WORLD WAR I
Unit 5 Chapter 7 Lesson 3
CHANGES IN COMBAT
• New technology emerged
during WWI that made it a
very bloody war
• Old and new strategies
combined on the battle
field
• Tanks in the West and
Horses in the East
WHAT WAS TRENCH WARFARE?
• Series of trenches dug in the
ground to avoid enemy fire.
• Resulted in a STALEMATE
because neither side could gain
any land.
• Dirty, disease ridden (lice, trench
foot), lots of death.
• The average lifespan in the
trenches was only a few weeks.
• No Man’s Land
TURN AND TALK – WHAT DO YOU SEE?
NEW WAR = NEW TECHNOLOGY
• poison gas, machine gun, gas masks, zeppelins, airplanes,
barbed wire, grenades, tanks, U-boats, land mines, flame
throwers
OVER THERE – VIDEO CLIP
• 2 million troops marched into the
Western Front Stalemate
• Nicknamed “doughboys”
(inexperienced, eager)
• As US troops role in Russia pulls
out of the war (Russian
Revolution)
• Germany realizes end is near
THE END OF THE WAR
• US support too much for
Germany and allies to handle
• An armistice was called
November 11, 1918.
• Now the countries involved
need to figure out the peace
treaty
• Treaty of Versailles lays
groundwork for WWII
TODAYS ACTIVITY – PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS
• Look at the pictures on the slide show and answer the
accompanying pictures
• Answers must be relevant and in sentence form
• I will collect – please put on a separate sheet of paper
• 1) What do you see in the
picture (people, tools, images
etc)?
• 2) What do you think was
happening at the moment this
picture was taken?
• 3) What does this picture
teach us about the War?
• 4) What questions do you
have for the photographer?
PICTURE #1
• 1) What do you see in the
picture (people, tools, images
etc)?
• 2) What do you think was
happening at the moment this
picture was taken?
• 3) What does this picture
teach us about the War?
• 4) What questions do you
have for the photographer?
PICTURE #2
• 1) What do you see in the
picture (people, tools, images
etc)?
• 2) What do you think was
happening at the moment this
picture was taken?
• 3) What does this picture
teach us about the War?
• 4) What questions do you
have for the photographer?
PICTURE #3
• 1) What do you see in the
picture (people, tools, images
etc)?
• 2) What do you think
happened to this man before
the 2nd picture was taken?
• 3) What does this picture
teach us about the War?
• 4) What questions do you
have for the photographer?
PICTURE #4
• 1) What do you see in the
picture (people, tools, images
etc)?
• 2) What do you think was
happening at the moment this
picture was taken?
• 3) What does this picture
teach us about the War?
• 4) What questions do you
have for the photographer?
PICTURE #5
READING ACTIVITY – A FLAWED PEACE (197-199)
• 1) Create a graphic organizer like the one below and
highlight Wilson’s 14 Points
1st Five Points
Next 8 Points
14th point
• 2) Complete following word web (include at least 5 points)
Treaty of
Versailles
• 3) What reasons did the Senate give for rejecting the
•
Treaty of Versailles?