11th Grade

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11th Grade

• American History

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Mr. Daltons Class
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Subject

• World War I
• 1914-1919

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Objectives

• The students will be able to explain the causes
  of WWI
• the students will be able to define the United
  States policy during the early years of the war
• the students will be able to explain why the
  United States entered World War I

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Objectives continued

• The students will be able to describe the role of
  American troops in ending the war
• the students will explain how American efforts on
  the home front helped make an Allied victory
  possible
• the students will describe the impact of World
  War I on the world and the United States.

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Activities

• The students will get into groups and study a map
  of World War I in Europe, noting the influence
  of geography on the war. They will answer these
  questions Why were German U-boats so threatening
  to Great Britain? Why was the war fought on so
  many fronts?

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Hands on Activity

• The students will get into groups of four or five
  and construct their own U Boat noting the
  differences or similarities to that of the
  Germans. They will write a report about it,
  describing it, and present it to the class.

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Activities

• The students will watch the movie U 571 and
  discuss what they would have done in that
  situation.
• The students will create a timeline of events
  between 1915 and 1917 that led the United States
  to enter World War I.

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Activities

• The students will get into groups and find the
  clauses in the Constitution which describe the
  military powers of Congress and the President.
• The students will discuss the ways that the
  federal government took control of the economy
  during the War and answer this what were the
  results of the planned economy coordinated by the
  government?

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Activities

• The class will discuss the sacrifices that
  Americans made for the war effort and the causes
  for which they were willing to make personal
  sacrifices.
• The students will choose which of the effects of
  World War I they feel was most important and
  write a short essay justifying their choice.

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Activities

• The class will be divided into two groups and one
  half will write up a list of arguments supporting
  President Wilsons views on the League of Nations
  and the other half will prepare arguments in
  favor of Senator Lodges views. Then they will
  hold a debate where the representatives will of
  each group will present their arguments.

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Activities

• I will write on the board two headings The
  Fourteen Points and The Treaty of Versailles and
  the students will list the major elements of
  each, after that we will discuss how they
  differed for peace.

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Vocabulary

• Central Powers
• Balfour Declaration
• Zimmerman Note

• Triple Entente
• Treaty of Versailles
• League of Nations

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Vocabulary

• Selective Service Act
• Liberty Loan
• Sedition Act
• Trading with the Enemy Act

• U- Boat
• Sussex Pledge
• American Expeditionary Forces

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Vocabulary

• Genocide
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

• War Industries Board
• Fourteen Points
• Weimar Republic
• Mandate

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People to Identify

• Herbert Hoover
• Henry Cabot Lodge
• Georges Clemenceau
• William Haywood
• John J. Pershing
• Bernard Baruch

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.worldwar1.com/ -- this site is a large
  resource offering articles, images,
  bibliographies, and guides providing information
  about the people, places and events of the Great
  War.

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.library.byu.edu/rdh/wwi -- this site
  is an archive of primary documents from World War
  I and was made by volunteers of the World War I
  Military History List

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.cwgc.org/ --this site marks an
  maintains the graves of members of the forces of
  the Commonwealth. You can find details about the
  cemeteries.

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/wwi.html --
  this site is a reference from the Canadian Forces
  Colleges. You can investigate an extensive
  selection of topics such as campaigns and
  propaganda

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.theaerodrome.com/ -- this site has
  details of the aces, aircraft, medals. And
  decorations from WWI.

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets -- this
  site is a hypertext document on the poetry of
  World War I

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.rsb.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html --
  this site has the most famous documentary photos
  ever produced about the war. It was created by a
  group of U.S. government photographers

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.wingsofhonor.com -- this is a site of
  the Red Baron. It has World War One aircraft,
  pilots, missions, and maps.
• Http//www.pitt.edu/pugachev/greatwar/ww1.html

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Web sites to visit for more information

• Http//www.Jastaboekke.de -- this site has
  information on the German Aces during World War I
• http//www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html