Ch. 23

1. Ch. 23

2. Bell Work:Monday Feb 4, 2013 • List two reasons why America entered WWI: • Do you think that America should have entered WWI? Why or why not?

3. Bell WorkTuesday Feb. 5, 2013 • Why did Albert’s family buy Joey? • What do Albert and Joey work all night on? • What reason does Albert’s mother give for his father’s drinking?

4. Bell Work:Thursday Dec. 12, 2013 • What reason does Albert’s mother give for his father’s drinking? • Why did armies stop using horses for battle shortly after WWI began? • Why don’t the Germans shoot and kill Joey with the other captured horses?

5. Housekeeping • Causes for WWI assignment due today • Chapter 22 Notes due today • ALL MISSING WORK DUE FRIDAY DEC 20!

6. Bell Work:Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 • Describe trench warfare as it was seen in the movie. • List 3 military inventions/innovations shown in the movie

7. Housekeeping • Finish movie- Turn in movie guide • Begin chapter 23 Vocabulary • Continue working on missing/late work • LAST DAY TO TURN IN WORK IS FRIDAY DEC 20 • Unit 4 Test (WWI) on FRIDAY DEC 20 • If you know you will be gone, arrange to take it early!

8. Vocab and Intro • Complete the vocab on page 1 • Read the chapter introduction on page 293 and answer the two questions on the bottom of page 2.

9. Bell WorkMonday Dec. 16, 2013 • How did soldiers view WWI before the fighting started? • At the end of the movie War Horse, how did the soldiers respond to the news that the war ended? • How was WWI unique to all other previous wars?

10. Housekeeping • Unit 4 (WWI) Test on Friday- review guides tomorrow • Grade reports last 5 minutes of class (someone remind me) • Missing/late work due on FRIDAY • Today’s objectives: • Students will discuss, with two peers, how WWI effected the perception of war. • Students will describe three ways that WWI was unique for America.

11. WWI in Rap • Discussion Questions: • What part of the rap and the lyrics is most memorable to you? • What kind of emotions are shown in this rap? • Judging from the emotions of the rap, how do you think that the world responded to the end of WWI? • What happened in during the war that effected the perception of the war?

12. A War of Firsts for the United States • The Nation’s First selective service system • The First Americans reach French soil • The First African-AmericanOfficer training camp.

13. Exit SlipDue before you leave • How did soldiers view WWI before the war started? • How did soldiers view WWI after it ended? • What happened in the war to change this perception? • What are three ways that WWI was unique to America?

14. Bell Work:Tuesday Dec. 17, 2013 • How was WWI unique to all other American wars? • How did the Russian Revolution effect the war? • Why was the timing of the American Expeditionary Force so significant?

15. Housekeeping • Unit 4 Test Friday • All missing work Friday • Today: • Review work from yesterday • New technology • WWI Christmas Story

16. New Technologies Change the Way the War was Fought • Machine Gun

17. Flame thrower

18. Howitzers/Big Berthas

19. Weapons of war • WWI dogfights • German uboats

20. Bell WorkWednesday Dec. 18, 2013 • What is a dogfight? • How did Germany’s U-boats violate international law? • Describe life living in a trench.

21. Housekeeping • Christmas cards due today • Unit 4 Test Friday • All missing/late word due Friday

22. Videos! • WWI dogfights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnW_M5Qb7mw • WWI U-boats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCrzaC4aLPg • WWI Battleships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNsU4mcaa6U

23. Page 5 in your notes 23.4 The War Comes to a Close (pg. 300-301)

24. Graphing the casualties: • Page 6 in your notes • Page 300 in the textbook

25. Bell WorkThursday Dec. 19, 2013 • What does armistice mean • What are the MAIN reasons for WWI? • What was the purpose of a convoy?

26. Housekeeping • Unit 4 Test Tomorrow • All missing work due tomorrow

27. Total War: • A war of resources: money, food, weapons, resources

28. Germany Surrenders: • President Wilson • Peace without victory • Wilson’s Fourteen Points: No blame on anyone, we work together to rebuild Europe, we form a League of Nations to make sure another war like this never happens again. • The rest of the Allied Powers • Want to blame someone! • They want something for their sacrifice.

29. Treaty of Versailles • In the end… Germany gets the blame, Wilson gets his League of Nations. • Germany must pay reparations- 30 billion dollars. • Germany loses territory and pride.

30. Back in the U.S.A A return to normalcy? • Aftermath of the war • U.S. is getting more powerful • But, the world is not a safe place • Soldiers returning • Emotional problems • No jobs available • Longing for “the good old days”

31. Bell WorkThursday Feb. 14, 2013 • What was the purpose of the Meuse-Argonne offensive? • Why was the timing of the arrival of the AEF critical to the Allies? • How did the U.S. build the large fighting force needed to enter WWI?

32. Project Topics: • U-boats • Dreadnoughts (battleships) • WWI Airplanes • Machine guns • WWI tanks • Chemical weapons • Howitzers/Big Berthas • Trench warfare

33. Bell Work:Friday Feb. 15, 2013 • How did President Wilson respond to the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 ? (p. 287) • In the Zimmerman note, what did Germany promise Mexico in return for its support during WWI? (p. 290) • What was President Wilson’s idea for ending WWI? (Versailles notes page)

34. Bell WorkTuesday Feb. 19, 2013 • What was the Sussex Pledge? • Why was trench warfare developed in WWI? • What was life like in the U.S. after the war?

35. Bell WorkThursday Feb. 21, 2013 • What is Jazz music? • List 2 things you may know about the Roaring 20s?

36. Wednesday Jan 8, 2014 Housekeeping: • Open Note/Book Test Today • Missing work today and tomorrow • Exhibition