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“The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy,
but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain”
George McGovern

'Work is not a curse, it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood and the measure of civilization.' Calvin Coolidge

World War I

Historically, it has been noted that WWI erupted after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne) in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. However, historians continue to debate other underlying causes, including changing political and economic situations in major European nations, the Industrial Revolution, and social turmoil. Whatever, the cause, The World War of 1914-18 - The Great War, as contemporaries called it -- was the first man-made catastrophe of the 20th Century.

Objectives:

1. Students will use research from both books and the internet to create a timeline that shows multiple causes of World War One. They will also add the results of each cause. This should be completed in chronological order.

2. Groups will present their findings to the class during a 5 minute presentation.

3. Students will create a multiple-choice quiz to administer to one another to test their understanding of key WWI issues, events, and leaders.

4. Each individual student will choose from one of the following two options:

a. Assume the roles of key leaders who figured prominently in WWI and write in their voice about the war, either its potential or its actuality.

b. Write a journal entry from someone experiencing the changes in their countries (new technologies, the British suffragettes, etc.) that led to the start of WWI.

Rubrics

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_explosion.html

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_01_1900.html

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_05_detective.html

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_02_germany.html

http://www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/great_war/causes.htm

http://www.america-at-war.net/wwi.htm

Revised: 01/07/2008

URL: http://www2.mcsdk12.org/dmr25