MONDAY, JAN. 12

Warmup: (Please write a response)

What cause of World War 1 does this cartoon illustrate?

Explain the sequence of events that this is referring to.

8.2 THE

GREAT WAR

1914-1919

THE WAR: 1914-1919

The Eastern Front:

•Fighting in Eastern Europe involving Russia and Germany.

THE WAR: 1914-1919

The Western Front

•the fighting that took place in France, between France and

Germany.

•This eventually turned into a stalemate – a battle in which

neither side can gain advantage or win.

THE WAR: 1914-1919

Trench warfare

•warfare fought in a series of ditches protected by

barbed wire.

THE WAR: 1914-1919

The Battle of Verdun:

•Verdun was a French fortress on the German border that

the French were determined to defend.

•The German goal was to wear the French out with

constant attacks.

•In 10 months in 1916, 700,000 French and German

young men died.

TRENCH WARFARE

REFLECTION

1.The strip of land between the trenches was called “no

man’s land. “ Why and how do you think it got that title?

2. List some of the activities of the soldiers. How has daily

life, such as eating and sleeping, been mixed with combat?

3. What other hardships do you think these soldiers faced?

4. What would be your greatest fear in these trenches?

THE WAR: 1914-1919

United States involvement:

•The U.S. attempt at neutrality ended when the Germans

refused to stop unrestricted submarine warfare.

•The sinking of the British ship Lusitania was the catalyst

that led the U.S. to join the war.

THE WAR: 1914-1919

Total War

•Complete mobilization of resources and

people that affected the lives of all

citizens in warring countries.

•All citizens were “part of the army.”

planned economies

•In order to mobilize all the resources of

their nation, European countries began

to control the sale of food and other

materials.

WOODROW

WILSON:

“the men and

women who remain

to till the soil and

man the factories

are no less a part of

the army than the

men beneath the

battle flags.”

THE WAR: 1914-1919

Total War and Women:

•Because so many men left to fight at the front, women were asked to

take over jobs that had not been available to them before.

•In some countries, the role women played in wartime economies had a

positive impact on their social and political emancipation.

THE WAR: 1914-1919

Propaganda – the

spreading of ideas to

influence public opinion for

or against a cause.