Label the Countries of Europe on your map. Color the

orange ones one color and the pink ones a different color.

Bonus – For a bit more

of a challenge, use the map

to add Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Portugal,

Greece, Norway, Sweden and Romania.

Label the map of Europe on page 30 of your notebook, then color according to the directions and list the countries on each side.

• The US and the nine countries on your map on page 30 (and the previous slide) will be at the top of the page. You will have to put each one under Allies or Central.

• The war starts in 1914. The United States won’t join until 1917. That will be tomorrow’s lesson, but for this quiz, the U.S. is one of the Allies.

• The Allies are the good guys (at least in our view). The Central Powers are the bad guys.

Quiz Wednesday

Hint – There are only 4 Central Powers to know. From north to south, they are -GermanyAustria-HungaryBulgariaOttoman EmpireSome people remember GABO, orGoldilocks Ate the Bears’ Oatmeal

Introduction

• The Spanish-American War in 1898 was once called “A Splendid Little War.”

• Sure, a few thousand people died from disease, but we knocked off big bad Spain in just 4 months. No big deal.

Introduction

• The Spanish Empire may have been finished, but all those other empires were alive and well and wanting more colonies.

• Meanwhile, many of the people they ruled wanted to be free.

Names for World War I

• As you watch this first section (click the title), see how many names and descriptions you can spot for this totally new war.

• It’s anything but “splendid” or “little.”

Names for WW1

• The War to End All Wars• The Great War• The Trench War • The Imperialist War• First Modern War

Isms – Causes of WWI

• On page 32, under the Wake Up America poster, draw a big rectangle that looks like this -

Causes

M –____________ _______________

A – ____________ _______________

I – ____________ _______________

N – ___________ _______________

isms - Causes of World War I

• See if you can spot the first “ism” cause of World War I and explain what it means when the clip ends.

• Write it next to its first letter in the box you just made.

Isms - Causes of World War I

Nationalism • Serbs, Poles, Czechs and other ethnic groups

wanted to be free and rule themselves in their own nations.

• They did not want to be part of other countries’ empires.

Isms - Causes of World War I

Nationalism - • On the French and Germans hated each other

for decades. • They and other European countries believed

the interests of their own nation were more important than those of the world as a whole.

Isms - Causes of World War I

• Imperialism – Great Britain, Germany, Frnce, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Japan and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) were building empires, competing for land and resources in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Isms - Causes of World War I

• It may have been a war fought all over the world, but it was really about the big imperialist countries of Europe fighting over colonies.

• See how many imperialist countries you can count in this next clip.

isms - Causes of World War I

• Two key terms to understand in this next clip – “militarism” and “arms race.”

• Arms are weapons, not the things hanging from your shoulders. An arms race is a race to get more weapons.

isms - Causes of World War I

• Militarism –The strongest countries had an “arms race” -trying to make the most weapons and build the best armies.

isms - Causes of World War I

• Ok, this last one’s not an ism. Still, the war might never have happened without it.

isms - Causes of World War I

• Alliances –The countries of Europe had secret treaties to help each other if attacked (“We got your back.”)

isms - Causes of World War I

To help you remember the four main causes of World War I, if you rearrange them, you get

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism – MAIN –

and you can “Remember the MAIN” again.

The Spark

• In 1914, Europe was a powder keg, an explosion waiting to happen, just needing a small spark to set it off.

• Watch for the spark, the one event that caused all of Europe to explode into war.

The Spark

• The assassination in Serbia of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary

• Archduke Ferdinand was heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (like a prince).

• He was shot by Serbian nationalists who didn’t want to be ruled by Austria-Hungary.

The Spark

• Austria-Hungary was a huge empire invading a tiny, weak neighbor.

• They thought the whole thing would be quick and easy

• They didn’t count on all those secret alliances to bring all of Europe into the war within a few days.

New Ways to Kill and Maim

WWI was a new kind of war, and with it came new kinds of weapons with lots of new ways to kill people.

The Industrial Revolution had changed the way the people lived. Now it was changing the ways they died, and killed.

See how many new weapons or new ways of fighting you can spot in this last note-taking clip.

New Ways to Kill Weapons Introduced in World War I

• Machine Guns• Poison Gas (Chlorine, mustard gas, others)• Tanks• Airplanes (first for spying, then with machine guns

or bombs)• Flame Throwers• Big Bertha (long-range cannons)• Hand Grenades• Submarines

How big was the war?

It was the biggest and deadliest and ugliest war in the history of the world to that point, because it had all the technology of the modern industrial age.

It made all those other wars that had been going on since the beginning of time look like little baby wars.

Watch this clip to see just how big it really was, and how one new technology in particular added to the horrors.

It Was Big…• 65 million people fought• 20 million were wounded• 10 million died in battle• 20 million died of hunger and disease related

to the war.Compare that to the Spanish-American War,

where fewer than 1,000 died in battle and a few thousand from disease.

A Look at Some of the New Weapons in Action

• Close your notebook and clear your desk.• This last clip is a look at one soldier and his

experience during the war. • It shows many of the new weapons mentioned in

the previous clip. See how many you can spot.• And hey, where have you seen that guy before?

TUESDAY - Quick Review – Allies and Central PowersNumber a piece of paper from 1 – 10. 11-16 are bonus. Next to each number, write the country it is on the map.

Then write Allies or Central.

1. Fran ce (Allies)2. Austria-Hungary (Central)3. Russia (Allies)4. Ottoman Empire (Central)5. Germany (Central)6. Serbia (Allies)7. Great Britain (Allies)8. Belgium (Allies)9. Italy (first Central,

then Allies, but not a big player until next war).10.Bulgaria (Central)11. Spain 12.Switzerland13.Portugal14.Romania15.Sweden16.Greece

Tonight’s homework can be found on score and cms6.info on Mr. Kessler’s page 5 minutes after this is uploaded.Tomorrow’s quiz will look just like the HW.Before we move on, a quick review of the war so far –

America Joins the Fight

US Involvement in World War I

• Many people in the United States wanted the U.S. to stay neutral.

• They thought Europe’s war was none of America’s business.

• This eventually changed for several reasons.

The U.S. Can’t Stay NeutralOn the top or left side of page 32, write -

Our British Cousins

• Close political, economic and cultural ties to Great Britain – In other words, they speak English and were our closest ally,

biggest trade partner and best buddy.– Our language and much of our culture came from Britain. • And don’t forget $$Cha-Ching$$– The U.S. traded a lot more with the Allies (British and French)

than with the Central Powers– The U.S. had loaned millions of dollars in food and war

supplies to the Allies during the war. – If Germany won the war, we would never get paid back.

The next three notes are on page 32, in slightly different order. You just need to fill in the blanks.

German Submarine Warfare

• Germany said it would sink all ships sailing to Great Britain.

• The Sinking of the Lusitania and other passenger ships angered Americans.

The Zimmerman Telegram• The Allies intercepted a German message to Mexico asking Mexico to

fight against the United States.

• Germany promised to give Mexico back Arizona, Texas and New Mexico if Mexico helped Germany beat the US.

The sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Note helped turn

Americans against Germany and push the US to declare war.

Lego Lusitania and Zimmerman Full Lego Review

Finally, match the three reasons America can’t stay neutral to the three cartoons on the page.