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Reality of WWI – Webquest
Directions: You will watch a series of videos to help you answer the questions to this webquest. As you watch,
feel free to pause videos, as needed, to help you answer the questions. Some of the questions we’ve
discussed already in class so this should be a good review.
1. Watch the “World War I” video on Brainpop and answer the following questions:
**(https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/worldwari/ (Username: lcpse
Password: elem)
a. What was the result of all the new technologies introduced during WWI?
b. What was the immediate cause of World War I?
c. What word best describes the system of alliances that led so many countries to go to war?
d. Place the following events in sequence: A) Russia declares war on Austria; B) Archduke Franz
Ferdinand is shot; C) America enters the war
e. At first, America adopted an isolationist policy. What does this mean?
f.
How did the sinking of the British ship (Lusitania) by a German submarine help bring the U.S.
into WWI?
g. What might have happened if America had not entered the war?
h. Why was it significant that hundreds of thousands of African Americans were drafted to fight
in the war? Choose the best answer by circling it.
i. Much of America was still segregated along racial lines in 1917
ii. African Americans had never fought in American wars before
iii. Until then, African Americans were not allowed into Europe
iv. Slavery still existed in America at the time of World War I
2. Watch “World War I – Which countries fought” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMo4rxmsBDg).
a. List some of the major countries involved in the war.
b. What was in the Zimmerman Telegram?
3. Watch the video “Hell in the Trenches” (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ttgw_ww1-hell-in-thetrenches_people).
a. After watching that, how would you describe life in the trenches?
b. **The video has some graphic images. If you don’t want to watch it, please read the following
explanation to help you answer this question:
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_fussell_03_trenches.html
4. Watch “Weapons of WWI” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTF41DQQWk0)
a. What was the most dangerous type of gas used in WWI?
b. What did men use in an emergency to protect themselves from a gas attack?
c. What were some problems with machine guns?
5.
Watch “World War I – How did it end?” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soFhWkxSZAY)
a. Why did WWI end?
b. What was one of the documents that marked the official end of WWI?
6. Watch “World War I – The Aftermath” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl5OqQVaD9Y)
a. Roughly, how many deaths were there at the end of WWI?
b. What pandemic had an effect on the world after the war? How many people died as a result of
this pandemic?
c. Who filled the gap in jobs during the war?