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Unit 1, Section 2, Lesson 1:
From Neutrality to War
Essential Question:
What caused World War I?
What caused World War I?
Key Vocabulary:
Militarism, Casualty, Contraband, U-Boat, Lusitania, Zimmerman Note
Objectives:
Militarism, Casualty, Contraband, U-Boat, Lusitania, Zimmerman Note
Objectives:
- Identify the causes of World War I.
- Describe the course and character of the war.
- Explain why the United States entered the conflict on the side of the Allies.
Links for Lesson Activity
• The Great War: Explosion
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_explosion.html
• The Great War: Europe in 1914
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/
• The Great War: 1900 A Transforming World
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_01_1900.html
• The Great War: The War as Detective Story
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_05_detective.html
• Germany at the Turn of the Century
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_02_germany.html
• The Great War: Total War – Everyone is a Target
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_11_totalwar.html
• World War I Timeline
http://historyonthenet.com/WW1/WW1_timeline.htm
• The Origins of World War I
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/origins_01.shtml