9.1.1 PPT

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9.1: World War 1: The Armed Peace

9. The Time of World Wars

people in this lesson

Wilhelm II

emperor

German Empire

Franz Joseph II

emperor

Austria-Hungary

von Schlieffen

general

German Empire

New technology around 1900

car 1897

airplane 1903

film 1895

color photography 1907

telephone 1876

radio 1895

Paris during the Belle Epoque. The Eiffel Tower was built in 1887 - '89

the 

Belle Epoch

World Expo in Paris 1889

Age 9: The Time of World Wars

1900 - 1950

1. WW1  and  the Interbellum
2. Totalitarian ideologies: communism, fascism and National-Socialism
3. WW2 and the occupation of the Netherlands
4. Racism and discrimination leading to genocide in the Holocaust

Typical Aspects:

Lesson 9.1.A The Armed Peace

• World War I lasted from 1914 to 1918.
• At the time it was called "The Great War"
• sometimes it is called the War of '14-'18.

Start of the class task:
Work in pairs or triplets

Write down one conclusion you can draw
about the arms race using the information in
the source

Causes: 

• more than one
• further back in time

Direct cause:

• only one
• the event that triggers the start of the war

Causes of WW1

Causes and the Direct Cause of WW1

M = Militarism (+ arms race)

A = Alliances

I = Imperialism

N = Nationalism

MAIN

Give a description of imperialism using the term 'Scramble for Africa'

Causes: 

M.A.I.N.

1. Militarism

Causes of WW1

Emperor Wilhelm II with the Navy flag, eagle, sword and crown, and a warship in the background. German postcard, dated 1910.

Anglo-German

rivalry

Alliances

Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

                           Later: (the Centrals)

Triple Entente: Great Britain, France, Russia

                           Later: (the Allies)

Causes of WW1

Finish the map in your notebook.

Write under the map:

At the beginning of WW1:

Triple Entente          the ALLIES

Triple Alliance          the CENTRAL POWERS

Bulgaria and Turkey joined the Central Powers

Italy switches sides and joined the Allies (1915).

 

In the map:

1. Shade (arceer) the countries Bulgaria and Turkey in the same color that you gave the Triple Alliance countries.
2. Shade Italy with the color of the Triple Entente countries.

 

Causes: 

M.A.I.N.

4. Nationalism

Causes of WW1

Humiliating the French in 1871:

German emperor Wilhelm I is crowned 

in the French palace of Versailles...

‘Balkan Troubles’. The heads of the European empires sitting on a tinder box. Political cartoon in a British magazine, 1912.

21. Study the source.
Why was the Balkan area known as the
powder keg of Europe?
Use an element of the source in your answer.