Friday December 4th

Assignments Due:
Notecard for Exam

In-Class Agenda:
WWI Unit Exam Work Time
(TAKE HOME TEST) - DUE DECEMBER 14th.

WWI TEST

ENRICHED: CHOOSE 7 OF THE 11 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
REGULAR: CHOOSE 5 OF THE 11 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.

SOME QUESTIONS WILL REQUIRE OUT OF CLASS WORK. BE SURE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. BE SURE TO FULLY ANSWER EVERY QUESTION AND PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORTING EVIDENCE/EXAMPLES TO MAKE YOUR POINTS. REMEMBER THAT THIS IS AN ESSAY TEST. THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE REGURGITATION OF FACTS. IN FACT IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT AT ALL. THIS SHOULD SHOW ME YOUR LEARNING AND THE CONNECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE WHILE REFLECTING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE COVERED.

REQUIREMENTS:
o NAME AND HOUR ON THE FRONT COVER OF EACH TEST WITH THE TITLE OF THE EXAM.
o 12 PT. - TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT – 1” MARGINS.
o QUESTION LISTED PRIOR TO BEGINNING YOUR ANSWER.
o BE IN ESSAY (PARAGRAPH) FORMAT.
o BE WELL ORGANIZED AND FLOWING.
o CONTAIN AN INTRODUCTION WITH THESIS, BODY, AND CONCLUSION.
o ADDRESS ALL COMPONENTS OF THE QUESTION.
o PROVIDE EXAMPLES AND SUPPORTING EVIDENCE!!!
o MAKE CONNECTIONS (I.E. THROUGHOUT HISTORY, TO YOUR LIFE, AND TO SOCIETY TODAY).
o ADDRESS AND FULFILL THE 6 TRAITS OF WRITING.
o APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF EACH ESSAY: 1 PAGE TYPED.


1.) LIST AND DESCRIBE/DEFINE THE M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I.

M-
A-
I-
N-

2.) DESCRIBE THE ASSASSINATION OF ARCH DUKE FRANZ FERDINAND AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE WAR.

3.) LIST AND DESCRIBE THE WEAPONS USED WORLD WAR I.

4.) DESCRIBE TRENCH WARFARE AND THE CONDITIONS SOLDIERS FACED WHEN FIGHTING.

5.) PROPOGANDA (WHAT IS IT AND HOW WAS IT USED?)

6.) DESCRIBE THE HOMEFRONT, HOW IT WAS AFFECTED DURING WWI, AND ITS IMPORTANCE.

7.) DESCRIBE THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND WHY IT CONTRIBUTED TO THE START OF WORLD WAR II.

8.) WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE COST OF WAR FROM THE FILM “ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT”?

9.) DESCRIBE THE POST-WAR SOCIETY OF HATE (REVIVAL OF THE KKK) THAT FORMED FOLLOWING WORLD WAR 1 HERE IN AMERICA. WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SOCIETY OF HATE.

10.) DESCRIBE THE STRATEGIES OF IMPERIALISM THAT YOU LEARNED FROM THE GAME RISK AND THE 9TH GRADE INVASION SIMULATION.

11.) DO YOU THINK WORLD WAR I COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED? WHY OR WHY NOT?

*EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION – WHAT ARE THE MAIN LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM WWI AND THE POST-WAR SOCIETY OF HATE THAT WE CAN APPLY TO SOCIETY TODAY TO IMPROVE THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR WORLD?

Homework:
Finish take home essay exam. MUST BE TYPED!!! DUE MONDAY DECEMBER 14th!!!