European Alliances•What does the map show?•Which countries cover the largest territory?•Which countries do you think are the most powerful?•What alliances do you see?•How might these alliances cause tension?

World War I Begins•What do you see here?•How are these men dressed?•What positions do you think they hold?•Do you think they are from the same country?

Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife SofiaAssassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia

Bloody Stalemate in Europe

•Describe what you see in this picture.•What are these men wearing? Why?•What do you think the conditions were like in the trenches?

Captured German Trench

German U-boats

•What do you see here?•What new dangers does a submarine create for the enemy?•How could German U-boats threaten the United States without being close to American shores?

The Sinking of the British Passenger Liner, Lusitania128 Americans among the dead

U.S. Entry into the War

•What do you see here?•To whom is the telegram written?•Why might it be written in code?•What might the subject of this telegram be?

U.S. Mobilization and the End of WWI

•What do you see here?•How is the man dressed?•Ho do you think the soldier feels?•What is the woman holding?•How do you think she feels about her husband leaving?•Why do you think their daughter is holding a flag?

Over ThereJohnnie, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun,Take it on the run, on the run, on the run.Hear them calling, you and me, Every son of liberty.Hurry right away, no delay, go today,Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad.Tell your sweetheart not to pine, To be proud her boy's in line. (chorus sung twice)

Johnnie, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun,Johnnie show the Hun who's a son of a gun.Hoist the flag and let her fly,Yankee Doodle do or die.Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit.Yankee to the ranks, from the towns and the tanks.Make your mother proud of you,And the old Red, White and Blue. (chorus sung twice)

ChorusOver there, over there,Send the word, send the word over there -That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming,The drums rum-tumming ev'rywhere.So prepare, say a pray'r,Send the word, send the word to beware.We'll be over, we're coming over,And we won't come back till it's overOver there.

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•Who is “Johnnie?”•Who is the “Hun?” Why do you think this term used?•Who are the “Yanks?”•Where is “Over there?”•Why do you think this song was such a “hit?”

Over There