Chapter 27:World War I

Introduction:

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated and that, along with the increase in nationalism, launched the world into World War I.  The War began in the beginning of August of 1914.  The war caused many deaths, a lot of destruction and even revolutions, such as the Russian Revolution.  There were two major sides of World War I, the Allied Power, which contained mainly France, Russia and Great Britain, and then the Central Powers, containing mainly Germany and Austria-Hungary.  The Allied Powers also gained support of Serbia, Italy, Romania, Greece, the United States and Japan.  The Central powers won support of Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.  Germany had used the Schlieffen Plan as a strategy to win the war but it had only failed them.  This war introduced new ways of fighting, such as trench warfare, new weapons, like  machine guns, airplanes and poison gas, and submarine warfare.  In 1918, the Germans were forced to retreat and the fighting ended with the signing of an armistice in November 1918.  Then, on June 28, 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed putting all of the blame on Germany for the cause of World War I.  The Treaty of Versailles will cause many issues and will be the foundation for the start of a second world war.


Chapter/Unit Objectives:

1.) What were causes of the war?
2.) The war led to revolutions and the fall of empires.
3.) The new ways of fighting that were introduced in World War I.
4.) The impact the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany.
5.) The ways in which World War I still affects the world today.


Essential Question:

What does "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime" mean?


Answer!!

It is a sense of hoplessness and resembles how things will not be the same in the world, especially Europe, for a very long time.