World Wars (7th – 8th Grades)
Teacher: Ms. Attard 305-247-7389 Email: TooHim@bellsouth.net
World War I (1/13/12 – 2/3/12 *4weeks)
World War II (2/10/12 – 3/30/12 *8weeks)
World War 1 Syllabus
January 13th: (Week #1) “What is war?”
Define/Discuss: nationalism; imperialism; militarism p. 1
The “Spark” that started World War 1 p. 3
Alliances: p. 2 Color maps identifying alliances
Homework: Watch You Tube video “Outbreak of WW1” on PEP
website 7th – 8th Grade Syllabi page
Read in Scholastic Encyclopedia of the US at War pgs. 88-93
Vocabulary words week #1-Complete classroom worksheets pgs. 1-3
January 20th: (Week #2) The Battlefronts
Locate/Discuss the different battlefronts p. 5
U-boats/Sinking of the Lusitania pgs. 6 – 7
Trench warfare: 4 Main lines/Life in the trenches p. 9
Read/Discuss poem “In Flanders Fields”
Homework: Watch You Tube video “Trench Warfare in WW1”
Read in Scholastic Encyclopedia of the US at War pgs. 94-99
Vocabulary words week #2 – Complete classroom worksheets pgs. 5-7; 9
January 27th: (Week #3) US involvement in World War 1/Doughboys
World War 1 firsts: Poison Gas/Airplanes/Tanks pgs. 10 – 12
War Propaganda: View/Discuss different WW1 posters pgs. 16 - 17
President Woodrow Wilson declares war…..Why? When? pgs.18-19
Homework:
Read in Scholastic Encyclopedia of the US at War pgs. 100-105
Vocabulary words week #3 – Complete classroom worksheets pgs. 1012; 16 - 19
February 3rd: (Week #4) World War 1 Aftermath p. 27
Ending of World War I – Russia withdraws; Germany retreats… p. 22
Armistice Day p. 24/League of Nations (The Fourteen Points)p. 25
The Treaty of Versailles p. 26
Homework: Watch You Tube video “Treaty of Versailles” located on
PEP website 7th – 8th Grade Syllabi page
Take home World War 1 Quiz
Read Scholastic Encyclopedia of the US at War pgs. 106-107
**World War 1 Vocabulary Words**
Week #1
Week #2
Week #3
1. nationalism
1. abdicate
1. armistice
2. militarism
2. attrition
2. dogfights
3. imperialism
3. trench foot
3. reparations
4. entente
4. neutrality
4. Ace
5. allies/alliance
5. trenches
5. zeppelins
6. Tsar
6. U-boat
6. flamethrower
7. Kaiser
7. no man’s land
7. propaganda
8. casualty
8. Lusitania
8. munitionettes
9. armaments
9. battlefront
9. truce
10. war
10. depth charges
10. reconnaissance
Note: Vocabulary words will be collected at the start of each class and
your notebooks will be collected on February 3rd to be graded.