The Learning Window

Title/Concept: The Great War: World War I Then and Now

Standards to be Addressed
American History Analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of World War I on the home front.
World History Evaluate primary source documents while analyzing the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic
discontent, disorder, propaganda, and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in leading to the outbreak of World War I.
Geography Trace the principal theaters of battle, major battles, and major turning points of World War I.

The Learning Window

Knowledge

Attitudes/Habits of Mind

What caused World War I and who was involved?

What direct and indirect effects did World War I have on the world?
How have perceptions of the war changed in 100 years?

Facing and learning from the past. Relating the past to the present.
Endeavoring to make history personal.
Habits of Mind: Higher Order Thinking, Questioning and Investigating
Texts.

Understanding

Skills

That historical events can resonate throughout the ages, that we are still
coping with the outcomes of past events, and that our understanding of
the events can change over time (and thats okay).

Targeted: Comparing and Contrasting, Questioning/Investigating, Citing

Textual Evidence, Reading and Evaluating Primary Source Documents.
Secondary: Making and Taking Notes, Discussing, Taking Advantage of
Learning Styles Strengths and Weaknesses.

Key Academic Vocabulary

Allied Expeditionary Forces
Allied Powers
Alvin C. York

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Armistice
Central Powers

Great War
Modern Warfare
Primary Source

Textual Evidence
Trench Warfare
Versailles Treaty