The document provides an agenda and instructions for a lesson on the causes of World War 1. It includes sections on note taking, activities, and assignments. Students are asked to take notes on the long term and immediate causes of WWI, including militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The lesson aims to explain why World War 1 started through class discussions and analysis of its complex causes.

1. DRAW A LINE BETWEEN TODAY AND THE LAST LESSON
RIGHT CORNER: 1) Write: Name: _, Period: _,
Date: 03/08/12, Topic: Causes of WWI
LEFT CORNER: Write “Opener #9” and then:
1) Write 1 high+1 low in last 24 hours
2) Rate your comprehension for this
week’s topic so far: lost<1-5>easy
3) Respond to the Opener by writing
at least 1 sentences about:
Your opinions/thoughts OR/AND
Questions sparked by the clip OR/AND
Summary of the clip OR/AND
Announcements: None

2. Agenda
1) Causes of WWI
What you will be able to do:
1) Why did the Great War (WWI)
start?
Reminder
1) Complete Foreign News Show
Sheet

3. Opener # Reminders Name
2)Hi & Lo…………………………………………. Period
2) Opinion, Question or Summary…………… Date
3) # Rating Past Understanding……………… Topic
Cues/
Topic Notes Here
Navigation
+
Section Reflections & Responses Here
Heading:
# & Title
+ SIGNATURES + STAMPS
Main Ideas
+
Questions
SUMMARY/EXIT REFLECTION

4. Opener 1 Permission Slip Due Fri Bruce Lee
2)Hi-talked with friends, Lo-Feeling tired Period 2
2) Why was Japan’s military modernization
turn out better than China’s?
8/25/12
3) 3 Asian Imperialism
Notes #1a Meiji Emperor more symbol than power
Meiji Young, handsome, wore Western clothes
Emperor
Activ #1a 1) 3 because tradition is important
Debate 2) 5 because survival is most important
Activ #1b
1) The reason students returned was nationalism.
Reading
2) I think people are more individualistic today.
Military #1
Ruso War?
Closing your country to threats can weaken you.

6. By Friday
You need a World
Studies bound
notebook for in-
class notes for just
this class. Today
and block notes
can be stapled in.

7. Notes #8a, Title: “WWI Causes Notes”
1) Family Connections: Family rivalry
UK QUEEN VICTORIA (the mother queen)
Edward III – Her son
King George V – Her grandson
GERMANY
Kaiser Wilhelm I - Her son in law
(Bismarck works for Kaiser)
Kaiser Wilhelm II – Her grandson
(KW II fires Bismarck)
RUSSIA
Czar Nicolas I – His wife is her granddaughter

8. 1) Queen Victoria’s Grandchildren
Queen
Victoria
UK Germ Russia
Kaiser of Germany jealous of the
power of his cousin in UK.

9. UK
Germany Russia
France
Austria Bosnia Serbia
Ottomans

10. A C
C
Germany
UK
Ottomans
France
Austria
Russia
Serbia Bosnia

12. 2) Long Term Causes: M.A.N.I.A.
(not in chronological order)
Militarism-Arms race
Alliances-Mutual protection agreements
Nationalism-Belief they were better
Imperialism-Competition for territory
Angst+Assasination: Society’s restlessness
3) Immediate Trigger of WWI: Assassination of
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

13. 4) Militarism: Arms race:
Bismarck: said Germany should not build a strong
navy to avoid a race with UK
a) Wilhelm II: Feels inferior to UK, starts naval race
b) Dreadnaught:
Class of
battleship was
the superweapon
21 - UK
14 - Germany

14. Activ. #8a, Title “Battleship Buildup Race”
Battleship Arms Race! With your team:
Build the biggest battleship you can make using
paper and only paper, no tape/glue!
1) Does building more weapons entice war?

