WORLD WAR 1UNIT 6

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UNIT 6 - CAUSES OF WW1

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. THEN, SHARE WITH YOUR PARTNER

WHY DO COUNTRIES GO TO WAR? WRITE AS MANY REASONS AS YOU CAN

ARE THESE REASONS JUST?

WHY IS THIS QUESTION IMPORTANT?

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

IN THIS UNIT WE WILL LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT GLOBAL CONFLICTS. KEEP ASKING YOURSELF THE QUESTION:

IS THERE SUCH THING AS A JUST WAR?

ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND AND HIS WIFE WERE HEIRS TO THE

THRONE OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST EMPIRES IN EUROPE.

SERBIA, ONCE PART OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE, WAS GIVEN

INDEPENDENCE IN 1878

HOWEVER, MANY SERBIANS WERE RESENTFUL THAT THEY STILL LIVED IN TERRITORY CONTROLLED BY AUSTRIA-

HUNGARY. THEY WANTED TO JOIN THEIR FELLOW PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN

NATION.

FRANZ FERDINAND VISITS BOSNIA (SOUTHERN POINT OF AUSTRIA

HUNGARY), WHERE MANY SERBIANS LIVED, TO TRY TO CALM THINGS DOWN.

HIS CAR IS SURROUNDED BY SIX SERBIAN ASSASSINS, BUT THEY ALL FAIL

HIS CAR LATER MAKES A WRONG TURN AND GETS STUCK

HE AND HIS WIFE ARE SHOT AND KILLED BY GAVRILO PRINCIP

PRINCIP IS A SERBIAN NATIONALIST WHO BELONGED TO A GROUP CALLED THE BLACK HAND.

A MONTH LATER WORLD WAR 1 BEGINS

WORLD WAR 1 - THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

MORE THAN 70 MILLION SOLDIERS FOUGHT IN THE WAR

UP TO 16 MILLION DIED. 7 MILLION WERE CIVILIANS.

OVER 100 COUNTRIES WERE INVOLVED IN WW1

HOW DID IT START? WAS IT CAUSED BY ONE BOY?

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1 ACTIVITY

YOU WILL

GERMANY

GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE

RUSSIA

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

SERBIA ITALY

ALLIED POWERS

AXIS POWERS

ACTIVITY 1: NATIONALISM

SHOW YOUR PRIDE IN YOUR COUNTRY BY CREATING AS MANY EXACT COLOR COPIES OF YOUR FLAG AS YOU CAN IN

2 MINUTESBRITAIN TEAM - JUST USE BLUE AND RED RUSSIA TEAM - DON’T MAKE THE EAGLE

ACTIVITY 2: IMPERIALISMCOMPETE TO EXPAND YOUR EMPIRE BY SENDING ONE PERSON AT A TIME TO TAPE YOUR FLAG ON THE “WORLD

REGIONS” ON THE WALLS. YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES.

ACTIVITY 3: MILITARISMBUILD UP YOUR MILITARY

BY SENDING ONE PERSON AT A TIME TO TAKE BACK YOUR FLAGS ONE AT A

TIME. CRUMPLE THE FLAG INTO A BALL TO MAKE AN “ARMY”.

AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN MAKE NEW FLAGS TO CRUMPLE.

GO TO WAR ALLIANCES

SERBIA AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY START FIGHTING! WORLD WAR 1

STARTED WITH YOU!

USING YOUR COUNTRY’S RESOURCES TO BUILD A POWERFUL MILITARY. INVENTING NEW WEAPONS. HOW MIGHT MILITARISM LEAD TO WAR?

MILITARISM:

ALLIANCES: AGREEMENT TO HELP DEFEND A COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER.

HOW MIGHT ALLIANCES HAVE LED TO WAR?

SERBIA

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

RUSSIA

GERMANY

FRANCE

GREAT BRITAIN

IMPERIALISM: TAKING OVER OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES FOR RESOURCES.

HOW MIGHT IMPERIALISM LEAD TO WAR?

PRIDE IN YOUR NATION OR COUNTRY AND A DESIRE FOR YOUR NATION TO BE THE BEST.

HOW MIGHT NATIONALISM LEAD TO WAR?

NATIONALISM:

WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1

M A I N

MILITARISM ALLIANCES IMPERIALISM NATIONALISM

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