causes wwi

Starter Mind map anything you know about World War I – who

won, who took part, dates, famous people, battles anything at all!

World War I

Mind -map

Current National

Curriculum Levels

Big Picture

So, what are we doing in Assessment Cycle # 2 for the

next 9 weeks?

Assessment

period Overview question

Why was the British Empire aided by the industrial revolution?

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Year 9

Topic:- Empire and industrialisation

Time period:- 1750 - 1900

Content:- Expansion of trade and colonisation, development of Empire, changes in agriculture and rural life, legislation to improve working conditions, railways, role of scientists and inventors, The slave trade and reform in Britain and the wider world

Citizenship focus: Role of Empire today / Commonwealth / multi-cultural Britain in the light of the War on terror

Assessment focus:- Knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past (causation)

Objectives to be covered:-• Explain the link between trade and colonisation• List the change from the domestic to factory system• Highlight the role of reforms of working conditions• Evaluate the role of scientists and inventors in facilitating change• Empathise with the lives of people living as slaves• Describe how the slave trade was abolished

Assessment

period Overview question

Why were people so shocked by World War I?

2

Year 9

Topic:- WW1

Time period:- 1900 - 1920

Content:-Build up to war, The Western Front, Changing status of women, Treaty of Versailles

Citizenship focus:- Modern Warfare, life for young people today

Assessment focus:- Change and Continuity, Historical Interpretation (Lions led by Donkeys)

Objectives to be covered:-• Analyse the reasons war broke out in 1914• Explain the trigger events (Franz Ferdinand)• Describe what life was like in the trenches (good and bad)• Evaluate whether people like Farr should receive a posthumous pardon• Evaluate the historical debate ‘Lions led by donkeys?’• Highlight the changing role of women• Explain the aims of the Treaty of Versailles• Assess the likely impact of TOV

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the lesson you will have

Highlight the major reasons why World War I started

So, why did War break out?

Causes of War

It’s something to do with an Ostrich!

What questions could you ask about this conversation between Baldrick and

Blackadder ?

Causes of War

It’s something to

do with an Ostrich!

What are the problems in using comedy programmes as historical

evidence?

Causes of War STARTER

It’s something to

do with an Ostrich!

What are the problems in using comedy programmes as historical

evidence?

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Homework

Thank you to those pupils who have emailed it to me

Causes of War STARTER

Choose 2 of the key words from last lesson and write a definition and an example related to the Causes of World War I

Nationalism

Militarism

Imperialism

Alliances

Ideology

Essays

What were the causes?

Read p 150 - 152

Underline any key words, facts,

people or anything you’re unsure about!

Long-term causes of WW I

Themes Causes

Nationalism

Militarism

Imperialism

Alliances

Ideology

Long-term causes of WW I

Themes Causes

Nationalism

A person who believes his/her country should be independent and not part of another country or their Empire

Militarism

Belief in the use of military strength/methods

Imperialism

Policy of extending a country’s empire or influence

Alliances

An association of countries who wish to support each other

Ideology

A set of beliefs and aims

Long-term causes of WW IThemes Causes

Nationalism

A person who believes his/her country should be independent and not part of another country or their Empire

Kaiser believes Germany should be great

Lots of Slavs/Serbs don’t wish to be part of Austro-Hungary Empire

Militarism

Belief in the use of military strength/methods

Dreadnoughts – the big ships!

Imperialism

Policy of extending a country’s empire or influence

Russia wanted to extend it’s Empire- already had the Franco-Prussian War

Kaiser wanted GER to extend Empire

Britain and it’s Empire

Alliances

An association of countries who wish to support each other

Triple Alliance 1881

Triple Entente 1906

Ideology

A set of beliefs and aims

GER = be like Britain

UK = Great

Russia wanted a bigger part

Austro-Hungary wanted to keep Empire

Europe 1914

Europe 1914

What were the causes?

Why do wars happen?

Ideology Imperialism

Nationalism

Militarism

Alliances

What were the causes?

Write a definition for each

Why do wars happen?

Ideology Imperialism

Nationalism

Militarism

Alliances

What were the causes?

Why do wars happen?

In pairs, you’ve got 10 mins to complete the mind map

You must include a dictionary definition of each of the 5 key areas

Try to include a modern day analogy for each of the 5 key areas as well

Use A3 paper

What were the causes?

Why do wars happen?

Share your A3 paper with another pair

Long-term & Short-term causes

QB receives ‘Good’

OfSTED !

Long-term & Short-term causes

QB receives ‘Good’

OfSTED !

Long term Short term

STARTER Can you remember any Long-term & Short-term causes?

QB receives ‘Good’

OfSTED !

Long term Short term

Long-term & Short-term causes

Read p112-113

Long-term & Short-term causes

1. In no more than 3 sentences explain how Europe was divided into

two camps

2.For each of the main events compose a

newspaper headline

Long-term & Short-term causes

A GCSE text book!

Read p 2 - 6

In your groups answer questions 1,2,3 and the FOCUS TASK from pages 6& 7

You can use the sugar paper if that helps your thinking as a group, although all members of the group must have the answers written in their blue exercise

books as well.

A bit of bad news…..

Mr Lee, your budget for next year’s History

Department is to be cut. Forget about buying all

those new textbooks you asked me for…you’ve got to cut your cloth accordingly.

Which one would you choose?

Text book evaluationHow does it sum up

the short / long terms causes of

WW1?

Advantages of this textbook?

Disadvantages of this textbook?

Textbook score out of 10 as a pupil aid to understanding

the causes of WW1

Which one would you choose?

H/W

You need to write up in, no more than, 150 words which text book your group chose and write a review to be added onto