Lesson Title: The Cause and Course of the Great War (WWI)
Topic/Focus Area: World History and World War I

Lesson Overview
Content Standards
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Subject(s): History/Social Science

Grade Level(s): 10, 11

Name: Daniel Diamond
Taught: Math
Phone: 760-348-7517
School: Calipatria High
601 W. Main St.
Calipatria, CA 92233-9787


Lesson Overview

In a groups of four students will, using conventional and technological means present the causes and course of the First World War. First two groups will represent the opposing sides of the confligration. They will present the pathes that led them to and through the war. A third group will represent theaters of battle, turning points and geographic influences onthe war. A fourth group will represent the Russia Revolution and the United States's entry and their effects on the war. The fifth group will represent the Human factor the nature of war such as cost in human life, the issue of killing and conquest, include the Ottoman's actions against the Armenians, genocide, the use of gas, chemicals, and human rights violations. The sixth and final groups will represent the factors that ended the war, the treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and their effects



Standards

Subject : History-Social Science
Grade : Ten
Strand : World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World

Students in grade ten study major turning points that shaped the modern world, from the late eighteenth century through the present, including the cause and course of the two world wars. They trace the rise of democratic ideas and develop an understanding of the historical roots of current world issues, especially as they pertain to international relations. They extrapolate from the American experience that democratic ideals are often achieved at a high price, remain vulnerable, and are not practiced everywhere in the world. Students develop an understanding of current world issues and relate them to their historical, geographic, political, economic, and cultural contexts. Students con-sider multiple accounts of events in order to understand international relations from a variety of perspectives.


Substrand 10.5 : Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.

 
 
STAR California Standards Test
Standard:
10.5.1
Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of “total war.”

 
 
STAR California Standards Test
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10.5.2
Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways, distance, climate).

 
 
STAR California Standards Test
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10.5.3
Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.

 
 
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10.5.4
Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, including how colonial peoples contributed to the war effort.

 
 
STAR California Standards Test
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10.5.5
Discuss human rights violations and genocide, including the Ottoman government’s actions against Armenian citizens.

Substrand 10.6 : Students analyze the effects of the First World War.

 
 
STAR California Standards Test
Standard:
10.6.1
Analyze the aims and negotiating roles of world leaders, the terms and influence of the Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and the causes and effects of the United States’s rejection of the League of Nations on world politics.

 
 
STAR California Standards Test
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10.6.2
Describe the effects of the war and resulting peace treaties on population movement, the international economy, and shifts in the geographic and political borders of Europe and the Middle East.

Student Learning Objectives


Activities

  1. Each group is responsible for presenting a power point program with maps, charts, diagrams, outlines, defined terms, and pictures that covers the information in their assigned area.

    Each group will present to the class a report using power point on their assigned area. Each member of the group is responsible for part of the presentation.

    In order to facilitate the above students will surf the net or research in their text or other books for informantion.

    Studnets will save research print outs or notes. Research printouts will have highlighted areas used in presentation.

Resources

Content Resources (books, articles, etc.)
"Exploring Worlde History" by Holt and O'Connor

World History "Patterns of Civilization" by Beers from Prentice/Hall

Web Resources
Causes of WWI (Google.Com)

WWI Propaganda (Google.com)

Mobilizing civilian population in support of wwI (Google.com)

eonomic and political reasons for involvement of wwI (google.com)

Theaters of battle WWI (Google.com)

Effects of Russian Revolution on WWI (Google.com)

Effects of United States entry into WWI (Google.com)

Statistics of human casualties in WWI (Google.com)

Statistics of human casualties in WWI (Google.com)

Effects of United States entry into WWI (see Sundown) (Google.com)

Human rights violations of WWI (Google.com)

treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (Google.com)


Hardware/Software Resources (computers, CD-ROMs, TV, VCR, etc.)
Computers
Projector for power point

File Attachments

there are currently no file attachments associated with this lesson
Assessment
See power point ruberic
Additional Comments
Students are encourages to have those in their group with artisic talents to make charts graphs propoganda cartoonss or other drawings that would be appropriate for your presentation.

Each group will be responsible for developing and making aq work follow along sheet for students who are watching your presentation.

Students will receive a seperate grade one for presentation and one for fill out worksheet produced by the presenting group.