1. Introduction to WWI Chapter 11 World War One

2. Focus Activity “ The War to end all wars ” Brainstorm: What do you know about World War I?

3. Focus Activity Conscripted soldiers being taken to the Western Front by Military Buses

4. Focus Activity German soldiers in their trenches near Antwerp in September of 1914

5. Focus Activity German soldiers after rat hunting in their trenches

6. Focus Activity British soldiers try to keep their trench dry by pumping the water

7. Focus Activity Peronne during the Battle of the Somme 1916

8. Focus Activity Armenian Christians massacred by the Ottoman Turks

9. Focus Activity German cemetery at Bethune

10. Focus Activity These Belgian children lost their parents during the flight to the Netherlands. These kind of photos were published in magazines to find them back.

11. Focus Activity German soldiers rescuing a French comrade in arms

12. The Great War The first “world war” – Over 30 countries declare war; more involved indirectly The first “total war” – Nearly all aspects of life affected for all citizens—not just soldiers and members of government – Governments take over economy; use propaganda The first “modern war” – Use of new technology such as airplanes, zeppelins, machine guns, armored tanks, poison gas; trench warfare on larger scale.

13. The First “World War” Participant Countries in World War I – Allies in Green, Central Powers in Orange, Neutral Countries in Gray

14. The First “Total War” Examples of war-time propaganda from Great Britain and Australia propaganda

15. The First “Modern War” Soldiers wearing gas masks in the trenches at Ypres TankTank from the Western Front German Zeppelin

16. First Modern War German U-boat Trench warfare in Flanders

17. The First “Modern War” Ruins of Ypres (as seen from the air)