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WWI: The World at War for the First Time US History 7th grade Essential Questions How did the world change because of World War I? SOLs USII.4b explain the reasons for the United States’ involvement in World War I and its leadership role at the conclusion of the war. NCSS Strands II. Time, Continuity, and Change and VI. Power, Authority, and Governance Objectives Students will describe the events that led to World War one and to US involvement in the war. Students will compare the Allied and Central powers. Students will examine the ways that the world was changed by World War one. Text Appleby, J., Brinkley, A., and McPherson, J. (2003).The American Journey. Glencoe McGraw-Hill: New York, NY. Chapter 23 (pages 664 to 693) Key Terms and People nationalism Triple Alliance Triple Entente militarism Franz Ferdinand Allied Powers Central Powers neutrality propaganda Lusitania Zimmerman Telegram autocracy Woodrow Wilson convoys Selective Service Act fronts Bolsheviks doughboys armistice mobilization National War Labor Board liberty bonds rationing socialists Espionage Act Paris Peace Convention pacifists Fourteen Points League of Nations Treaty of Versailles reparations Unit Activities and Features Time Line, Vocabulary Foldable, Joining the War Debate, Comparison Chart the Allied and Central Powers, Essay on how the US and World was changed by WWI, Map of the World as it connects to WWI Unit Project You will create a piece of propaganda like the ones created during the war to try to convince the US to join the war on either the Allied or Central side- the most convincing and accurate wins! Why you should learn about World War One World War one changed the World including which countries were more powerful, the geography of Europe, the way that war is fought, the way that the World’s countries interacted with one another, and WWI as it relates to causes of WWII. WWI: The World at War for the First Time US History 7th grade Essential Questions How did the world change because of World War I? SOLs USII.4b explain the reasons for the United States’ involvement in World War I and its leadership role at the conclusion of the war. NCSS Strands II. Time, Continuity, and Change and VI. Power, Authority, and Governance Objectives Students will describe the events that led to World War one and to US involvement and leadership in the war. Students will compare the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. Students will examine the ways that the world was changed by World War I. Text Appleby, J., Brinkley, A., and McPherson, J. (2003).The American Journey. Glencoe McGraw-Hill: New York, NY. Chapter 23 (pages 664 to 693) Key Terms and People nationalism, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, militarism, Franz Ferdinand, Allied Powers, Central Powers, neutrality, propaganda, Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, autocracy, Woodrow Wilson, convoys, Selective Service Act, fronts, Bolsheviks, doughboys, armistice, mobilization, National War Labor Board, liberty bonds, rationing, socialists, Espionage Act, Paris Peace Convention , pacifists, Fourteen Points, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles, reparations Performance Assessment Students will be assessed in their debate on entering the war and their essay on how the US and the world was changed by WWI. Students will also be assessed by a unit test. Unit Activities Essay on how the US and World was changed by WWIAs a culminating activity for the unit students will compose a one to two page essay on how the world was changed by WWI. Students will be able to use notes taken throughout the unit to write the essay. Students should show what they learned about WWI in this essay and it will be counted as a part of the exam. Map of the World as it connects to WWI Two maps of the world with the countries involved in the war highlighted and color coded to represent the side that each country fought with. One map will depict the world before WWI, and the other map will be the world after WWI. Consistent Features Time LineA time line of the major events leading up to and during WWI. Vocabulary FoldableStudents will create a foldable to study their vocabulary. The terms will be on one side and the definition on the other. Comparison Chart the Allied and Central PowersA comparison chart including countries, motivation for the war, and major battle and people. Unit Project Students will create a piece of propaganda like the ones created during the war to try to convince the US to join the war on either the Allied or Central side- the most convincing and accurate wins! Students will examine examples of propaganda from both sides of the war and study the motivation behind the creation of the propaganda. They will be assigned a cause to represent with their propaganda and will create a piece that that side would have used. Why you should learn about World War One World War I changed the World including which countries were more powerful, the geography of Europe, the way that war is fought, the way that the World’s countries interacted with one another, and how the results of WWI are connected as some of the causes of WWII.