Bell Work• Who won the first day of the Battle

of the Somme? How do you know this? What evidence do you have?

Agenda• 1. Bell work• 2. WWI Sides• 3. Propaganda posters• 4. Western front map• 5. Total war• 6. Sinking of Lusitania• Objective: Students will understand

the social impact of WWI.

WWI Sides• Central Powers: Germany, Austria-

Hungary, Ottoman Empire.• Allied Powers: Britain, France,

Russia, and eventually 20 nations including the U.S. and Italy.

• Looking at the map of alliances, what might be potential problems for Germany in the war? What would your war strategy be?

Germany’s Schlieffen Plan

Western Front• http://

www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/western_front/index_embed.shtml

Total War• Total war- dedicating all of the

resources of a country to the war effort. • Very little distinction between soldiers and regular people.

War Propaganda

• Remember Belgium

US War Poster

Sinking of the Lusitania• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G8iU1K

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WWI Casualties

01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0008,000,0009,000,000

10,000,000RussiaGermanyAustria-HungaryFranceGreat BritainItalyTurkeyUS

• More than 8.5 million people died. Twice that number had been wounded.

• Famine threatened many regions.• Across the European continent, homes, farms,

factories, roads, and churches had been shelled to rubble.

• People everywhere were shaken and disillusioned.

• Governments had collapsed in Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman empire.

The Costs of War

Homes, farms, towns were destroyed; The war cost $338 billion & most national banks were empty.