Grade: 9-10
Content Standards:
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
Big Ideas/Essential Historical Questions: Why Europe and then the world went to war in the 1900s/Why do people feel the need to fight in wars and what are the reasons they did so in WWI?
How war had changed leading up the war and how those changes affected its course/How did the advancement of technology lead to the destructiveness of WWI?
The impact of Russia’s exit and America’s entrance into the war/Why did Russia’s tsarist government collapse and how was this influenced by and influential for the war?
The human impact of the war/Why were the deaths of the soldiery any different from the civilians caught in the cross fire or the genocides that occurred during its course?
Unit Assessments: Matching assignment for the alliances in WWI
Concept map showing the development of technology used in the war
Class discussion about the influence of Russian and America
Essay linking personal experience to that of people affected by the war
Content Standards:
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
- 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."
- 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).
- Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.
- 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.
- Discuss human rights violations and genocide, including the Ottoman government's actions against Armenian citizens.
Big Ideas/Essential Historical Questions: Why Europe and then the world went to war in the 1900s/Why do people feel the need to fight in wars and what are the reasons they did so in WWI?
How war had changed leading up the war and how those changes affected its course/How did the advancement of technology lead to the destructiveness of WWI?
The impact of Russia’s exit and America’s entrance into the war/Why did Russia’s tsarist government collapse and how was this influenced by and influential for the war?
The human impact of the war/Why were the deaths of the soldiery any different from the civilians caught in the cross fire or the genocides that occurred during its course?
Unit Assessments: Matching assignment for the alliances in WWI
Concept map showing the development of technology used in the war
Class discussion about the influence of Russian and America
Essay linking personal experience to that of people affected by the war