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World Wars 1914-1945
Students analyze the causes and course of the First
World War, along with the long-term military,
economic, and political effects. Students describe the
various causes and consequences of the global
depression of the 1930s, and analyze how
governments responded to the Great Depression.
Students analyze the rise of fascism and
totalitarianism after World War I. Students analyze
the causes and course of World War II, along with
the long-term military, economic, and political effects
of the World War II
Our Standards
W.24 Trace the principal theaters of battle, major
battles, and major turning points of World War I. (G, H,
P)
The Great War
Video Time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mibe3zUg
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Schlieffen Plan
Burning of Louvain
Facts About Burning of Louivan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/e
urope/belgium/11053962/The-city-thatturned-Germans-into-Huns-marks-100years-since-it-was-set-ablaze.html
People React to Burning of Louvain
Theaters of War
Western Front:
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ww1western-front.htm#mapwesternfront
Battle of the Marne
The First Battle of the Marne was conducted
from the 6th to the 12th of September 1914,
with the outcome bringing to an end the war
of movement that had dominated the First
World War since the beginning of August.
Instead, with the German advance brought
to a halt, stalemate and trench warfare
ensued.
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/maps_out
break.html
Battle of Tannenburg
The Battle of Tannenburg was Russia’s worst
defeat in World War One. In fact, the
Russian army never fully recovered from
the battle at Tannenburg and the
contribution of Russia’s disillusioned army
to the February/March Russian Revolution
has been well chronicled.
Gallipoli
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/maps_galli
poli.html
Anzac Day
http://www.australia.gov.au/aboutaustralia/australian-story/anzac-day
Anzac Cookies
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Verdun
Verdun resulted in more than a quarter of a million battlefield
deaths (163,000 French and 143,000 German combatants)
plus at least half a million wounded, amounting to an average
of 30,000 deaths for each of the ten months of the battle. This
duration made it the longest and one of the most devastating
battles in the First World War and also in the overall history of
warfare. Verdun was primarily an artillery battle: a total of about
40 million artillery shells were exchanged, leaving behind
millions of overlapping shell craters that are still partly visible.
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/maps_ver
dun.html
http://www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/battleverdun/
1916 Battle of the Somme
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/maps_so
mme.html
A Plan to Move Forward
The Battle of the Somme was one of the costliest
engagements of the First World War. In the summer of
1916 the line of trenches demarcating the Western Front
stretched from the English Channel across the length of
France to the Swiss border. At Verdun, near the middle of
this line, French and German troops were bogged down in
a battle of attrition. The objective of the Somme offensive
was to relieve the pressure on Verdun and to push the
British line forward
The Cost was so HIGH
The attack began July 1, 1916 with a predominately British force
clambering out of its trenches and crossing No Man's Land
under withering German machine gun and artillery fire. The
attack soon stalled and deteriorated into disaster. On that day
the British suffered almost 60,000 casualties making it the
bloodiest day in British military history. Undeterred, the
British command ordered the assault to continue the next day
with the hope of breaking through the German lines. This
attempt and the others that followed through the summer and
fall months produced no break through. Finally, with the
approach of winter in November, the battle was abandoned.
The final tally included 420,000 British casualties, 200,000
French and the Germans 500,000. The reward for this effort
was the six-mile movement of the British front line into
German territory.
The Third Battle of Ypres
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/maps_ypr
es.html
Our Standards
W.24 Trace the principal theaters of battle, major
battles, and major turning points of World War I. (G, H,
P)
More Standards
W.28 Explain the nature of the war and its human costs
(military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict,
including unprecedented loss of life from prolonged
trench warfare. (C, E, H, P)
W.29 Trace advances in weaponry, the belief that the
“Great War” would end war, and disarmament
movements. (H)
Western Front – Four Years of Killing
Trench Warfare – A Stalemate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXtsiqrhq
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvYIIuxh2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBLZjBa
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8HmPNg
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World War 1 Casualties
W.28 Explain the nature of the war and its
human costs (military and civilian) on all sides
of the conflict, including unprecedented
loss of life from prolonged trench warfare.
(C, E, H, P)
http://www.pbs.org/great
war/resources/casdeath
_pop.html
Advances in Weaponry
World War 1 witnessed new and improved ways
of killing the enemy
http://www.historyonthenet.com/ww1/weapons.ht
m
Our Standards
W.24 Trace the principal theaters of battle, major
battles, and major turning points of World War I. (G, H,
P)
More Standards
W.28 Explain the nature of the war and its human costs
(military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict,
including unprecedented loss of life from prolonged
trench warfare. (C, E, H, P)
W.29 Trace advances in weaponry, the belief that the
“Great War” would end war, and disarmament
movements. (H)