American History Ch 18 Assignments World War 1
Students will complete the following assignments:
Assignment #1 (26 Points)
Read Ch. 18-1 pages 582-587.
Take notes from overhead projector on the first years of the World War.
Discus with class the steps leading to war, and Assassination of Arch Duke Franz
Ferdinand. Google following website: www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/duke.htm
for an eyewitness account of the assassination. Also look at Google images for
pictures of the event.
Identify the following:
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Great War
Nationalism
Imperialism
Alliances
Balance of Power
Central Powers (Triple Alliance)
Triple Entente
Neutrality
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Essential Questions:
1. What were the primary causes of World War 1? (4 pts.)
2. Why was the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand pivotal to the
outbreak of Work War 1? (4 pts.)
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American History Ch 18 Assignments World War 1
Assignment #2: (30 points)
Read Ch. 18-1 page 587-589
Takes notes in class from Transparency page 2
Watch the Animation in class from Class Zone on Trench Warfare. Discuss
warfare in World War 1 and weapons.
Identify the following:
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Eastern Front
Western Front
No Man’s Land
Trench Warfare
“Over the top”
Essential Questions:
Pick one or two of the following adaptations adopted by armies In World War
1 and write a brief 100 - 200 word report on it. Include in your thinking; effective
use of the weapon, particular horror of this thing, how used, technological
advancement, whatever else you find out or comes to mind. (40 pts)
a. Barb Wire
b. Machine Guns
c. Poison gas
d. Tanks
e. Airplanes
f. Submarines (U-boat)
Assignment #3: (100 pts.)
Select 1 partner, and look at the list of major battles on page 584 of the text.
In association with your teacher and the rest of the class, to make sure there are no
duplications, select a battle to research and report upon. Once your topic is selected
use technology and research to prepare a presentation. This presentation should
include the following:
a. Overview of the battle,
b. Commanding generals on both sides,
c. Strategy,
d. Maps,
e. Visuals, pictures etc.,
f. Video clips of the battle from U-tube, Dvd’s, etc.
g. Outcomes, including casualties, winners and losers, effect on the war, etc.
American History Ch 18 Assignments World War 1
Assignment #4 (36 Points)
Read Ch. 18-2 pages 590-596 before you arrive at class.
Take notes in class from transparency page 3 and 4 on American involvement in
WW1.
Watch U-tube clip on World War 1 air warfare.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ffo6z36vzM
Watch clip from Sergeant York on VCR.
Identify the following:
1. Lusitania
2. Isolationism
3. Zimmerman Note
4. Selective Service Act
5. Communists
6. General John J. Pershing
7. American Expeditionary Force
8. Sergeant Alvin York
9. Battle of Belleau Wood
10. Battle of the Meuse-Argonne Forest
11. Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Red Baron)
12. Eddie Rickenbacker
13. Private Fred Frost
14. Nurse Edith B. Hokanson
15. Emil Pinkall
Essential Questions:
1. Why did the United States try to stay neutral in the World War? (2 pts.)
2. Name two incidents that finally convinced The U.S. to enter the war on the side
of the Allies. (2pts)
3. Why was the Battle of the Argonne so terrible for the soldiers? (2Pts.)
4. When did the war end, at what moment? (2 Pts.)
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American History Ch 18 Assignments World War 1
Assignment #5 (32 pts.)
Google “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae
www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Google: Flanders Field American Cemetery and look at images as you read the poem.
Look at other images of World War 1 Cemeteries. There are a lot of them!
Google: www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWdeaths.htm look at casualty totals for
WW1.
Google U-tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?y=SS1dO0JC2EE on the
casualties of war. Or Google Shell Shock Verdun
Read the poem and write a response.
"In Flanders Field"
1. Restate in your own words the main theme, or central idea, of the poem. In particular,
what is the author/speaker saying in the final 6 lines of the poem? (5 pts.)
2. Describe the overall tone of the poem. What is the author's attitude and voice towards
the subject he's speaking about? (5 pts.)
American History Ch 18 Assignments World War 1
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
3. Compare the main idea(s) of "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" to "In Flanders
Field." In what ways are the poems similar in ideas and how are they different? (5 pts)
4. Recall what reason(s) does the speaker of the poem give for going off to war? (2pts)
5. As you read the poems and look at the images of battle casualties and
cemeteries, what do you think of the specter of war? Explain (5pts)
6. Jose Narosky said: “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” Respond to this
statement. (5 pts.)
7. Why do you think that people believed that World War 1 was the “War to end all
wars?” (5 pts.)
Assignment #6
Read Ch. 18-3 pages 598-604
No written assignment for this section.
Discuss the World War Home Front in class. Focus on The economy, workers, the
Influenza epidemic, 1st amendment rights.
I had a little bird. Its name was Enza.
I opened the window, And influ-enza*
Children's Rhyme
American History Ch 18 Assignments World War 1
Assignment #7 (42 Points)
Read Ch. 18-4 pages 606-611. Discuss in class the fight over the Treaty of Versailles.
Take notes from transparency page 6.
Identify the following:
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Fourteen Points
Self-determination
President Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Big Four
Reparations
Treaty of Versailles
Henry Cabot Lodge
Essential Questions:
1. Look at Wilson’s 14 Points on page 608. Of the points that were left out of
the Versailles Treaty, which ones should have been included and why? You
should have at least 3 points included with a reason for each. (6 points)
2. Why do you think the Central Powers were excluded from the Paris Peace
Conference considering it was their futures that were being decided? (2
points)
3. Why did Senator Lodge and the Senate reject the treaty? (2 points)
4. Explain the League of Nations. Should this have been a good organization for
the world? (4 points)
5. What was the main objection that the Senate had with the League of Nations?
(2 points)
6. What did President Wilson predict would happen if the U.S. did not join the
League of Nations? (see page 610) (2points)
7. What was the impact of World War 1 on the United States and the World?
(there are 5 reasons for this answer) (5 points)
8. Why was World War 1 considered the “war to end all wars?’ What did they
mean and were they correct in their assessment? (2 points)