World War I (1914-1918)
1912---Serbia & its
allies attack Ottoman
Empire
June, 1914---Archduke
Francis Ferdinand of
Austria-Hungary is
assassinated by a Slavic
nationalist
July, 1914--Austria-Hungary
declares war on
Serbia
November 11, 1918--Armistice declared to
end the fighting. Over
8.5 million people had
died in this “total war”
April, 1917--United States
enters the war
after Germany’s
unrestricted
submarine
warfare
NYS Curriculum- Unit Six: Half Century of Crisis and Achievement
A. World War I
1. Europe: the physical setting
2. Causes
3. Impacts
4. Effects of scientific/technological advances on warfare
5. Armenian Massacre
6. Collapse of the Ottoman Empire
7. The war was reflected in literature, art, and
propaganda
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January, 1919---Treaty of
Versailles creates harsh
provisions for Germany & forms
the League of Nations
Curriculum-Based Questions
What were the causes of World War I?
Why might the Germans, French, and British view the causes of
World War I differently?
What role did nationalism and imperialism play in World War I?
What role did technology play in World War I?
Why is the Armenian massacre called a genocide?
What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and what was the
treaty’s impact on Germany?
Some Past Regents Multiple Choice Questions:
Some Related Regents Essay Questions
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2.
What was a major cause of World War I?
(1) Rebellions in colonial lands in Africa and Asia
(2) Expansion of communism into western Europe
(3) Militarism in the nations of Europe
(4) Inability of the League of Nations to keep the peace
The Treaty of Versailles angered many Germans after World War I
because the treaty
(1) Divided Germany into Communist and non-Communist zones
(2) Made Germany restore its emperor
(3) Required all German-speaking Europeans to return to Germany
(4) Forced Germany to pay large war reparations
Curriculum Tool-High School of Language and Innovation 2013
Click on essays below to see the task
Thematic Essay
Theme: Turning Points - (June 2004)
Task:
Identify two major turning points in global history and for each
 Describe the historical circumstances surrounding the turning point
 Explain how each turning point changed the course of history
DBQ
Reasons for Wars – (June 2005)
World War I (1914-1918)
Resources for Learning
Secondary
Primary
War-diary.com: An archive of war
diaries from various wars
http://war-diary.com/index_1_en.htm
True Stories, by BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/world
warone/
Break of Day in the Trenches, by
Isaac Rosenberg
http://www.english.emory.edu/LostP
oets/Break.html
Readings:
Journey Across Time pgs. 780-796
World Cultures & Geography pgs. 276-277
The Nystrom Atlas of World History pgs. 110-111
Websites:
WWI Resource Center Image Archive ( real photos and newspaper
articles from the war)
http://www.vlib.us/wwi/resources/archives/imarchive.html
The Great War by PBS
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
WWI General Information
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Links_to_Other_WWI_Sites#General_Infor
mationWI General Information
WWI Art
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Links_to_Other_WWI_Sites#Art
World War One by BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/
Timelines:
The Great War (link on PBS site)
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/timeline/
Videos:
WWI Videos link
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Links_to_Other_WWI_Sites#Film
WWI Firsts, by History Channel
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/videos#wwi-firsts
Curriculum Tool-High School of Language and Innovation 2013
Foreign Language
En Español:
Viaje en El Tiempo
páginas 780-796
Spanish Reading
Essentials and Study
Guide 436-444
El sitio de la BBC
sobre la primera
guerra mundial,
traducido
www.bbc.co.uk/his
tory/worldwards/w
wone