2. Standards
We will be covering:
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First
World War.
• 1. Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented
by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of
political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological
conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and
propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian
population in support of “total war.”
• 2. Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning
points, and the importance of geographic factors in military
decisions and outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways,
distance, climate).
3. Lesson Objectives
You will:
• Know how to complete a flow chart.
• Understand that each country entered WWI
because of treaties and alliances that had
been previously signed.
• Know the major battles of WWI and major
turning points, when they occurred and where
the battles were by placing them correctly in
the Flow Chart.
4. Directions:
For this assignment, you will find a list of
significant events that occurred during World
War I on the back of this page. We have been
studying the war for several weeks now and
you will be tested soon, this should be review
to you. Please place the events in the correct
boxes, chronologically (in order from first to
last) following the arrows, I have begun to fill
out the boxes for you.
5. Flow Chart
Assassination of
Archduke Franz Germany declares
Ferdidnad June, war on Russia
1914
Italy enters the
Battle of Ypres- Britain declares
war as an ally of
Introduction of war against
Britain, France,
Poison Gas Germany
Russia
Battle of
USA enters the
Champagne
war
(Petain)
Treaty of Versailles
signed by Germany
June 28, 1918
6. Answer Bank
• Russia bound by treaty, readies it’s troops
• The Schlieffen Plan was initiated
• Germany signs armistice with the Allies
• Peace conference in Paris
• Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
• Battle of Somme- First use of tanks in the war
• Lusitania ship was sunk by German U-Boat
• Treaty of Bresk-Litovsk signed by Russia and Germany
• France, bound by treaty with Russia is at war against
Germany and Austria-Hungary
7. Filling out the chart:
We have covered this material the past couple
of weeks so this should be review, try to figure
out the answers before using resources to
help you.
- Use your book and class notes to help you
decide which answer goes where.
