World War I

Grade Level:

10

Subject:

Social Studies

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Goal Summary:

To fully understand the facts and underlying themes of WWI and explain how they shaped the geopolitical landscape for the rest of the twentieth century.

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Essential Questions:

What are the causes of WWI? What do you theorize is the most influential of these?
What was the key strategy Germany used? Was it effective or could have been effective? Why or why not? What effect did this have on the course of the war?
What was the reason America supported the Allied powers over the Central powers and what might have happened had they supported the Central powers?
What was the end result of WWI and why was Germany blamed for the war? How did it shape the geopolitical landscape?
What would you have done if you were a leader of one of these countries?

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Content Goals:

Countries involved in WWI, who were Allied, who were Central
Leaders in WWI
Primary strategies
Causes of war
America's reasons for entering the war
Dates of the war
New technology and its effects

Skill Goals:

Students should be able to identify the primary content concerning WWI (Content Goals) as well as being able to explain, in reasonable detail, both the causes of WWI, the Schlieffen Plan, and America's entrance into WWI (identify the subject, explain what it was, why it happened/how it was used, and its overall effect on the war).

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