Assessment Plan Entry Level Brainstorm: What do you know about politics and society in Europe in the early

y 1900s? What do you know about their military capabilities?

Formative Discussion: What factors made Europe a powder keg waiting to explode into war? Simulation: Austria declares war on Serbia; what would your country do (Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia)? Ranking: WWI innovationswhich contributed most to the evolution of total war? Graphic Organizer: Backpack graphic for students to simulate packing like a WWI soldier

Summative Wrap Up Questions/Quiz: Causes of World War I Project: Journal/Scrapbook depicting the life of a soldier or civilian during WWI