11th Grade
American History
Mr. Dalton’s Class
Subject:
World War I
1914-1919
Objectives:
• The students will be able to explain the
causes of WWI
• the students will be able to define the
United States policy during the early years
of the war
• the students will be able to explain why the
United States entered World War I
Objectives continued:
• The students will be able to describe the
role of American troops in ending the war
• the students will explain how American
efforts on the home front helped make an
Allied victory possible
• the students will describe the impact of
World War I on the world and the United
States.
Activities:
• The students will get into groups and study
a map of World War I in Europe, noting the
influence of geography on the war. They
will answer these questions: Why were
German U-boats so threatening to Great
Britain? Why was the war fought on so
many fronts?
Hands on Activity:
• The students will get into groups of four or
five and construct their own U Boat noting
the differences or similarities to that of the
Germans. They will write a report about it,
describing it, and present it to the class.
Activities:
• The students will watch the movie U 571
and discuss what they would have done in
that situation.
• The students will create a timeline of events
between 1915 and 1917 that led the United
States to enter World War I.
Activities:
• The students will get into groups and find
the clauses in the Constitution which
describe the military powers of Congress
and the President.
• The students will discuss the ways that the
federal government took control of the
economy during the War and answer this:
what were the results of the planned
economy coordinated by the government?
Activities:
• The class will discuss the sacrifices that
Americans made for the war effort and the
causes for which they were willing to make
personal sacrifices.
• The students will choose which of the
effects of World War I they feel was most
important and write a short essay justifying
their choice.
Activities:
• The class will be divided into two groups
and one half will write up a list of
arguments supporting President Wilson’s
views on the League of Nations and the
other half will prepare arguments in favor
of Senator Lodge’s views. Then they will
hold a debate where the representatives will
of each group will present their arguments.
Activities:
• I will write on the board two headings: The
Fourteen Points and The Treaty of Versailles
and the students will list the major elements
of each, after that we will discuss how they
differed for peace.
Vocabulary:
• Triple Entente
• Treaty of
Versailles
• League of
Nations
• Central Powers
• Balfour
Declaration
• Zimmerman
Note
Vocabulary:
• U- Boat
• Sussex Pledge
• American
Expeditionary
Forces
• Selective Service
Act
• Liberty Loan
• Sedition Act
• Trading with the
Enemy Act
Vocabulary:
• Genocide
• War Industries
Board
• Treaty of BrestLitovsk
• Fourteen Points
• Weimar Republic
• Mandate
People to Identify:
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Herbert Hoover
Henry Cabot Lodge
Georges Clemenceau
William Haywood
John J. Pershing
Bernard Baruch
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.worldwar1.com/ -- this site is a
large resource offering articles, images,
bibliographies, and guides providing
information about the people, places and
events of the Great War.
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.library.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi -- this
site is an archive of primary documents
from World War I and was made by
volunteers of the World War I Military
History List
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.cwgc.org/ --this site marks an
maintains the graves of members of the
forces of the Commonwealth. You can find
details about the cemeteries.
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/wwi.
html -- this site is a reference from the
Canadian Forces Colleges. You can
investigate an extensive selection of topics
such as campaigns and propaganda
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.theaerodrome.com/ -- this site
has details of the aces, aircraft, medals. And
decorations from WWI.
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoet
s -- this site is a hypertext document on the
poetry of World War I
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.rsb.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.
html -- this site has the most famous
documentary photos ever produced about
the war. It was created by a group of U.S.
government photographers
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.wingsofhonor.com -- this is a
site of the Red Baron. It has World War One
aircraft, pilots, missions, and maps.
• Http://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/w
w1.html
Web sites to visit for more
information:
• Http://www.Jastaboekke.de -- this site has
information on the German Aces during
World War I
• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsb
ook38.html