Introduction - 1.1 the armed peace

What do these people have in common?

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This lesson contains 21 slides, with text slides and 1 video.

Lesson duration is: 50 min

Items in this lesson

What do these people have in common?

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What will we do today?

1.1 The Armed peace = What were the causes of wwI?
Time to work
Evaluation

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The First World War

Open page 6 & 7

What do you see?

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The Belle époque

Belle époque = Beautifull era
Culture flourished after the Industrial Revolution
All kinds of new inventions --> Exposition Universelle

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Nationalism

= Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests.
Tension between France & Germany after the Franco-Prussian war

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Colonialism

= The act of one nation controlling another for economic gain.
Emperor Wilhelm II wanted 'place under the sun' for Germany

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Militarism

= Believing that you need a strong army.
This leads to an arms race
Alliances are formed
central powers & Triple Entente

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Alliances

Triple entente: France, Russia, and Britain

Central powers: Germany, Austro-Hungary, Ottoman empire

Why?

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Get to work.....

Read page 6 and 7
Read 1.1 The armed peace
What are the causes of WWI? Write the answer in you notebook
Make par 1.1 (3 up till 10)

timer

10:00

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What will we do today?

Evaluation 1.1 The Armed peace = What were the causes of wwI?
Instruction 1.1
Time to work
Evaluation

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Which causes of WWI do you recognize in the following cartoons?

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Von Schlieffenplan

German strategy named after
general Von Schlieffen.
Goal was to avoid a two-front war

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The Schlieffen plan

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The Balkans

Lots of tension in the Balkans
Austria-Hungary had internal struggles

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Get to work.....

Read 1.1 The armed peace
What are the causes of WWI? Write the answer in you notebook
Make par 1.1 (3 up till 10)
Read 1.2

timer

10:00

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Evaluation

What kind of time was the Belle époque?
Which causes were there for the start of World War 1?
What was the Von Schlieffenplan?
Why was the situation in the Balkans so tense?

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