World War I (Chapter #9)

Essential Outcomes:
Analyze the causes and effects of World War I
4 causes & a spark
The war at home
The Treaty Of Versailles & the League of Nations
Postwar Europe
Analyze historical trends of U.S. foreign policy
American Neutrality
U.S. declaration of war against Germany
Apply geography skills to the understanding of U.S. history
The war in Europe
Identify similarities and differences among world political systems: capitalism, communism, socialism
Communism comes to Russia
Socialist in America oppose WWI
Materials for unit:

Textbook chapter #9
World War I Power Point
World War I notes
4 causes & a spark graphic organizer
Maps of Europe (pre & post war)
Zimmermann telegraph
WWI poetry project
WWI propaganda poster project
Extended response on causes of WWI
Extended response on immediate & long term effects of WWI
Study guide
Chapter #9 test
World War I DBQ

Section outlines

Section #1 War in Europe:

Main idea: Discuss in detail the four causes for World War I
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Allies
Central Powers

Trench warfare
U-boats

Section #2 Americas Road To War:

Main idea: Explain why the United States entered World War I
Describe why America was divided on whom they supported in the war
Propaganda
Lusitania
Submarine warfare
British Blockade
Neutrality
Zimmermann telegram
Selective Service Act

Section #3 Americans Join The Allies:

Main idea: Describe how the United States helped the Allies Win World War I
Convoy system
Bolshevik Revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Communism
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
John J. Pershing
Doughboys
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
Alvin York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Armistice

Section #4 The War At Home:

Main idea: Describe how the United States mobilized its resources to fight the war
Mobilization
National War Labor Board
War bonds
Great Migration
Rationing
Committee on Public Information
Socialism
Pacifist
Espionage Act
Sedition Act
Sabotage Act

Section #5 Searching For Peace:

Main idea: Explain the immediate & long term effects of World War I
Fourteen Points
National self determination
League of Nations

Treaty of Versailles
Henry Cabot Lodge
Isolationism