Primary Source: World War I Primary sources are sources that were produced during, and are thus nearest to, the historical event or period in question. Historians usually work with texts, including books, letters, newspapers, diaries and other documents. But primary sources may also include coins, paintings, photographs, maps, and monuments that were produced during the historical event or period. Primary sources are important because they provide first-hand accounts of how contemporaries lived and how those contemporaries understood and represented historical events. Historians use primary sources to reconstruct the past. But historians do not merely recount or re-present what is found in primary sources. Instead, they analyze and interpret primary sources within their appropriate contexts and synthesize them with other sources of information to produce a historical narrative or a "story" about the past. Balkan Troubles This image depicts the European powers, including Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary, represented by their leaders attempting to "keep a lid" on nationalism in the Balkan region, which threatened the stability of the Austro- Hungarian Empire and promised to upset the delicate balance of power in Europe. Indeed, as early as 1888, the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck had presciently remarked that if a war would ever consume all of Europe, it would result from "some damned foolish thing in the Balkans." The Balkan Peninsula encompassed a region that included a myriad of different ethnic and cultural groups, including Slavs, Greeks, Turks, Christians, and Muslims. Long under the control of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, as it declined the different ethnic and cultural groups began to demand their own nation-states to be carved out of the remnants of the empire. Several of these ethnic and cultural groups also lived in the neighboring Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they, like their neighbors, demanded their own nation-states—in this case to be carved out of Austria-Hungary. The Austrians cracked down on nationalists in their own empire, but nationalism in the Balkan region threatened to spill over into the rest of Europe. When a Serbian nationalist assassinated the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria perceived it as an act of war. But as Austria and their German allies mobilized for war, it triggered a complicated system of alliances that plunged all of Europe into war. Primary Source: Cold War Primary sources are sources that were produced during, and are thus nearest to, the historical event or period in question. Historians usually work with texts, including books, letters, newspapers, diaries and other documents. But primary sources may also include coins, paintings, photographs, maps, and monuments that were produced during the historical event or period. Primary sources are important because they provide first-hand accounts of how contempor ...

1. Primary Source: World War I
Primary sources are sources that were produced during, and are
thus nearest to, the historical event or period in
question. Historians usually work with texts, including books,
letters, newspapers, diaries and other documents. But
primary sources may also include coins, paintings, photographs,
maps, and monuments that were produced during
the historical event or period. Primary sources are important
because they provide first-hand accounts of how
contemporaries lived and how those contemporaries understood
and represented historical events. Historians use
primary sources to reconstruct the past. But historians do not
merely recount or re-present what is found in primary
sources. Instead, they analyze and interpret primary sources
within their appropriate contexts and synthesize them
with other sources of information to produce a historical
narrative or a "story" about the past.
Balkan Troubles
This image depicts the European powers,
including Great Britain, France, Russia,
Germany, and Austria-Hungary, represented
by their leaders attempting to "keep a lid"
on nationalism in the Balkan region, which
threatened the stability of the Austro-
Hungarian Empire and promised to upset
the delicate balance of power in Europe.
Indeed, as early as 1888, the German
Chancellor Otto von Bismarck had
presciently remarked that if a war would
ever consume all of Europe, it would result

2. from "some damned foolish thing in the
Balkans."
The Balkan Peninsula encompassed a
region that included a myriad of different
ethnic and cultural groups, including Slavs,
Greeks, Turks, Christians, and Muslims.
Long under the control of the Ottoman
Turkish Empire, as it declined the different
ethnic and cultural groups began to demand
their own nation-states to be carved out of
the remnants of the empire. Several of these
ethnic and cultural groups also lived in the
neighboring Austro-Hungarian Empire, and
they, like their neighbors, demanded their
own nation-states—in this case to be carved
out of Austria-Hungary. The Austrians
cracked down on nationalists in their own
empire, but nationalism in the Balkan
region threatened to spill over into the rest of Europe. When a
Serbian nationalist assassinated the Austrian archduke
Franz Ferdinand, Austria perceived it as an act of war. But as
Austria and their German allies mobilized for war, it
triggered a complicated system of alliances that plunged all of
Europe into war.
Primary Source: Cold War
Primary sources are sources that were produced during, and are
thus nearest to, the historical event or period in
question. Historians usually work with texts, including books,
letters, newspapers, diaries and other documents. But
primary sources may also include coins, paintings, photographs,

3. maps, and monuments that were produced during
the historical event or period. Primary sources are important
because they provide first-hand accounts of how
contemporaries lived and how those contemporaries understood
and represented historical events. Historians use
primary sources to reconstruct the past. But historians do not
merely recount or re-present what is found in primary
sources. Instead, they analyze and interpret primary sources
within their appropriate contexts and synthesize them
with other sources of information to produce a historical
narrative or a "story" about the past.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This map shows the range of missiles
stationed in Cuba, an ally of the
USSR. This range put most of the
continental United States at risk of a
nuclear strike, and represented a
grave threat to American domestic
security. The installation of Soviet
nuclear missiles in Cuba, less than 90
miles away from the American
mainland, heightened Cold War
tensions between the United States
and the Soviet Union. Missiles were
installed in Cuba by the Soviets as a
response to a 1961 American
invasion of Cuba and the presence of
American nuclear missiles in Turkey,
which bordered the USSR. American
spy planes discovered the missiles in
October 1962, and an American
blockade of the island began in
response. When the Soviet Navy
attempted to test the blockade of

