World war I rating the causes activity individual reading activity
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RATING THE CAUSES ACTIVITY INDIVIDUAL READING ACTIVITY: 1. Open your text to the chapter that addresses World War I. Please take 5 to 10 minutes and read over the section that addresses the events that led to World War I. For example, you should be reading about the following: (1) imperialism, (2) secret alliances, (3) militarism, (4) nationalism, and (5) The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
Your job is to rate the causes. 1 is for the event that you believe is MOST responsible for World War I and 5 is for the event that you think is LEAST responsible for the war. Once you have read in your text make a selection and develop an explanation of why you feel your selected cause is the most important event that led to World War I. Once you have done this, write your selection and explanation on your paper. Be prepared to explain what you selected with the class orally. ______Imperialism—there was a scramble for colonies in the late 1800’s, this created bitter rivals and a need to outdo other nations. ______Militarism-this was aggressive building up of nations military. Of course, this meant preparation for war. Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Russia and Great Britain were the major world Powers of the time and they were all competing militarily. ______Secret Alliances—nations wanted to bolster their security and they enter numerous entangling alliances which led to war. ______Nationalism—2 kinds: (1) countries were prideful and acted in their own self interest, and (2) in countries with diverse populations—many Ethnic minorities declared independence. ______June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, were gunned down in the streets of Sarajevo, Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Nationalist was responsible. He believed that Austria-Hungary had no right to rule over Bosnia. After you have completed reading the first section of your chapter on World War I and ranked the causes, complete the following activity. Be ready to share your response orally with the class. Also, be ready to defend/justify tour selection. STEP 2 In your opinion, what was the main cause of World War I? Why do you feel this is the MAIN cause? How did this event start the war?_______________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ STEP 3 GROUP ACTIVITY Your teacher will place you in groups of 4 to 5 members. As a group, you are to discuss what each member selected as being the most important cause to the least important cause. As a group, you are instructed to agree on the ranking of events that led to World War I and the main causes. Start your discussion. GROUP RANKING ______Imperialism—there was a scramble for colonies in the late 1800’s which created bitter rivals and a need to outdo other nations. ______Militarism-this was aggressive building up of a nations military. Of course, this meant preparation for war. Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Russia and Great Britain were the major world Powers of the time and they were all competing militarily. ______Secret Alliances—nations wanted to bolster their security and they enter numerous entangling alliances which led to war. ______Nationalism—2 kinds: (1) countries were prideful and acted in their own self interest, and (2) In countries with diverse populations—many ethnic minorities declared independence. ______June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, were gunned down in the streets of Sarajevo, Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Nationalist was responsible. He believed that Austria-Hungary had no right to rule over Bosnia. STEP 4 TEACHER LED DISCUSSION Upon completing your group activity, your teacher will lead a class discussion on the causes of World War I. The class will agree on the ranking of events that led to the start of the war. As class members, you should discuss and debate the events to explore the effects of the events and how other nations were effected. The class should agree on one set ranking of the events. Start your discussion. Class Ranking ______Imperialism—there was a scramble for colonies in the late 1800’s which created bitter rivals and a need to outdo other nations. ______Militarism-this was aggressive building up of a nations military. Of course, this meant preparation for war. 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