World War I
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Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 10
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: World War I
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will explore the details of World War I. This includes the causes, new technology, and outcome of the war. World War I changed the physical layout of Europe, how many countries were viewed globally, and how future wars would be fought. In this lesson, you will be briefly introduced to all of those ideas. The lesson has a crash course video to go over all of World War I as well as additional resources about the causes and new technology used in World War I.

  • Other SSWH17 Demonstrate an understanding of the long-term causes of World War I and its global impact.
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Video : Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I: Crash Course World History #36
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: This video explores the causes of World War I.
Quiz : World War I
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times as needed.
Question #1

What was the immediate cause of World War I?

Question #2
World War I is also known as The Great War.
Question #3

What country was allied with Serbia and mobilized troops on the Austrian border after Austria declared war on Serbia?

Question #4
What did the Schlieffen plan require Germany to do quickly?
Question #5
Before World War I, war was considered unnecessary and not glorious. 
Question #6
Describe the war on the weste front. 
Question #7

The British used soldiers from all the following countries except _______________.

Question #8
Two of the most deadly forms of new technology introduced in World War I were machine guns and barbed wire.
Question #9

Who was mainly blamed for World War I through the Treaty of Versailles?

Question #10
What traditional ideas of war were lost after World War I?
Description: This quiz will assess how much you learned about World War I from the video.
Resources : World War I Additional Resources
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
How a Wrong Turn Started World War I | History
Learn more about the "spark" that started World War I.
Tech Developments of World War I | History
Learn more about the new technology used in World War I.
World War I, Explained in 5 minutes!
This is another video that goes over the war as a whole.
Description: There is a video about the assassination of the archduke, the new technology used in World War I, and an overview video of World War I.