4. Cuba, it brought the US and USSR to
the brink of nuclear war. Cooler
heads prevailed, however, as the
American President John F. Kennedy
and the Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev forged an agreement that avoided conflict. The
American president vowed never again to attack Cuba
and to withdraw American nuclear missiles from Turkey. In
return, the Soviet premier agreed to withdraw all
offensive missiles from Cuba.
Primary'Source:'World'War'II'
Primary sources are sources that were produced during, and are
thus nearest to, some historical event or period in
question. Historians usually work with texts, including books,
letters, newspapers, diaries and other documents. But
primary sources may also include coins, paintings, photographs,
maps, and monuments that were produced during
an historical event or period in question. Primary sources are
important because they provide first-hand accounts of
how contemporaries lived and how those contemporaries
understood and represented historical events. Historians
use primary sources to reconstruct the past. But historians do
not merely recount or re-present what is found in
primary sources. Instead, they analyze and interpret primary
sources within their appropriate context(s) and
synthesize them with other sources of information to produce an
historical narrative or a “story” about the past.
Munich'Conference'
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5. This image shows the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the
German dictator Adolf Hitler and his translator, Paul Otto
Schmidt, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at the
1938 Munich Conference. The conference was held in
response to Adolf Hitler’s demands to annex German-speaking
regions of Czechoslovakia. At the end of the conference,
Hitler and his allies had won every concession that they had
demanded from Chamberlain, who was determined to avoid
war at any cost. Indeed, Chamberlain declared that after the
meeting he had forged an agreement that would guarantee
“peace for our time”. Besides being sorely mistaken,
Chamberlain and the Munich Conference may have actually
paved
the way for Hitler and his allies to invade additional territories
in Europe. The conference became associated with the
policy of “appeasement”, or giving in to the demands of Hitler,
Mussolini, and their allies. The European powers
pursued this policy because they hoped to avoid another global
conflict like the First World War. But in the end the
policy of appeasement only bolstered figures like Hitler to act
more brazenly on the expectation that no one would stand
in their way.
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Competency 1004.1.9: Modern Patterns in World History (1500
CE to present) - The graduate analyzes major cultural, political,
and economic shifts that led to revolution, industrialization, and
ideological change in the modern period.
Introduction:
In the twentieth century, globalization and modernization
contributed to the outbreak of incredibly violent global

6. conflicts. The First World War and the Second World War
shaped the first half of the century, and the Cold War dominated
the second. Each war demonstrated humanity’s capacity for
extraordinary destruction. These wars disrupted millions of
lives and led to political upheaval and redrawing of national
boundaries.
In this task, you will be required to prepare a multimedia
presentation that describes the causes of one of these conflicts
and discusses the effects of the conflict on three different
regions of the globe. In addition, you will analyze how a
primary source relates to the conflict in your presentation.
Requirements:Note: It is WGU policy to not accept live links
(i.e. Prezi links) as submissions. Please submit your work as a
downloadable file (e.g., PDF, .ppt, .doc).
A. Create a multimedia presentation (e.g., PowerPoint,
Keynote) in which you do the following:
1. Describe the major causes of one of the following conflicts:
● World War I
● World War II
● Cold War
2. Discuss the effects of the conflict you described in part A1
on three of the following parts of the world:
● Eastern Europe
● Western Europe
● Middle East
● Africa
● Asia
3. Analyze how the given primary source (found in the Web
Links section below) relates to your selected conflict.
Note: Multimedia presentations should include text and images
(e.g., pictures, charts, tables, maps).

7. B. Provide acknowledgement of source information, using in-
text citations and references, for quoted, paraphrased, or
summarized content.
1. Include the following information when providing source
references:
• author
• date
• title
• location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, or website
URL)
WEB LINKS:
1.
1. Primary Source—World War Ilink opens in new window
The Boiling Point [Cartoon]. (1912) Retrieved from
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Balkan_tr
oubles1.jpg
2.
2. Primary Source—World War IIlink opens in new window
Mussolini, Hitler, and Chamberlain Meeting in Munich
[Photograph]. (1938) Retrieved from
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Bundesar
chiv_Bild_146-1970-052-
24%2C_M%C3%BCnchener_Abkommen%2C_Mussolini%2C_H
itler%2C_Chamberlain.jpg
3.
3. Primary Source—Cold Warlink opens in new window
Cuban Missile Crisis Missile Range [Map]. (1962) Retrieved
from
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Cuban_cri
sis_map_missile_range.jpg

8. THESE ARE THE LINKS THAT ARE ASKED IN THE
REQUIRMENTS THE LINKS WERENT OPENING UP SO I
SENT THEM ALL AS PDF ATTACHMENTS FOR
DIRECITONS.