World War 1: Impact and Aftermath (C1 M3 & M4) PDF

WW1: Cycle 1 Meeting 3  01 Trench Warfare Type of fighting in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire.  02 Weapons of Mass Destruction British machine gunners firing during the Battle of the Somme. The battle costly in terms...

WW1: Cycle 1 Meeting 3  01 Trench Warfare Type of fighting in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire.  02 Weapons of Mass Destruction British machine gunners firing during the Battle of the Somme. The battle costly in terms of casualties, particularly for the British army.  Poison Gas Artillery Guns and Machine Guns Aircraft Tanks MUSTARD This caused the highest number of casualties from chemical weapons – upwards of 120,000 by some estimates - but it caused few direct deaths or severe skin burns and blisters because the open air of the battlefield kept concentrations below the lethal threshold.  03 US joins the war Their neutrality in the war increasingly difficult to maintain in the face of Germany’s unchecked submarine aggression against neutral ships, including carrying passengers.  In 1915, Germany declared the water surrounding the British Isles to be a war zone, and German U-boats sunk several commercial and passenger vessels, including some U.S ships. Widespread protest over the sinking of U-boat of the British ocean traveling to New York to liverpool. England with hundreds of American passengers on board helped turn the American public opinion against Germany.  The obvious threat to the United Written by German Foreign States contained the telegram Secretary Arthur Zimmermann is inflamed American public opinion a coded message sent to Mexico, against Germany and helped proposing a military alliance convince Congress to declare war against the United States. against Germany. —SINKING  Was the US involvement in WW1 a mistake?  4 Total War and Propaganda A war that involved the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those far away from the battlefield. PROPAGANDA Biased information used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view. Mobilization and the blurring of roles between soldier and citizen.  5 WOMEN in WWI Asked to temporarily take over jobs that were not available to them before (e.g. chimney, sweeps, truck drivers, farm laborers, factory workers in heavy industry)  SYNTHESIS: What can we learn from World War I about the importance of building and maintaining relationships when the truth and justice are at stake? CASEL HIGHLIGHT: SELF MANAGEMENT  SOURCES World History K to 12 (2020) Vibal pp. 338- 350 World History & Geography, McGraw Hill pp. 538- 547 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBI6ZzaP2Uk http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/education/lette rs-from-the-first-world-war-1916-1918-3-trenches.pdf  World War I: The Great War IMPACT AND AFTERMATH Cycle 1: Meeting 4 Reason behind the decline of WWI: STALEMATE - Entry of US in WWI - Internal Pressure in Germany November 11, 1918 at 11 A.M  Processing question/s: 1. Where is the setting of the poem? 2. Why did the author associate the fallen soldiers to the poppies? 3. How does this poem reflect the human cost of war?  01 Treaty of Versailles It held in Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties on the Germans, including loss of territory, massive reparations payment and demilitarization  Treaty of Versailles Provisions: - War Guilt Clause - Reparations - Give up land - Limit Military Why do you think did they treat Germany so harshly?  02 The League of Nations - Founded as a result of Treaty of Versailles - World organization to prevent future wars.  03 Inflation in Germany  04 The Great Depression - A period of low economic activity and rising unemployment. - Businesses and banks closed - Stock prices fell 5. Redrawing of the Map of Europe Turkish Genocide Against Armenians Do you think the Treaty of Versailles is a real “peace treaty”; will it bring lasting peace?