Transcript Marching Toward War

Discuss this question with the person next to you and be
prepared to share with the class
• Have you ever been in a conflict that drew
more people into it? Why did other people
get involved?
A Global Conflict Timeline
• Draw a diagonal line on the next page in your
notebook.
• Plot the following dates along the line:
– 1915
– 1917(Jan)
– 1917(Feb)
– 1917(Apr)
– 1917(Nov)
– 1918(Mar)
– 1918(Jul)
– 1918(Nov)
A Global Conflict Timeline
• Write the following events next to the correct
date:
• Lenin seizes Power in Russia
• Gallipoli campaign begins
• WWI ends
• Germany announces a policy of unrestricted
submarine warfare
• Allies and Germans fight 2nd Battle of Marne
• British intercept the Zimmerman note
• Germany and Russia sign Treaty of BrestLitovsk
• US enters the war
A Global Conflict Timeline
– 1915
• Gallipoli campaign begins
– 1917(Jan)
• Germany announces a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
– 1917(Feb)
• British intercept the Zimmerman note
– 1917(Apr)
• US enters the war
– 1917(Nov)
• Lenin seizes Power in Russia
– 1918(Mar)
• Germany and Russia sign Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
– 1918(Jul)
• Allies and Germans fight 2nd Battle of Marne
– 1918(Nov)
• WWI ends
A Global Conflict Timeline
Questions
• On the next page, answer the following
questions in complete sentences. You do not
need to copy the questions.
1. What was the purpose of the Gallipoli
campaign?
2. Why did the US enter the war?
3. Why did the czar’s gov’t collapse?
4. What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
accomplish?
5. What was the significance of the 2nd battle fo the
Marne?
6. What events signaled the final defeat of the
Central powers?
A Global Conflict Timeline
Questions
1. Allies belied that if they could secure the
Dardanelles, they would be able to take
Constantinople, defeat the Turks, and establish
a supply line to Russia.
2. German unrestricted submarine warfare,
Zimmerman note, traditional bonds between
US & UK, British propaganda, economic ties to
Allies
3. Czar Nicolas abdicated when he was faces w/
civil unrest due in part to wartime shortages,
refusal of the army to continue fighting, &
possibility of revolution.
A Global Conflict Timeline
Questions
1. It ended the war between Rus and Ger
2. German war effort had exhausted both men
and supplies, US troops took part in this battle;
allied forces began to advance toward Ger and
Central powers began to crumble.
3. Surrender of Bulgarians & Ottoman Turks;
revolution in Austria-Hungary; mutiny in Ger &
forced resignation of Kaiser
Discuss this questions with the person next to you and be
prepared to share with the class
• When was the last time you saw a
commercial for something and went out to
got it?
• What was it about the advertisement that
made you want it?
• Was it as good as you thought it would
be?
Propaganda
• information, ideas, or rumors
deliberately spread widely to
help or harm a person, group,
movement, institution, nation,
etc.
Propaganda
• As you look at the following
propaganda posters, try to
figure out which country
created the poster, who was
their target audience, what
was the message
WWI Propaganda Poster
• Create a Propaganda Poster for WWI
• Choose a country fighting in WWI to represent
– Allied Powers or Central Powers
• Choose a target audience
– Your fellow countrymen & women
– One of your country’s enemies
• Choose a purpose of the Propaganda Poster
– Enlist, save food & materials, remember a battle, the enemy is
evil, etc..
• DRAW and COLOR a Propaganda Poster that:
– States your purpose
– Convinces your target audience
• Be Creative!!!
• Use the WHOLE sheet.
• When you are finished, paste your poster into your inter
active notebook.