Chapter 1: The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations (Lesson 1 of 3) In this lesson, we got started on the History syllabus by learning about the events leading up to WWI. We were hit with a barrage of '-isms': Militarism, Imperialism and Nationalism. We then found out how these '-isms' contributed to the outbreak of WWI. Please note that this topic is *not tested* in the O Levels.

2.  Understand the background to World
War I
 Explain the factors leading to the
outbreak of war in 1914
 Understand the concept of causation

3.  A European war that exploded into a global war
 One of the bloodiest wars the world had ever
seen (at least before WWII)
 Caused many of the problems that led to WWII
*Also known as the First World War or the Great
War

5. Causes of WWI
 Militarism
 Alliances
 Imperialism
 Nationalism

6.  6 groups – about 5-6 people in each
◦ These will be your fixed groups for the term!
Choose wisely!
 You will be assigned one of the three ‘-isms’
 TASK:
◦ Create a short definition of your given ‘-ism’
◦ Put together a short skit (60-90 sec) depicting what
this ‘-ism’ means
◦ Explain how this ‘-ism’ might have led to WWI

10.  Background to WWI
 Definition of the three ‘-isms’ leading to WWI
◦ Militarism
◦ Imperialism
◦ Nationalism

11. Which was the most important
factor that caused WWI?

12.  Read pages 2-6 of your textbook (until the
‘Treaty of Versailles’)
 (Optional) Re-watch video by searching for
‘The 4 M-A-I-N Causes of World War One in
6 Minutes’ (video will be uploaded soon)
 Bring History textbook tomorrow