WWI Webquest

NAME______Date ______Period ______

A. Go to .

B. At the top of the page click on the green tab “How It Began”

C. Read the introduction, “The Causes of World War One” to learn about how World War I began. Only read the first three sections: “June 28 in Sarajevo,” “Austria-Hungary’s Reaction,” and “One Thing Led to Another.”

1. What event occurred on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo that started the war?

Please View the film of Ferdinand arriving the Town hall and write one thing interesting you noticed about his arrival.

2. When did the U.S. enter the war, and what caused President Wilson to declare war?

3. Explain Italy’s situation under “One thing Led to Another”

D. The bar on the left of the site has several of the most important topics of the war. Click on WEAPONRY Read the three articles titled : “Poison Gas,” “Flamethrowers,” and “Machine Guns” to learn more about the weapons and conditions of the battles. These sections are particularly relevant for the novel since the narrator, Paul, spends most of his time on the Western front engaged in battle or in fear of it.

For each article, list three facts you found interesting/shocking.

“Poison Gas”

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4. How many German soldiers died from poison gas out of Germany’s total number of casualties?

“Flamethrowers”

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“Machine Guns”

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E. Under “Special Features,” find the article titled “Military Causalities of World War One.” (apx. 30th topic down). Look at the chart of total number of wounded, dead, and missing per country.

1. List the three countries with the highest number of casualties.

a. b. c.

2. How many people (total) were wounded during WWI? (yes add them together)

3. How many causalities did the U.S. suffer?

4. How do you think the outrageous number of casualties affected the world after the war?

F. On the list of topics to the left, click on “Vintage Photographs.” Take some time to explore these photographs searching by category on the right hand side). Some interesting categories include: “Camp Life and Training,” “Battlegrounds,” “Tanks,” and “Trenches.”

1. Write a response/reaction to one photograph that you find especially compelling/shocking/interesting (Be sure to describe the photo).

G. Go to Click on “Prologue” and read the introduction to the site.

1. What set WWI apart from previous wars/conflicts? Why do you think it was called “The Great War”?

H. Next, click on “Explosion/Stalemate” (purple box). Read the section on stalemate, including the poem at the bottom of the page titled “I’ve a Little Wet Home in the Trench.”

  1. What is stalemate?
  1. What was one result of stalemate?

I. From the “Stalemate” page, click on “Trench Warfare” (top horizontal menu). Read this article, and try to play one of the videos of the trenches.

  1. How many miles of trench were dug by the end of the war?
  1. List the 4 types of trenches.
  1. What was no man’s land?
  1. When did most of the attacks occur?

J. On the top menu (the boxes), select “Maps & Battles.” View the maps of “Europe in 1914” and “The Western Front.” Click on “animation” for an animated view of the development of these two areas (you have to keep clicking the arrow at the right to go to the next stage).

  1. List the Allied powers in Europe (blue).
  1. List the Central powers in Europe (stripes).

K. On the top menu (the boxes), select “The Shaping of the 21st Century”

  1. Read the first section of the overview, “The After Shocks of the earthquake we call the Great War are still being felt today, in the 21st century. Explain how the shadow of the great war was still visible ending the 20th century. (focus on Germany)
  1. Read the section titled “US Money Power,” What has happened because of the first war?
  1. Choose one article and explain how WWI affected the world.

Article Title ______

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