11th Grade American History Mr. Dalton’s Class Subject: World War I 1914-1919.

11th Grade

American History

Mr. Dalton’s Class

Subject:

World War I

1914-1919

Objectives:

• The students will be able to explain the causes of WWI

• the students will be able to define the United States policy during the early years of the war

• the students will be able to explain why the United States entered World War I

Objectives continued:

• The students will be able to describe the role of American troops in ending the war

• the students will explain how American efforts on the home front helped make an Allied victory possible

• the students will describe the impact of World War I on the world and the United States.

Activities:

• The students will get into groups and study a map of World War I in Europe, noting the influence of geography on the war. They will answer these questions: Why were German U-boats so threatening to Great Britain? Why was the war fought on so many fronts?

Hands on Activity:

• The students will get into groups of four or five and construct their own U Boat noting the differences or similarities to that of the Germans. They will write a report about it, describing it, and present it to the class.

Activities:

• The students will watch the movie U 571 and discuss what they would have done in that situation.

• The students will create a timeline of events between 1915 and 1917 that led the United States to enter World War I.

Activities:

• The students will get into groups and find the clauses in the Constitution which describe the military powers of Congress and the President.

• The students will discuss the ways that the federal government took control of the economy during the War and answer this: what were the results of the planned economy coordinated by the government?

Activities:

• The class will discuss the sacrifices that Americans made for the war effort and the causes for which they were willing to make personal sacrifices.

• The students will choose which of the effects of World War I they feel was most important and write a short essay justifying their choice.

Activities:

• The class will be divided into two groups and one half will write up a list of arguments supporting President Wilson’s views on the League of Nations and the other half will prepare arguments in favor of Senator Lodge’s views. Then they will hold a debate where the representatives will of each group will present their arguments.

Activities:

• I will write on the board two headings: The Fourteen Points and The Treaty of Versailles and the students will list the major elements of each, after that we will discuss how they differed for peace.

Vocabulary:

• Triple Entente

• Treaty of Versailles

• League of Nations

• Central Powers

• Balfour Declaration

• Zimmerman Note

Vocabulary:

• U- Boat

• Sussex Pledge

• American Expeditionary Forces

• Selective Service Act

• Liberty Loan

• Sedition Act

• Trading with the Enemy Act

Vocabulary:

• War Industries Board

• Fourteen Points

• Weimar Republic

• Mandate

• Genocide

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

People to Identify:

• Herbert Hoover

• Henry Cabot Lodge

• Georges Clemenceau

• William Haywood

• John J. Pershing

• Bernard Baruch

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.worldwar1.com/ -- this site is a large resource offering articles, images, bibliographies, and guides providing information about the people, places and events of the Great War.

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.library.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi -- this site is an archive of primary documents from World War I and was made by volunteers of the World War I Military History List

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.cwgc.org/ --this site marks an maintains the graves of members of the forces of the Commonwealth. You can find details about the cemeteries.

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/wwi.html -- this site is a reference from the Canadian Forces Colleges. You can investigate an extensive selection of topics such as campaigns and propaganda

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.theaerodrome.com/ -- this site has details of the aces, aircraft, medals. And decorations from WWI.

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets -- this site is a hypertext document on the poetry of World War I

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.rsb.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html -- this site has the most famous documentary photos ever produced about the war. It was created by a group of U.S. government photographers

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.wingsofhonor.com -- this is a site of the Red Baron. It has World War One aircraft, pilots, missions, and maps.

• Http://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/ww1.html

Web sites to visit for more information:

• Http://www.Jastaboekke.de -- this site has information on the German Aces during World War I

• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html