Vwo 3 tto: WW1 - lesson 3

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Vwo 3 tto: WW1

Lesson 3

Start of the lesson

Sit in your spot

Phone (off/silent) in phonebag

Books + laptop on table

Introduction

What happened in 1918 that killed more people than the whole of ww1?

Menu of the day

Recap

Start of WW1

A total war

Propaganda

Recap

Close your books and notebooks

Match the description with the right age

age 1

age 2

age 3

age 4

age 5

age 6

age 7

age 8

age 9

age 10

Discoverers & reformers

Cities & states

Hunters & farmers

Greeks & Romans

World Wars

Television & computer

Wigs & revolutions

Monks & Knights

Regents & monarchs

Citizens & steam engines

Triple Alliance

Triple Entente

Austria-Hungary

Great Britain

France

Germany

Italy

Russia

Which cause is depicted?

1. Tensions between Germany & France
2. Nationalism
3. Modern Imperialism
4. Ottoman empire falling apart

What was the trigger of the First World War?

1. The Schlieffen plan
2. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
3. The declaration of war from Austria-Hungary
4. The guarantee of Germany to A-H

A total war

The First World War was the first total war: the whole of society was involved​

A total war

Governments tried to influence their population through propaganda: political commercials

A total war

Governments tried to influence their population through propaganda: political commercials

• They controlled radio and the newspapers​
  

About 10 million soldiers died, but also some 6 million civilians

Exercises

Section 3: 8-14

Propaganda

It's time to make your own propaganda poster:

• Choose a topic (could be ww1; but the war in Ukraine is also good)
• What do you think people should do? --> how do you persuade them to do it?

The end of the war

• During the war the British blockaded the Germans --> this led to shortages of food and ammunition​
  
• Russia surrendered in 1917 --> what was the consequence for Germany?​
  
• However, end 1917 the USA joined and Germany knew it couldn't win the war​
  

The end of the war

Germany surrendered in 1918 and signed the Treaty of Versailles:​

• Germany was primarily responsible​
  
• They had to pay a lot of gold as war reparations​
  
• They lost territories​
  
• They could only have an army of 100.000 soldiers​
  
• The Rhineland was demilitarized

Homework

Create a keyword list of 1.3