1. March 18th, 2013 Bellringer Question Write Q and A
What countries made up the Triple Alliance?
A. Germany, France, Russia
B. France, Russia, Great Britain
C. Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy
D. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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2. March 18th, 2013 Bellringer Question Write Q and A
What is the most probable link between imperialism and militarism? a. as a country gains colonies, its military grows to protect them b. as a country’s military expands, the country wants colonies to recruit troops c. as a country’s colonies grow, its military stages training exercises there d. as the military expands, a country seeks colonies to prevent coups at home
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3. Random Fact of the Day
Coconuts kill more people each year than sharks do.

4. Brackets
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5. Technology’s Impact on the Great War

6. War in the Trenches
By 1915, armies on the Western Front had dug miles of parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire.
This set the stage for trench warfare.
Soldiers fought each other from the trenches.
Armies traded huge losses of life for small land gains.

8. Trench Life Life in trenches was pure misery. Mud Rats
Food – nonexistent
Sleep – nearly impossible

12. No Man’s Land Space between the trenches = no man’s land.
When ordered to attack, soldiers would enter this area.
Faced many rounds of gunfire
Stay in the trench?
Gunfire went right into the trenches, too.

13. YouTube Video…
Opening scenes from the movie All Quiet On The Western Front…

14. New Tools of Warfare Military strategists were at a loss.
The new tools of war had not delivered the fast moving war they expected.
Machine guns
Poison gas
Armored tanks
Larger artillery
Submarines
Technology killed greater numbers of people more effectively.

15. What New Technology Brought To Warfare
Images of WWI
What New Technology Brought To Warfare

19. Poison Gas

30. Assignment
Create an advertisement on the back side of this note sheet in which you try to sell a new aspect of war technology to the fighting countries of World War I…
Poison Gas
Machine Guns
Trench Warfare
Submarine
Tanks
Airplanes

31. Assignment Your advertisement must include…
A picture or depiction of the new technology
A short description of what it does/what it affects
A price for your product
Color is essential for full credit
Use your textbook (pages ) for more information about the thing you choose
Cell Phone Research

32. Exit Questions
What was the name of the area between the trenches during World War I?
Poison Gas Pass
No Man’s Land
Death Valley
The Cemetary

33. Exit Questions
What impact did the new tools of war, such as the machine gun, poison gas, submarine and large artillery have on the war?
it brought the war to an end sooner than expected
it was the last straw that caused the United States to enter the war
the new technology killed greater numbers of people more effectively