Introduction - 1.1 the armed peace

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

What do these people have in common?

What will we do today?

• 1.1 The Armed peace = What were the causes of wwI? 
• Time to work
• Evaluation

The First World War

Open page 6 & 7

What do you see?

The Belle époque

• Belle époque = Beautifull era
• Culture flourished after the Industrial Revolution
• All kinds of new inventions --> Exposition Universelle

Nationalism

• = Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests.
• Tension between France & Germany after the Franco-Prussian war

 Colonialism

• = The act of one nation controlling another for economic gain.
• Emperor Wilhelm II wanted 'place under the sun' for Germany

Militarism

• = Believing that you need a strong army.
• This leads to an arms race
• Alliances are formed
• central powers & Triple Entente

Alliances

Triple entente: France, Russia, and Britain

Central powers: Germany, Austro-Hungary, Ottoman empire

Why?

Get to work.....

• Read page 6 and 7
• Read 1.1 The armed peace
• What are the causes of WWI? Write the answer in you notebook
• Make par 1.1 (3 up till 10)

What will we do today?

• Evaluation 1.1 The Armed peace = What were the causes of wwI? 
• Instruction 1.1
• Time to work
• Evaluation

Which causes of WWI do you recognize in the following cartoons?

Von Schlieffenplan

• German strategy named after
    general Von Schlieffen.
• Goal was to avoid a two-front war

The Schlieffen plan

The Balkans

• Lots of tension in the Balkans
• Austria-Hungary had internal struggles

Get to work.....

• Read 1.1 The armed peace
• What are the causes of WWI? Write the answer in you notebook
• Make par 1.1 (3 up till 10)
• Read 1.2

Evaluation

• What kind of time was the Belle époque?
• Which causes were there for the start of World War 1?
• What was the Von Schlieffenplan?
• Why was the situation in the Balkans so tense?