Review 1:

• What does MAIN stand for?

Review 2:

• Explain what Militarism is

• Explain what Alliance Systems are

• Explain what Imperialism is

• Explain what Nationalism is

Review 3

• What are the two sides during the war?

• Who is on each side?

Review 4

• What event started WWI?

• Who was involved?

• Where did it happen?

Review 5

• What do you need for a high quality paragraph? What needs to be included in it?

Learning Targets

• Students will understand why the US remained neutral at the beginning of the war

• Students will be able to analyze a document using SOAPS technique

• Students will understand the significance of the Lusitania

Think-Pair-Share

• Talk with a partner NEXT to you about the following question:– Why did the US remain neutral for so long at

the beginning of the war? What was the benefit of neutrality? This could be brainstorming

U.S. Neutrality

• What does U.S. gain from remaining Neutral?

•Food

•Ammunition

•ArmsMONEY

The fighting was 3,000 miles away – Did it really concern us????

Think-Pair-Share

• What is going to draw the US into the war?

Let’s discover this through primary documents!!!

But first….SOAPS

• Source

• Occasion

• Audience

• Purpose

• Significance

• New way to interpret and analyze documents.

Source

• WHO?

• Who wrote the document?

• Who said the information?

Occasion

• WHAT?

• What was the time period?

• What was the historical significance of the time period?

• In other words….WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD WHEN THE DOCUMENT WAS PRODUCED?

Audience

• WHO?

• Who was the document written for?

• Who is being spoken to?

Purpose

• WHAT/WHY?

• What is the creator or speaker trying to accomplish?

• Why was the document created?

• THIS WILL REQUIRE YOU TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE DOCUMENT

Significance

• HOW/WHAT?

• How does this document contribute to the main idea or big picture?

• What were the effects of the document on the time period?

• THIS WILL REQUIRE YOU TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE DOCUMENT

Technological Warfare

• With the expansion of industry and inventions at the turn of the century came new military weaponry – many were unprepared for this shift in military tactics.

Agenda: 11.19.14• Review Web Quest Answers – Whole Class• Review SOAPS – Whole Class• Lusitania Story – Small Groups

– Main Ideas– SOAPS practice

• Lusitania and Zimmerman Telegram – Whole Class– Why the US gets involved

• Learning Targets:1. Students will successfully use SOAPS to analyze the Lusitania sinking

2. Students will begin to understand why the US became involved in the war (Lusitania and Zimmerman Telegram)

Agenda: 11.20.14

• Geography Warm-Up – Individual

• Quick PowerPoint and Notes on Submarine Warfare and Zimmerman Telegram – Whole Class

• Zimmerman Telegram SOAPS – Individual

• WWI DBQ – Small Groups – Due Tomorrow at end of class

• Learning Targets: – Students will understand the importance of the

Zimmerman Telegram – Students will understand why the US entered the war

Essential Question for Today

• How did the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram propel the US into war?

Geography Warm-Up

• Take 5 minutes by yourself and fill out the last map in your Timeline/Map Packet.

• DO NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YET

US Neutrality

• Shipping supplies to France and Great Britain– Arms– Ammunition– Food– Etc…

• US making MONEY

German Submarine Warfare

• 1914: Unrestricted Submarine Warfare– If a submarine sees a ship, they will sink it.– EXAMPLE: Lusitania May 7, 1915

• After Lusitania Germany promises to stop sinking neutral ships.

Fast Forward to 1917

• Germany wants to restart unrestricted submarine warfare– Angers US

• Zimmerman Telegram– Germany wants Mexico to attack US– US REALLY angry

US Enters War

• April 2, 1917 US declares war on Germany

Work Time!

• Zimmerman Telegram SOAPS– ****ON YOUR OWN****– Graded– Answer questions from Map Packet now.– Turn in and get DBQ packet

• WWI DBQ packet– ****IN SMALL GROUPS****– Due Friday (we’ll have work time tomorrow)

Agenda: 11.21.14• Good Things!

• Achieve: Presidents for Peace– Read article. BOTH PAGES– Multiple choice activity.

• DBQ work time: PACKET DUE AT END OF CLASS!!! Otherwise it is LATE`

• Learning Target: Students will successfully analyze documents about US involvement in WWI.

OK….now let’s try this

Agenda: 12.1.14• Good Things:

• Test Announcement

• SOAPS review

• Economics of WWI

• Learning Target: Students will understand the economic impact of WWI on the US.

Machine Guns

Trench Systems

Barbed Wire

Heavy Artillery

Chemical Warfare

Tanks

War at Sea

Submarines – Germans call them U-Boats

Battleships - Britain and Germany have largest navies

WWI Casualties by Country

The Final Steps for U.S. involvement

Zimmermann Note

4 unarmed American merchant ships sunk killing 36

The fall of the Russian Monarchy leads this to a war of Democracies

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

April 2, 1917

•United States declares its entry into WWI