World War I

What do you already know?What do you already know?

From World War I Manfred von

Richthofen – German pilot with 80 victories in a wooden and fabric airplane

French called him “le petit rouge”

From World War I

Do they look the same?

From World War I

Red Baron(not pizza!)

From World War I

Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

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War I…

Armistice Day

Now Known asVeteran’s Day

From World War I

Daylight SavingsTime

2 a.m. on the Second Sunday in March

and lasts until2 a.m. on the First

Sunday of November.

Did you know?

Middletown has its own World War I memorial!

World War I

The War to End All Wars…

The Causes?

Which cause am I?

building and maintaining large armed forces to protect your interests or threaten others.

Militarism

Militarism

Militarism

The build up of armies, navies and weaponry

Imperialist nations had sparked an arms race to defend their holdings and possibly gain or regain territory.

Militarism

Militarism

Which cause am I?

- agreements or promises to defend and help another country

Alliances

Alliances

Created to protect national security and provide aide in the event of an attack.

Alliances

Which cause am I?

- The creation and maintenance of an Empire whereby a

powerful country controls one or more less

powerful countries.

Imperialism

Imperialism

Think . . .

What do you remember about it from the last unit?

This map shows Africa in 1914 and shows how much land the major nations had taken over.

BRITAIN FRANCE GERMANY ITALY BELGIUM

Imperialism

Imperialism

Dividing up areas of the world among the more powerful countries

European powers competed with each other for raw materials and colonies

Which cause am I?

- An extreme form of patriotism. A belief your country is right and a willingness to defend it.

Nationalism

Nationalism

Nations who wanted back land that had natives living there (France and Russia)

Areas that wanted to gain national independence from countries that had engulfed their culture (Czechs and Poles)

Nationalism

Ethnic Map of Europe in 1914

Nationalism

Nationalism

4 Main Causes of WWI

M.A.I.N.

Militarism - Alliances- Imperialism- Nationalism-

4 Main Causes of WWI M.A.I.N.

Militarism - building and maintaining large armed forces to protect your interests or threaten others.

Alliances- agreements or promises to defend and help another country

Imperialism- The creation and maintenance of an Empire whereby a powerful country controls one or more less powerful countries.

Nationalism- An extreme form of patriotism. A belief your country is right and a willingness to defend it.

Question to Ponder . . .

How can a country become involved in a global conflict?

(The Essential Question)

Europe is a Powder Keg!

MilitarismAlliancesImperialismNationalism

The Archduke

Franz Ferdinand

and Family

Serbia

The Black Hand

Serbian terrorist organization

Sent a small group of teenage operatives to assassinate the Archduke!

Sarajevo – June 28th 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand's arrival at the Town Hall on 28 June 1914

"Mr. Mayor, one "Mr. Mayor, one comes here for a comes here for a

visit and is received visit and is received by bombs! It is by bombs! It is outrageous!"outrageous!"

June 28th, 1914

June 28, 1914

The Wrong Turn!

Gavrilo Princip

1914 – 1918 The Great War1914 – 1918 The Great War