WORLD WAR I

SUCCESS CRITERIA WRITE THESE DOWN  MUST:  Understand what the long and short term causes of WWI were  SHOULD:  Understand how to analyse cartoons  Be able to identify bias in cartoons  COULD:  Make a judgement about which causes of WWI were more important Unit 1: Term 4: World War I: Lesson 1 – LO: What were the causes of World War I?

THE GREAT POWERS

WORLD WAR ONE  In 1914, World War One broke out, sparked off by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Most of the countries of Europe declared war other countries and pretty soon Europe found itself in a two-way fight.

 Assassination of an Austrian Archduke by a Serbian  Austria demanded Serbia take responsibility  Declared war on Serbia on 28 July  Serbia called on Russia for help. Russians moved their armies to face the Austrians (31 st July)  Germany saw this as a threat to Austria and declared war on Russia (1 st August)  France prepared to help its ally, Russia  Germany declared war on France (3 rd August) THE SPARK THAT LIT THE FUSE….

WORLD WAR ONE  However, there were longer term causes, some that went back many decades. Today we are going to look at these causes and decide which were the most important.

LONG TERM CAUSES  Sort – Put the cards you have into chronological order (when they happened). Not all cards will have a date, so ignore the ones that don’t (for now). Discuss – In your groups find three examples of cards that are related causes. They might lead into each other or might be very similar. Discuss – What do you notice about the dates?

Discuss – Arrange your cards like this on the table, with most important at the top and least important at the bottom. MOST IMPORTANT LEAST IMPORTANT

DO NOW:  Unit 1: Term 4: World War I: Lesson 2 – LO: What were the causes of World War I? - Read pages 154 – 156 on the long-term causes in your textbook

GERMANY ATTACKS BELGIUM, 4 AUGUST 1914

SUMMARY OF THE ALLIANCE SYSTEM 

DO NOW:  Unit 1: Term 4: World War I: Lesson 3 – LO: What was the nature of the fighting in World War I and how did the war affect women? - Read Unit p. 158 – Summarise in 20 words: What made trench warfare so terrible?

What is this poem describing?

RARE COLOUR FOOTAGE OF LIFE IN THE TRENCHES 

HOMEWORK  Read Unit Read and summarise in 20 WORDS what impact World War I had on women.  Read Unit 10.4  Do Activity 5: Questions 1, a, b; 2 a, b, c, d.