Homework: Essay statements, questions, key terms

Hi people,

Here is what I’d like you to have done by Tuesday the 5^th of March:

A.

To finish off your essay statement on the shared document tiny.cc/ww1essays

B.

If you haven’t already done so, you must take notes / create a spread sheet / create cue cards  and / or write out the meaning and significance of all the key terms you did in that sorting activity.  (See below)

C.

On Monday, you will need your textbook, computer might be handy for additional research.

Copy the key dates and points from page 59. Chapter 4, the first WW 1914 – 1918

D.

Use your textbook (p59 – 66) to answer the following key questions (they are from the side margins of Chapter 4,  some questions you can skip, only answer the ones below):

• Why had the war of movement turned into a static trench warfare (stalemate) by December 1914 on the Western Front?
• Why did Japan declare war on Germany?
• Why did Turkey join the Central powers?
• Why did Italy enter the war on the Allied side?
• How did the belligerents seek to use technology and science to overcome the restraints of trench warfare?
• What advantages would the defeat of Russia bring to the Central Powers?

If you don’t finish this in class, all this is due on Tuesday.

On Tuesday you will receive your marked essay back. I am putting a lot of effort in the marking of your essay so that you can (hopefully) benefit from my feedback. I will be available for meetings if you want to discuss your essay further during the week.

On Tuesday we will talk about your analysed essay statements (tiny.cc/ww1essays) and I will check the answers to the key questions.

Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

Ms. V.

Key words, events, concepts that you need to know (who, what, where, how, when, WHY?. Always ask Why?)

You should also be aware of how these events, people and concepts are connected.

Franco-Prussian War 1870-71

Agadir crisis 

Alsace-Lorraine 

Autocratic/absolute rulers

Balance of power

Balkans

Bismarck 1871-1890

Blank cheque 

Bosnian crisis 1908

Chancellor 

Colonial Rivalry – scramble for Africa

Crises – testing alliances and empires

Dardanelles 

Dreadnought

First Balkan war

Franz Ferdinand assassinated

Gavrilo Princip

Imperialism 

Industrialisation

Instability in Balkans (long term)

July Crisis

Militarism

Mitteleuropa

Moroccan crisis

Nationalism

Naval race

Reichstag

Russo-Japanese war

Schlieffen plan

Second Balkan war 

Serbian nationalism

Sick man of Europe

Socialism

Triple alliance 

Triple entente

War Plans and opening moves

Weltpolitik

Treaty of London

Scrap of paper

Central Powers

Slavs

Reinsurance Treaty

Boer war

Isolationist

Two front war

Mobilisation

Plan 17