16. Long Term Causes: M.A.N.I.A.
(not in chronological order)
Militarism-Arms race
Alliances-Mutual protection agreements
Nationalism-Belief they were better
Imperialism-Competition for territory
Angst: Society’s restlessness and problems at home
If in chronological order: N.I.M.A.A.
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances
Angst
2) Immediate Trigger of WWI: Assassination of
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

17. Notes #9a, Title: “WWI Causes Notes”
1) Secret Alliance Network: Country’s agree to
defend each other. Tradition was for alliances
to be secret.
Germany
France
Russia
Ottomans Austria Serbia
UK

18. 1) Alliances: Alliances designed to create peace:
a) Bismark’s Plan: Germany satiated (needs no
more Eur. land), just wants to keep France from
taking back W. border (won in Franco-Prussian War)
b) Imperial Alliance (1882): Germany creates a
alliances of kings: Germany, Austria, Italy, + Russia
c) Wilhelm II’s Plan (1892): Fears Russia will get
strong, stops trade with Russia, thinking Russia
(dictator) will never ally with France (republic)
d) Franco-Russian Alliance (1894): F+R ally, UK
losing out to German ind. rev. joins France + Russia
e) Russian Slavic Protection: Russia shares cultural
ties with and has interests in the Balkans (East
Europe), so pledges to protect them (esp Serbia)
f) Ottomans Ally with Germany (1914): Turkey allies
w. the Eur it hates least + who they thought will win

20. Long Term Causes: M.A.N.I.A.
(not in chronological order)
Militarism-Arms race
Alliances-Mutual protection agreements
Nationalism-Belief they were better
Imperialism-Competition for territory
Angst: Society’s restlessness and problems at home
If in chronological order: N.I.M.A.A.
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances
Angst
2) Immediate Trigger of WWI: Assassination of
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

21. Activ. #9a, Title “Alliances”
1) Everyone stand up. Everyone secretly
ally with 2 other people (no 4 way) in the
class, write their name down under 1)
2) What happened with X and Y went to
war?
When we start
the war, you’ll
stand by who
you are allied
with, if there’s
a conflict, you
sit the war out.

22. Activ. #9b, “Alliance Debate”
1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write
which you choose and explain why.
2) Then write down what your partner thinks
(include their name at the end).
1 2 3 4 5
PRO: Alliances provide CON: Alliances make war
extra security more likely
1) Alliances make war so 1) If any one goes to war,
devastating, it makes we are all involved,
countries think twice creating a more likely
before going to war trigger
2) Having more partners 2) Having more partners
means more security means more to defend

23. Long Term Causes: M.A.N.I.A.
(not in chronological order)
Militarism-Arms race
Alliances-Mutual protection agreements
Nationalism-Belief they were better
Imperialism-Competition for territory
Angst-Society’s restlessness and problems at home
If in chronological order: N.I.M.A.A.
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances
Angst
2) Immediate Trigger of WWI: Assassination of
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

29. Notes #2b, Title: “WWI Causes Notes”

30. Notes #9b, Title: “WWI Causes
Notes”
1) Balkans: Diverse area
between Austria, Russia, and
Middle East, mixed Christian,
Muslim, Ottomans control, but
weakening (Greece leaves
1829):
2) Europeans Slice the Balkans
(1828–1908):
a) Serbia: Win their
independence
b) Bosnia: Austria takes, angers
Serbs who wanted Bosnia
c) Northern Balkan: Russia
informally controls.

31. 3) Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Heir to Austrian
empire assassinated on Bosnia visit: 6/28/1914
4) Kaiser’s Blank Check: German says it will back
Austria no matter what, itching for war
5) Austrian Demands: Austria demands Serbia to
denounce terrorism + allow Aust. to investigate
with in Serbian borders
6) Serbian Response: Agrees to most
7) Austrian Response: Austria rejects the reply +
declares war (no turning back)
8) Russia backs Serbia: Declares war on Austria
9) Germany backs Austria: Declares war on Russia
10) France backs Russia: Declares war on Germany
11) Reluctant Allies:
a) Italy: Refuses to back ally Germany + Austria.
b) UK: Hesitant to back France and Russia.

32. Long Term Causes: M.A.N.I.A.
(not in chronological order)
Militarism-Arms race
Alliances-Mutual protection agreements
Nationalism-Belief they were better
Imperialism-Competition for territory
Angst: Society’s restlessness and problems at home
If in chronological order: N.I.M.A.A.
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances
Angst
2) Immediate Trigger of WWI: Assassination of
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

33. Activ. #9c, Title “Video: Assassination of the
Archduke of Austria”
1) Copy Source Title: BBC
2…) Discuss questions on the board
with a partner. Summarize your
discussion (include their name at the
end). Remember participation points
are deducted if off task.
5 Reading/Film Qs Come From These Journ.

36. Homework:
(10 Points):
1) Print out and watch a Foreign
News Show