World War I Preview Activities

World War I

Preview Activities

​What do you know

about it?

World War 1 - Why does it matter?

• 65 million people fought this war in nearly all continents

• About 20 million people died

• An average of 5,000 people died each day

• The youngest soldier was 12

• It lasted more than 4 years

Is it a good reason to go to war?

Consider each situation presented to you and decide whether you AGREE or DISAGREE that the reason given is a good one to justify going to war.

Poll

Your nation is attacked by a foreign military.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

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A nation with whom you have a mutual defense alliance is attacked.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

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Your country's president is assassinated by an unfriendly nation.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

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Your country's president tells us an unfriendly nation is planning an imminent attack on us.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

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A region of your country has rebelled and has declared its independence from you. They declared themselves to be a separate, independent nation.

• AGREE

• DISAGREE

Unforeseen Consequences!

• Five monarchies collapsed, and several new countries were created;

• The US turned into a superpower;

• Gave birth to the USSR (and later the Cold War);

• It created the conditions for the rise of Fascism and Nazism.

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