Weekly Plans 1/5 -1/8 Start of WWI Mr. Armstrong Tuesday | January 5 th Topic: Intro to WWI AIM #1: What caused the outbreak of WWI? DO NOW: 1.Copy down tonights HW (GRA 23-1, p ) 2.Begin reading then answering the questions on todays WKSHT Reminder: FINAL DRAFT of DBQ DUE THIS FRIDAY (1/8) Causes of World War I War begins in 1914 M-A-N-I-A Militarism Alliances Nationalism Imperialism Assassination Militarism Policy of building armed forces to prepare for war Britain and Germany competed to build the strongest navy Alliances Nations formed pacts to protect themselves Triple Alliance: Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia Nationalism Pride in ones nation Belief that people of common culture should have separate countries Russia encouraged Serbs to rebel against Austria- Hungary Embarrassed France had to give Alsace-Lorraine to Germany Imperialism Stronger nations take advantage of political and economic affairs of weaker nations Early World War I I.Causes of the War M ilitarism A lliances N ationalism I mperialism A ssassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand SPARK Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand A.Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was traveling through Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia B.Bosnia was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire C.Ferdinand was killed by the Black Hand, a terrorist group from Serbia in June 1914 D.Austria-Hungary accused the Serbian government of planning the assassination E.Russia was prepared to defend her ally Serbia F.One by one, countries of Europe began to declare war II. Europe was divided into two groups Allied Powers Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Britain France Russia A.Soon, other nations would join sides 1.Most would join the Allies including Italy A. America decided to be neutral American Neutrality Allied Powers Britain was a major trade partner France was an ally during the American Revolution Spread Democracy Central Powers Many Americans came from Germany Jewish people in the U.S. hated Russia Irish hated Britain not favor one side or the other B. Americans had ties to both the Allied and Central Powers American Neutrality (cont.) C.American economy boomed as Europe was desperate for supplies 1.The U.S. traded with the Allies more than the Central Powers, so the U.S. was not completely neutral D.Both sides sent propaganda to the U.S. 1.Propaganda spreads ideas to influence people 2.Very often stories are exaggerated or completely untrue 3.Anti-German propaganda referred to the Germans as Huns, the name for an ancient tribe of barbarians IV.Freedom of the Seas A.Neither Britain or Germany wanted the U.S. trading with their enemy B.Britain launched a traditional blockade around German ports 1.Americans did not challenge the British blockade very often Freedom of the Seas (cont.) A.Germany responded by blockading Britain using their U-boats 1.U-boats were a new weapon - submarines 2.Because the U-boats were not equipped to stop and search boats like British ships, the U-boats simply torpedoed any ship in the blockade zone Wednesday | January 6 th Topic: Introduction to WWI Continued AIM #2: What caused the outbreak of WWI? DO NOW: 1.Copy down tonights HW (Memo #1 & #2 of todays WWI PKT) 2.Take out last nights HW (GRA 23-1), and be ready to check your answers 3.Continue Guided Notes WKSHT from yesterdays class Reminder: FINAL DRAFT of DBQ DUE THIS FRIDAY (1/8) Thursday | January 7 th Topic: Americas Sympathy for the Allies AIM #3: How did Americas involvement with Allied Powers during the war put pressure on it to join the war? DO NOW: 1.Copy down tonights HW (FINISH DBQ ESSAY DUE TOMORROW) Check the DBQ Rubric on my website if youd like to see how it will be graded Run through the checklist and make sure youve formatted the paper correctly 2. Take out last nights HW (Memo PKT #1 & 2) and be ready to share your responses. Examples of Document References: According to Upton Sinclairs book; The Jungle; mens fingers were severed, knuckles swollen and finger nails eaten away by acid(Doc 3). The political cartoon in Document 1a depicts big business owners, or monopolists, as having too much power and control over decisions made in the Senate. Fish Bowl Be ready, if called on or you volunteer, to explain the course of action you would have suggested for President Wilson pertaining to the issues outlined in Memos #1 & 2. If someone in the fishbowl has the same recommendation as you did, be sure to add additional points to your own justification/explanation that you have written down on your sheet. President Wilsons Declaration of Neutrality The effect of the war upon the United States will depend upon what American citizens say and do. Every man who really loves America will act and speak in the true spirit of neutrality, which is the spirit of impartiality and fairness and friendliness to all concerned. The spirit of the nation in this critical matter will be determined largely by what individuals and society and those gathered in public meetings do and say, upon what newspapers and magazines contain, upon what ministers utter in their pulpits, and men proclaim as their opinions upon the street. The people of the United States are drawn from many nations, and chiefly from the nations now at war. It is natural and inevitable that there should be the utmost variety of sympathy and desire among them with regard to the issues and circumstances of the conflict. Some will wish one nation, others another, to succeed in the momentous struggle. It will be easy to excite passion and difficult to allay it. Those responsible for exciting it will assume a heavy responsibility, responsibility for no less a thing than that the people of the United States, whose love of their country and whose loyalty to its government should unite them as Americans all, bound in honor and affection to think first of her and her interests, may be divided in camps of hostile opinion, hot against each other, involved in the war itself in impulse and opinion if not in action. Such divisions amongst us would be fatal to our peace of mind and might seriously stand in the way of the proper performance of our duty as the one great nation at peace, the one people holding itself ready to play a part of impartial mediation and speak the counsels of peace and accommodation, not as a partisan, but as a friend. I venture, therefore, my fellow countrymen, to speak a solemn word of warning to you against that deepest, most subtle, most essential breach of neutrality which may spring out of partisanship, out of passionately taking sides. The United States must be neutral in fact, as well as in name, during these days that are to try men's souls. We must be impartial in thought, as well as action, must put a curb upon our sentiments, as well as upon every transaction that might be construed as a preference of one party to the struggle before another. Friday | January 8 th Topic: Neutrality & The Sinking of the Lusitania AIM #4: How did the sinking of the Lusitania make Americas stance of neutrality difficult to maintain? DO NOW: 1.Take out your DBQ Essay and submit them to the bin on my desk. Make sure it is stapled. 2.Copy down tonights HW (Wilsons Declaration of Neutrality WKSHT) You took this WKSHT yesterday when you walked into class 3. Begin todays DO NOW; Sinking of the Lusitania Article WKSHT Announcement: WWI Quiz next Wednesday (1/13) 1. What was the name of the ship according to the news article? 2. What year did this incident take place? 3. What is meant by the statement; Washington believes that a grave crisis is at hand? 4. What do you think the sinking of the ship means for America and its stance of neutrality during World War I? 5. What does this event remind you of? What is the similarities and differences between this event and the one prior? Sinking of the Lusitania Video Directions: As you watch the video, answer the guided questions below along with any other presented tasks. What type of ship was the Lusitania? Where did the Lusitania leave from and where was it going? What was the ship carrying? What did the German advertisements warn passengers of? What was lurking beneath the surface of the water on May 7, 1915? What happened to the Lusitania?