Stephen

Williams

OBJECTIVE:  SWBAT    
Name  the  Alliances.  
Describe  combat  conditions  during  WWI.    
Describe  the  Psychological  impact  of  the  War.  
—  Causes  of  World  War  I  

— M  
— A  
— N  
— I  
—  Europe  is  in  two  rival  camps:  Triple  Entente  &  the  
Triple  Alliance  

 
—  Austria-­‐Hungary  declared  war  on  Serbia;  serves  as  
catalyst  to  chain  reaction  in  alliance  system.  
Take me
Out!
Franz Ferdinand
DIRECTIONS:  Read  the  following  statements.  Then  answer  whether  they  are  true  
or  false  to  the  best  of  your  knowledge.  After  you  are  done,  we  will  discuss  these  
statements  as  a  class.  
 
1.  World  War  I  was  expected  to  be  relatively  short.  
2.  Death  occurred  even  when  there  were  no  raids  or  attacks  occurring.  
3.  A  single  rat  can  produce  up  to  500  babies  a  year.  
4.  Trench  foot  was  a  serious  problem  throughout  the  war.  
5.  There  were  unofficial  truces  every  morning  for  breakfast.  
6.  The  smell  was  one  of  the  worst  things  for  visitors.  
7.  Lice  transmitted  “trench  fever.”  
8.  New  weapons  like  poison  gas,  machine  guns,  airplanes,  and  tanks  made  
warfare  even  deadlier  than  previous  wars.  
9.  The  soldiers  would  sometimes  meet  the  enemy  while  patrolling  no  man’s  
land.  
10.  The  rats  ate  human  remains  in  the  trenches,  especially  fingers  and  toes.  
—  Which  countries  made  up  the  Central  Powers    &  
Allies?   Central Powers:


  Allies:
—  What  were  the  combat  conditions  like  in  WWI?  

—  What  was  the  psychological  impact  on  the  soldiers?  

 Allies   Central  Powers  
—  Great  Britain,  France,   —  Germany  &  Austria  
and  Russia  (Triple   (Triple  Alliance)  initially;  
Entente)   Bulgaria  &  Hungary  join  
—  Japan?   later  
Why?  
—  Named  the  central  powers  
—  Italy?     because  they  were  located  in  
central  Europe!  

—  US  ?  
—  Poison  Gas  
—  Machine  Gun  
—  Submarine  
—  Airplane  
—  Barbed  Wire  
—  Tank  
—  War  quickly  turns  into  a  
stalemate  
—  Much  of  the  fighting  is  
done  from  trenches  for  
the  next  3  years  
—  Space  between  opposing  
trenches  was  called  “no  
man’s  land”  
—  The  Central  Powers  
fought  versus  Russia  on  
the  Eastern  Front  

—  By  1916,  the  Russians  

were  near  collapse    
—  Unable  to  make  enough  
weapons,  terrible  losses.  

—  Forces  Germany  to  fight  

a  war  on  two  fronts.  
—  France  and  England  fought  the  Central  Powers    

—  Both  sides  thought  the  war  would  be  over  by  
Christmas  

—  Schlieffen  Plan  

—  First  Battle  of  the  Marne  &  Stalemate  

—  While  reading  the  
selection,  highlight    
conditions  during  WWI.    
 
 

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For  the  next  10  minutes,  write  a  diary  entry  
or  letter  home  describing  the  conditions  in  
battle.    
 
What  are  conditions  like?  
How  is  the  scenery?  
What  are  the  battles  like?  
How  is  your  psyche  holding  up?  
—  Which  countries  made  up  the  Central  Powers    &  
Allies?  

 
—  What  were  the  combat  conditions  like  in  WWI?  

—  What  was  the  psychological  impact  on  the  soldiers?  

—  Read  about  the  treaty  agreements  

—  Read  about  the  Russian  Revolution