 3. Wilson proposed
the League of
Nations, an
international body
created to keep
peace. The US did
not join it…
A. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points

42. 1. Woodrow Wilson (US),
Georges Clemenceau
(France), David Lloyd
George (GB), and Vittorio
Orlando (Italy) met at the
Paris Peace Conference.
B. The Treaty of Versailles

44. 2. The Treaty of
Versailles was signed
on June 28, 1919.
B. The Treaty of Versailles

45. C. Punishing the Central Powers
1. AH and
Ottoman
Empires
were
dissolved
and new
countries
were
formed

46. 2. Germany had to
sign a war guilt
clause, taking full
responsibility for the
war.
C. Punishing the Central Powers

47. 3. Germany owed
billions of dollars in
reparations.
C. Punishing the Central Powers
What year did
Germany pay of
their debt?

48. 2010 91 Years!

49. 4. They also lost land in
Europe, surrendered
overseas colonies, and
had severe military
restrictions based on
them.
C. Punishing the Central Powers

50. Taking a Second look
Now that we have finished the WWI
powerpoint; organizer your notes in a way that
makes sense to you! Create one of the
following with your notes & the textbook:
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