Week of 8/15-8/19

1st Assignment: Read "The Origins of the First World War" Pages 4-5
Create a chart for the Four Causes of the War by dividing a notebook paper in fours. At the top of each box write Long Term Cause #1, then Long Term Cause #2, etc.

In each box:
1)Summarize information
2) How did this cause make war more likely?
3) Does this show that the German government was to blame for WWI?

2nd Assignment: Read "The Origins of the First World War" Page 7 Divide your notebook paper into threes labeled Short Term Cause #1, Short Term Cause #2, Short Term Cause #3.

In each box:
1)Summarize information
2) How does this cause lead to war?
3) Does this cause show Germany is to blame for the War?

3rd Assignment: Using your "Causes of the First World War" packet write about the three countries involved in the Triple Alliance and Triple Entene.
1) Explain their main concerns by 1914.
2) Also explain why it made sense to be in the alliance they were in.

4th Assignment: Construct a timeline of main events from 1870-1914 using 5 events (complete with image and describe each event with 100% accuracy. The events you choose must pertain to the outbreak of war.

Work For The Week of 8/8-8/12

On Thursday, students worked on a map of the oceans and continents. In this map they were also to include the Equator, Prime Meridian, and the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.

On Friday, world history students worked on a map of Europe complete with all the countries in the World War I era. A good resource for this can be found here.

Both of these maps are supposed to be in the section of their binder they devote to World History. Their work will be checked on Monday

Thank you,

Mr. Randall