Social 20: Everything you could ever need to know about WWI

There is a mass of information you need to consume about WWI. You will do so by producing a Peer Teaching presentation.

Your topics are:

1. New Weapons

• How are weapons revised (i.e. plane)
• New weapons
• Most interesting weapons

2. Battles in the West

• Which nations fought on the Western Front
• What were the most important battles
• Who won the battles
• Maybe a map?

3. Trenches

• What was life like in the trenches?
• Why did they fight this way?

4. Battles in the East

• Who fought on the Eastern front?
• What were the most important battles?
• Who won and why?

5. Gallipoli

• What was the significance of this battle in 1915-16?

6. Russia

• Russia is forced to leave early. Why?
• Who is Lenin, the Bolshevics, Rasputin?
• What was the Treaty of Brest Litovsk and the impact?

7. USA

• Why don’t they enter the war in 1914?
• What events cause them to enter the war?
• When did they join the allies?
• How did their impact affect the course the war?

8. Post War analysis

• Why did the Triple Alliance leave the war?
• Who was Woodrow Wilson and what were his 14 points?
• What financial and human costs did the war have for the Triple Alliance?

9. Treaty of Versailles

• Who attended the Paris Peace Conference?
• What were the key terms of the Treaty? Who was happy and who was not?
• What country was forced to sign?

10. League of Nations

• What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
• Who belonged? Who didn’t?
• Any weaknesses?
• Examples of failures and successes (1919-39)

11. Post WWI Europe

• Compare and contrast the map of Europe before and after WWI.
• The Germans are intent on revenge for the Treaty, who rises to power and how?

12. Canadian Battles

• Vimy
• Passchendale

13. Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna

• 100 years of peace
• Metternich system

Your presentation should:

• Address each sub-section of your assigned category
• Include relevant information
• Pictures
• You can include a video link if you can find one.

Please include a sentence about how your topic reveals one (or more) of the national interests you have learned about—Beliefs & Values, Security & Safety and Economic Prosperity.

Mandatory textbook readings:

20-1_Ch07[1]

20-1_Ch08[1]

Accompanying assignment. (must be logged in)

PowerPoints:

1. Terror-And-Napoleon (partway through)
2. WWI part 1        Part 2
3. Congress of Vienna Summary
4. League of Nations
5. Treaty of Versailles
6. WWI – Causes of the War PPT

Video:

Wilson’s 14 Points Assignment:

(First only – poster project) Wilsonianism04