Agenda 2/17/2012
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Provocative question of the day!
Review and Preview
Video: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Chapter 22 note matrix
Timeline activity
Provocative question continued!
Newspaper project check in
Turn in your NOTEBOOKS if you haven’t done so.
Based on what you remember from last class,
respond to the following prompt on a loose
sheet of paper with your name on it:
Was it in the national interest for the
US to stay neutral or declare war in
1917? What reasons can you give to
support your answer?
• What surprised you about the story presented in the video?
• Were the actions of the assassins justified?
• What surprised you about the story?
• Why do you think this event was able to “spark” the powder keg of
WWI era Europe?
Set up two pages in your notebook like the example below and title it
“From Neutrality to War: Ch. 22 Notes”
In each section respond to the following guiding questions after reading the
selected section of text (use complete sentences in your responses):
22.2- Why did President Wilson’s decision to stay out of World War I in 1914
please many Americans? What was the status of combat in Europe in 1914?
What was the status of diplomatic efforts to end the war at that time?
22.3- How did the attack on the Lusitania bring the United States closer to
declaring war in 1915? Why might the Sussex pledge have helped the United
States stay neutral in 1916?
22.4- What events in early 1917 caused President Wilson to ask Congress to
declare war? President Wilson said the United States would be going to war to
make the world “safe for democracy.” How did his critics respond to this
reasoning?
In the stay neutral and declare war sections, provide 2-3 reasons/arguments
for each course of action.
Timeline of Events
On the top half of a blank page of your notebook create a timeline from 19141918 and place the following events on it:
-Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
-Outbreak of war in Europe
-Germany declares war on the open seas
-Lusitania sunk
-Sussex pledge
-Stalemate on the western front
Describe the significance of each event in 1-2 sentences
After you develop your timeline, place an X at the point that you think the US
should declare war. If you think the US should have stayed neutral write “stay
neutral” at the end of your timeline.
Revisiting our Provocative
Question!
On the bottom half of your timeline…
Was it in the national interest of the US to stay neutral or declare war in
1917?
Write a paragraph in response that includes the following:
1) A clear topic sentence that communicates your main idea
2) At least two pieces of evidence from the text to support your topic
sentence
3) At least two sentences that explains how your evidence supports your
topic sentence.
Turn in Your Notebooks!