Chapter 35:
The Great War: The World in Upheaval

Chp. 35 (Week 5) | Chp. 36 (Week 6) | Chp. 37 (Week 7)|
Chp. 38 (Week 8) | Chp. 39 (Week 9) | Chp. 40 (Week 10)

Homework

• Completed Outline: Due Friday (next week).
• Answer Big Picture Questions: Chapter 35.
• Vocabulary: Chapter 35.
  • Define each term and identify significance.
  • Write the page number on the card. Due: Friday (next week).
• Chapter 35: Practice Quiz.
• Essay: Comparison due Monday.
• Chapter 35: Exam on Friday.

Online Activity: Causes of the War

• Why Did War Break out?
  • View the map of Europe, click on the next button and read about the events leading up to World War I. Create a timeline of dates on the left side of your notebook under the title Causes of the Great War.
• The Causes of World War I
  • Read the page and click on all 7 gallery images. Answer any questions on the left side of your notebook.
• Why Trench Warfare?
  • Read the page and explain on the left side of your notebook why the war turned to trench warefare.
• The Big Question
  • Complete the soldiers thoughts: Maybe the Great War could have been avoided if . . . Fill in the text box, click on submit and print out a copy. Tape or staple to the left side of your notebook.

The Drift Towards War

1. Nationalist Aspirations
2. National Rivalries
3. Understandings and Alliances

Global War

1. The Guns of August
2. Mutual Butchery
3. Total War: The Home Front
4. Conflict in East Asia and the Pacific
5. Battles in Africa and Southwest Asia

The End of the War

1. Revolution in Russia
2. U.S. interverntion and Collapse of the Central Powers
3. The Paris Peace Conference
4. Challenges to European Preeminence

Links:

• Historyteacher.com: WWI and the Russian Revolution.
• The Great War:
  • Causes of World War I
  • Practices of World War I
  • Effects of World War I
• World War I: Trenches on the Web.
• PBS: The Great War.
• World War I: Documents and Hyperlinks.
• BBC: The Great War – 80 years on.
• Open Directory List: The Great War.
• First World War.com: How did it Begin.
• First World War.com: Balkian Causes of the War.
• The Great War: Statistical Information
• Lesson: Could the war have been prevented?
• SchoolHistory.co.uk: The Great War.
  • Causes of the Great War.