Good Morning
Please have a
seat of your
choice and be
ready to work
when the bell
rings.
Should you always support an ally?
• World War I has begun. You are the leader of a
European country and must decide what to do.
Your nation is one of several that have agreed to
support each other in the event of war. Some of
your allies already have joined the fight. You
oppose the thought of war and fear that joining
will lead to even more lives lost. Yet, you believe
in being loyal to your allies. You also worry that
your rivals want to conquer all of Europe – and if
you don’t join the war now, your country may
end up having to defend itself.
Discussion
• Should you always support a friend, no
matter what he or she does?
• What might be the long-term
consequences if refusing to help an ally?
• What are the various reasons countries go
to war?
Picking an alliance or staying
neutral.
• You know who you work well with and who
you have a difficult time getting things
completed with.
• Choose your allies wisely or you’re going
to have a bad time.
Benefits of being in an alliance
• You may work with each other on
assignments.
• You may work with each other on the
vocabulary quiz and mid-unit quiz.
• If all alliance members complete the
assignment you will receive 10 extra
points.
• Camaraderie
Risks of being in an alliance
• You are responsible for the other
members to complete their work.
• If a member does not complete their work
you lose 10 points, these are regular
points, not extra credit.
• Friendships can be strained
• Shame
Staying Neutral
• No risks or benefits
• You take care of your own work and will
not have points taken away for not
completing an assignment.
• You take all quizzes and exams on your
own.
• You will be declaring your alliance
tomorrow.
• Think about your past experiences in this
class and realize that you have the
possibility of earning 110 extra credit
points if all alliance members complete
their work.
• On the flip side you could lose 110 points
if one member of your alliance falters.
• That could be a grade changer.
Learning Targets and Calendar
World War I Vocabulary
Triple Entente
• A military alliance
between Great
Britain, France, and
Russia in the years
proceeding World
War I
Triple Alliance
• A military alliance
between Germany,
Austria-Hungary,
and Italy in the
years proceeding
World War I
Mobilization
• the act of
assembling and
making both troops
and supplies ready
for war
The Allies
• The nations of Great
Britain, France, and
Russia, along with
the other nations
that fought on their
side.
The Central Powers
• The nations of
Germany and
Austria-Hungary,
along with the other
nations that fought
on their side.
Militarism
• A policy of glorifying
military power and
keeping a standing
army always
prepared for war.
Propaganda
• Information or
material spread to
advance a cause or
to damage an
opponent’s cause
Total War
• A conflict in which
the participating
countries devote all
their resources to
the war effort
Chancellor
• the leader of the
government or the
main government
minister of some
countries
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Trench Warfare
• a method of fighting
in which soldiers
from opposing
armies are in
trenches facing each
other
Western Front
• The region of
northern France
where the forces of
the Allies and the
Central Powers
battled each other
Eastern Front
• The region along the
German-Russian
border where
Russians and Serbs
battled Germans,
Austrians, and Turks
Submarine Warfare
• The use of submarines to sink enemy ships
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
• The use of
submarines to sink
without warning any
ship (including
neutral ships and
unarmed passenger
liners) found in an
enemy’s waters
Rationing
• The limiting of the
amounts of goods
people can buy –
often imposed by
governments during
wartime, when goods
are in short supply
Armistice
• An agreement to
stop fighting
Self Determination
• The freedom of a
people to decide
under what form of
government they
wish to have
Treaty of Versailles
• The peace treaty
signed by Germany
and the Allied
powers after World
War I
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
• A series of proposals
in which the U.S.
president Woodrow
Wilson outlined a
plan for achieving a
lasting peace after
World War I
League of Nations
• An international
association formed
after World War I
with the goal of
keeping peace among
nations
Reparations
• money paid by a defeated country after a
war, for all the deaths, damage etc it has
caused
War guilt clause
• Portion of the
Versailles treaty
that blames only
Germany for causing
the war. Major cause
of the rise of
national socialism in
Germany (NAZI
Party)
Schlieffen Plan
• Germany’s military
plan at the outbreak
of World War I,
according to which
German troops would
rapidly defeat
France and then
move east to attack
Russia
Lusitania
• a British passenger ship
that was sunk off the
Irish coast in 1915 by
the German navy during
World War I. Some of
the 1195 people who
were killed were
Americans, and this
made many Americans
feel that the US should
enter the war against
Germany.
Zimmermann Note
• Dispatch that
instructed the
German Ambassador
to Mexico to offer a
military alliance if
the US entered the
War. And would
offer aid to gain
back Texas, Arizona,
and New Mexico