1. Good Morning!! 1.NVC 2.Causes of WWI Group Work Essential Question: What were the causes of WWI? Homework: Finish Cornell Notes pg. 407-409 (stop at Crisis in the Balkans) if you haven’t!

2. The Great War Begins 1850s-1900s Europe is prospering Everyday culture quite similar – Similar religion, similar ideas, similar clothes, similar foods, similar art and music Travel between countries was easy and frequent – Used trains, no passports needed

3. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary (June 28, 1914)

4. What were the MAIN causes of WWI? Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism

5. WWI Group Work In your group, please READ each primary source document ONE AT A TIME. For each document, DISCUSS each question on the document AS A GROUP and ANSWER the questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper. EACH PERSON MUST WRITE DOWN ANSWERS to the questions. Once you have read all the documents and answered each question, your group is to prepare a POSTER and PRESENTATION explaining the MAIN CAUSES OF WWI.

6. Poster/Presentation Your group is to prepare a POSTER and PRESENTATION explaining the FOUR MAIN CAUSES of WWI. Poster and presentation demonstrates clear understanding of all MAIN CAUSES Poster includes information from all FIVE documents, and includes at least TWO QUOTATIONS from the primary sources Every group member must speak during the presentation